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Humans stopped producing our own Vitamin C to fight parasitic infections
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Humans stopped producing our own Vitamin C to fight parasitic infections
Most mammals produce their own vitamin C using an enzyme called GULO. Around 60 million years ago, humans lost this ability, which scientists long viewed as evolutionarily neutral since vitamin C from diet compensated for the loss. But new research suggests that the deprivation of this essential molecule was not an innocuous evolutionary shift but actually a clever defense against parasitic infections.Continue Reading
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