What is vitamin C?
Q: What is vitamin C?
A: Vitamin C is a water-soluble vitamin found in fresh fruits, berries, and vegetables.
Q: Why is vitamin C important?
A: Vitamin C is important for wound healing and can prevent illnesses such as scurvy.
Q: What is scurvy?
A: Scurvy is a sickness caused by not having enough vitamin C in the diet.
Q: Which animals cannot make their own vitamin C?
A: The main suborder of primates, including tarsiers, monkeys and apes (including humans), bats, capybaras, and guinea pigs cannot make their own vitamin C.
Q: When was vitamin C first discovered?
A: Vitamin C was first discovered in 1928.
Q: When was it proved that vitamin C could stop scurvy?
A: It was proved that vitamin C could stop scurvy in 1932.
Q: Did people know that fruits could cure scurvy before vitamins were discovered?
A: Yes, people knew that fruit could cure scurvy long before vitamins were known to exist.
