PAWSA - Orange Juice (Natural Mix)

you know,  it may be that we need something to help us, with our mental capacities and help the cogs start to turn more freely like, "Orange Juice", or more specifically vitamin C, Ascorbate vitamin C, is a vital antioxidant molecule in the brain. However, it also has a number of other important functions, participating as a co-factor in several enzyme reactions including catecholamine synthesis, collagen production and regulation of HIF-1α. Ascorbate is transported into the brain and neurons via the Sodium-dependent Vitamin C Transporter-2 (SVCT2), which causes accumulation of ascorbate within cells against a concentration gradient. Dehydroascorbic acid, the oxidized form of ascorbate, is transported via glucose transporters of the GLUT family. Once in cells, it is rapidly reduced to ascorbate. The highest concentrations of ascorbate in the body are found in the brain and neuroendocrine tissues such as adrenal, although the brain is the most difficult organ to deplete of ascorbate. Combined with regional asymmetry in ascorbate distribution within different brain areas, these facts suggest an important role for ascorbate in the brain. Ascorbate is proposed as a neuromodulator of glutamatergic, dopaminergic, cholinergic and GABAergic transmission and related behaviors. Neurodegenerative diseases typically involve high levels of oxidative stress and thus ascorbate has been posited to have potential therapeutic roles against ischemic stroke, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and Huntingdon's disease. Vitamin C supplements can improve IQ, memory and other mental functions. The brain is particularly susceptible to free radical damage because of its high oxygen usage. Vitamin C is one of the most potent antioxidant vitamins, neutralising this damage, cerebral food for though, or is it just time to grind as, standardz, hahahahahahaha, :) #edio