UKHealthHouse Rosehip 5000 mg, Rosa Canina Extract, Vegan, Tablets High Strength Supplement UK Pharmaceutical Grade Rich Source of Vitamin C Helps Healthy Joints (120 tabs)

WHAT IS ROSE-HIPS? Red in colour, they have a long history of usage in Europe. Rose-hips are best known as one of the richest plant sources of Vitamin C. During world war ll when there was a shortage of citrus fruits in the UK the British government organised the harvesting of as many rose-hips as possible as a substitute source of Vitamin C. This led to a generation of children growing up with a daily spoonful of rose-hip syrup. NUTRITION: Rosehips are an accessory fruit of the rose plant. Apart from Vitamin C rose-hips also contain other vitamins, pectin, tannins, flavonoids, carotenoids, & galactolipids. Viking invaders are said to have used rosehips to help keep them healthy on their epic voyages. British school children in World War II were given the job of collecting rosehips from hedgerows to make into rosehip syrup as a source of vitamin C which was difficult to obtain from food due to the German U boat blockade. ROSA CANINA EXTRACT: There are many different types of rosehips, and they all contain varying amounts of phenols, polyphenols, and ascorbic acids. Rosa canina is the variety that contains the highest amount of these potentially beneficial compounds. For this reason, UKHealthHouse Rosehip tablets are made using only concentrated extracts from Rosa Canina rosehips. Rosehips have been widely used in traditional medicine, and are still widely available as a tea today. DIFFERENT SPECIES: There are many different species of Rosehip including Rosa pouzinii, Rosa corymbifera, Rosa glauca & RosaCanina, which all contain different quantities of the phenols, polyphenols and ascorbic acids found in these fruits. Rose hips begin to form after successful pollination of flowers in spring or early summer, and ripen in late summer through autumn. It is typically red to orange, but ranges from dark purple to black in some species. TRADITIONAL MEDICINE: The rose hip or rosehip, also called rose haw and rose hep, is the accessory fruit of the rose plant. Rosa Canina is the variety which has been shown to contain the greater concentration of these potentially beneficial components. UKHealthHouse Rosehip Tablets are made using a concentrated extract from Rosa Canina rosehips only. Rosehip supplements are an increasingly popular way of taking Rosehip in a more concentrated form.