He inoa'ē aʻe kēia inoa biologically active compound - huapiʻi antiscorbutic. I nā manawa i hala, kokoke i nā luina a pau, e holo ana ma kahi huakaʻi lōʻihi, ma hope o kekahi manawa i kū ai kekahi maʻi i kapaʻia he scurvy. ʻO nā hōʻailona o kēia maʻi he mau koko koko nui, ka wehe a me ka nahoʻana o nā niho. I kēlā mau lā,ʻaʻole iʻike nā kānaka i nā mea wale nō e pili ana i ka wai ascorbic, akā ma keʻano nui e pili ana i nā huaora. No ka mea, ua hoʻohanaʻia ka hua o nā hua a me nā huaʻai ma ka moku i nā malama mua o ka holoʻana, aʻo ka lōʻihi o ka huakaʻi hele kekahi maʻelua manawa aʻekolu paha mau makahiki,ʻo ke kumu o ka hoʻouluʻana i ka pīhoihoi o ka poʻe holo o ka moku. ʻO ka meaʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻo ka kumu nui o ka waike ascorbic e komo i loko o ke kino o ke kanaka,ʻo ia nāʻano hua a me nā mea kanu. I kekahi o lākou, i loko o kēia a iʻole kēlā huahelu e hōʻike pono i kēia huaʻa. ʻO ka pauʻana o ka wai ascorbic mai kaʻaiʻana (iʻikeʻia i ka neleʻana o nā hua a me nā huaʻai i ka meaʻai) pono e ulu i ka'ōpala. Ke ulu nei kēia maʻi ma muli o ka uhakiʻana i ka inoa o ka pilina o ka collagen intercellular. ʻO ka hopena, ua piʻi nui ka loli a me ka palaha o nā kīʻaha koko.
Pono pū kaʻawaʻawaʻinoʻino e noho ma kaʻai i ka manawa o nā anuanu nui. No ke aha ke kauka e hoʻolele ai i ka lawe 'ana i ka hua' ‰ C i ia manawa Ke hoʻololiʻia nei e hiki i ka ascorbic acid ka mea e hoʻokūpaʻa ikaika i ke olakino a kānaka, i mea e kūpaʻa ai ko mākou kino i nā hopena o nā maʻi āpau a me nā maʻi bacteria. Me nā hōʻailona mua o ke anuanu, ua'ōleloʻiaʻoe e lawe koke i nā hua o ka ascorbic acid. ʻO kēia ala e kōkua nui i ke kauaʻana i kēia maʻi.
ʻO ka nui o ka waika ascorbic i loko o ka meaʻai nā mea e kōkua ai i ke emiʻana o ke koko (he mea nui ia no ka poʻe i loaʻa ka hanuʻana). ʻO ka Vitamona C he mea hoʻoikaika nui hoʻi e pale ai i nā hopena maikaʻiʻole o nā radical free e luku i nā molelā nui i loko o ka pūnaewele ola.
ʻO ka lā o kēlā me kēia lā o ka waika ascorbic no kahi kanaka makua e pili ana i 100 mg. ʻO nā huaʻai nui loa e pono ai i ka meaʻai e hoʻolako i ka nui o ka'āpana ascorbic, e like me ka mea i hōʻike muaʻia ma luna, nā huaʻai a me nā hua. Hiki ke kapaʻia nā alakaʻi i loko o ka helu o ka waipike ascorbic i ka rose hihiu, ka'ūmūʻeleʻele, ka citrus (lemon, orange, tangerines), ka pā pā.
Ma keʻano he lapaʻau a me ka mea hōʻoia, manaʻoʻia ka wai ascorbic no nā maʻi likeʻole o ka'ōpū o ka cardiovascular, nā'ōpū hanu, ka ate, nā puʻupaʻa, nā maʻi likeʻole, ka make me nā meaʻawaʻawa. Hiki i nā nui o ka'āpana ascorbic ka hoʻoemi i nā hopena maikaʻi o nā meaʻona i loko o ka uahi paka. No laila,ʻo nā huahana e loaʻa ana i ka waika ascorbic, pono e noho ma kaʻai o nā mea puhi mea (no ka mea, hiki i ka lā o kēlā me kēia lā o ka huaʻa C hiki ke hiki i 500 - 600 mg).
No laila,ʻo ka hana o ka waika ascorbic i ka mālamaʻana i ke ola kanaka he mea nui. No ka hōʻoiaʻana i ka holo maʻamau o nā hana physiological nui, pono e komo kēia mau meaʻai i loko o ko mākou kino me ka meaʻai.