Rhonda Patrick· PhD
oral vitamin C is absorbed in the small intestine primarily via sodium dependent vitamin c transporters and to a lesser extent glucose transporters
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oral vitamin C is absorbed in the small intestine primarily via sodium dependent vitamin c transporters and to a lesser extent glucose transporters
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Fortunately most tissues including those in the gut don't transport dehydroascorbic acid instead with the exception of red blood cells they use sodium dependent vitamin C transporters to transport ascorbate red blood cells transport dehydroascorbic acid only and they generate their own ascorbate via recycling