HEALTH - Why Vitamin C is so important for you

in health •  6 years ago 

C vitamin is one of the most important vitamins for our health. It is very important during warm season as it works as a skin antioxidant as well during the cold season as it also protects our bodies from infections. It helps in the absorbtion of more vitamins as well as in the healing of wounds.

These are the foods you should add to your diet as they contain huge quantities of C vitaminimages (6).jpegPaw paw.

Just like most tropical fruits, pawpaw contains high percentage of antioxidants, C vitamin included

images (7).jpegCabbage.

A common food and readily available in groceries. Eat it fresh in salads or cooked it as an accompaniment,rich in c vitamin.

images (8).jpegRed pepper.

There are many different ways of eating red peppers; fresh in a salad or cooked in a sauce. Irrespective of how they are taken, red pappers are a very good source of C vitamin and shpould be consumed more often

images (9).jpegOranges and citrics.

Readily available in local markets, oranges are the most common source of vitamin C.

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Kiwis.

Eating only one kiwi per day you would be taking more than half of the daily amount of c vitamin your body needs

images (11).jpegBerries.

Blueberries, raspberries and blackcurrant, other than being very sweet, are full of nutrients and vitamins.

images (12).jpegParsley.

Another food rich in vitamin C. We like this spice because it adds a lot of taste and colour to our foods, it can also be taken fresh in salads.

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Broccoli.

This food can be used in pies, sauces, salads etc. It has double of c vitamin as an orange.

Which of them will you start to take more often?

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Great article and I think cabbage and papaya are cheaper and hence one can consume this to fulfill the requirement of vitamin C very easily.

Yeah your right