Research Progress in the Prevention and Treatment of Metabolic Syndrome with Vitamin C
Oxidative stress and inflammation are two main causes of metabolic syndrome(MS),while Vitamin C shows anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory properties.This paper reviewed the current research progress of Vitamin C on the prevention and treatment of MS and found that vitamin C supplementation alone or in combination with other antioxidants or exercise on MS were both beneficial,thus can be used broadly in the future.
Vitamin Cmetabolic syndromeanti-oxidationanti-inflammationprevention and treatment