Vitamin C Reduces Anxiety

Anxiety is becoming rampant amongst high school students. Several nutrients have been shown in the past to offer substantial help for anxiety: especially vitamins B1, B3, B6, inositol, calcium and magnesium. Now a new study has shown that simple vitamin C can make a big difference. . . .

This double-blind, placebo-controlled study gave forty-two high school students either a placebo or a relatively low 500mg dose of vitamin C every day for fourteen days. According to the well established Beck Anxiety Inventory, the students taking the vitamin C had reduced levels of anxiety compared to the students who were taking the placebo.

Low dose vitamin C is a remarkably safe and inexpensive addition to an antianxiety strategy that has many other benefits as well.

Pak J Biol Sci 2015;18:11-8