Medical Medium
Life Changing Foods
Rose Hips
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The vitamin C in rose hips is the most bioidentical, bioavailable form of vitamin C in existence -- that is, the most usable form for our bodies. Pus, the vitamin C in rose hips has the power to transform other vitamin C found in the system from other foods you eat into something bigger and better. Vitamin C is anti-inflammatory (and the vitamin C in rose hips is more anti-inflammatory than from any other source.); helps increase our blood's white county be strengthening our neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils and macrophages; and generally boosts the immune system against viruses, bacteria , yeast, mold and other unwanted fungus. Rose hips are a particularly helpful catalyst for battling virtually any type of infection.
Rose hips are amazing for alleviating UTIs -- much ore powerful at the job than cranberries - and for healing skin conditions. They also have a higher ratio of antioxidants than most healing foods, and contain a wide variety of antioxidants (many of which are still undiscovered)
Here is some human-based research
Characterisation of proanthocyanidin aglycones and glycosides from rose hips by high-performance liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry, and their rapid quantification together with Vitamin C
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/a ... 7305008630
Vitamin C in rose hips (1942)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1265699/
A very high concentration of vitamin C in rose hips was observd by a number of Russian workers.
The effects of rose hip (Rosa canina) on plasma antioxidative activity and C-reactive protein in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and normal controls: A prospective cohort study (negative outcome)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/a ... 1311000572