Paul Saladino· MD
and so it looks very much like the human species has developed an ability to retain more uric acid and that that uric acid is playing the antioxidant role that is proposed to be the domain of vitamin C
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
and so it looks very much like the human species has developed an ability to retain more uric acid and that that uric acid is playing the antioxidant role that is proposed to be the domain of vitamin C
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the plasma urate level in humans is considerably higher than the ascorbate level which is vitamin c making it one of the major antioxidants to humans