Vitamin C and muscle

1 paper in the library, strongest Preliminary.

Graded Preliminary · Narrative review drawing on cell, animal and human studies, with the authors themselves noting that direct clinical evidence in people remains limited.

Papers 1

Vitamin C and Your Bones, Muscles and Tendons: Promising but UnprovenPreliminary2026Frontiers in immunologyVitamin C does more than fight colds. It's needed to build collagen, the scaffolding in your bones, tendons and muscle, and it helps manage oxidative stress. This review pulls together lab, animal and human work on vitamin C in osteoporosis, arthritis and muscle loss. The honest verdict: the mechanisms look solid, but good human trials are still thin on the ground.

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