TB drug becomes more effective with Vitamin C: Study

New Delhi : Vitamin C can be very beneficial for the human body as it immunes us from several diseases. In a recent study, the scientists have claimed that TB drugs become more effective if they get Vitamin C boost in our body.

The findings from the study have been published in the US journal of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 

It claims that adding vegetables and fruits containing Vitamin C in your daily diet could wipe out drug-resistant strains of the bacteria that cause tuberculosis.

Foods like bell peppers, dark leafy greens, berries and oranges are an excellent source of vitamin C.

To study the results, researchers treated Mycobacterium tuberculosis-infected mice with anti-tuberculosis drugs or vitamin C alone, or the drugs and vitamin C together.

According to the researchers, vitamin C had no activity by itself, but in two independent experiments, the combination of vitamin C with the first-line TB drugs, reduced the organ burdens faster than the two drugs without vitamin C.