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Your body cannot synthesize vitamin C on its own, so it must come from another source like food or supplements. Vitamin C acts as an antioxidant alone, but it also directly affects C-reactive protein found in cells which is the cause of excessive inflammation. High doses of vitamin C are effective at reducing inflammation caused by a virus or even cancer. In fact, the National Library of Medicine states that, “mega doses of vitamin C have been widely used in the treatment and prevention of a large number of disorders like diabetes, atherosclerosis, common cold, cataracts, glaucoma, macular degeneration, stroke, heart diseases, cancer and so on”.