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Chris -- 2025-05-10
I was out for a walk when I ran into an acquaintance and we got on to the topic of vitamins. Vitamin C came up and my acquaintance explained to me that Vitamin C was Absorbic Acid and was so named because the body absorbs it. I liked his explanation and didn’t challange it.
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Pretty cool—11000 hits on Google. I’m surprised this hasn’t shown up before.
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