If there’s one nutrient that deserves its moment in the spotlight, it’s vitamin C — a powerful substance that does far more than help you fight off the occasional cold.

It boosts the immune system, promotes healing, reduces inflammation, helps build healthy teeth and bones, and so much more. In fact, if you’re critically deficient in vitamin C for one to three months, you’ll start to develop scurvy, and unless you take drastic action to reverse the course of the illness, you’re on your way to being unalived, as online kids like to say today.

Here at PROVOKE Health^®, we advise and encourage almost all of our patients to take vitamin C daily, and we recommend intravenous (IV) vitamin C to clients who are hospitalized, preparing for hospitalization or vaccination, or dealing with certain health conditions.

Vitamin C, like many other vitamins, serves multiple functions in the body without the unwanted side effects of many pharmaceutical and over-the-counter medications. Compare this to aspirin or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), which have multiple side effects and very short-lived benefits. Taking vitamin C (orally or intravenously) is a safe and effective way to ensure health during cold and flu season and anytime you’re feeling run down.

In this post, I explain why it’s so important to boost your vitamin C levels prior to hospitalization and vaccination. I also reveal the many other health benefits of vitamin C, and I provide guidance to help you decide whether IV therapy featuring vitamin C is right for you.

Boosting Vitamin C Prior to or During Hospitalization: Why It’s So Important

If you’re hospitalized or planning for hospitalization, you have many good reasons to boost your vitamin C. And, unless your doctor or surgeon expressly says not to consume it, the advantages include:

• Reducing the risk of complications
• Shortening your stay in the hospital

So why don’t hospitals routinely give their patients intravenous vitamin C? If you guessed, any of the following, give yourself a point for each correct answer: Continue reading…