Vitamin C and Ascorbic Acid

The Government rates vitamin C products by the amount of ascorbic acid contained in them.  There are many other factors in vitamin C that are just as important.  It is crucial to get all the nutrients and the synergistic cofactors, enzymes, and all the other unknown factors that are found along with it.  So if you are interested in taking vitamin C, find a supplement that is a whole food supplement.  In other words, it is the whole orange, lime, alfalfa, etc.  It will list ingredients such as dried alfalfa leaf, carrot root, wheat germ.  It will not mention ascorbic acid, although it is contained in the product.  The brand I use for myself, my family, and my patients is Standard Process.