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Writer's pictureTracey Tordoff

Did you know your body can’t store vitamin C?

🫑🌶 So you must take it every day.


🍊Yes you can supplement but what about a food as your source. Adult woman need about 75mg per day.


🥝Kiwi fruit 75% of daily requirement

Feijoa x 2 - 65% of daily requirement.

Mandarin - 31% of daily requirement

Pineapple - 1c is 100% of daily requirement

🍊Orange - 130% of daily requirement

See the link for other foods that are high in Vitamin C especially Capsicum


🍋Vitamin C is well known for its bolstering effect on the immune system but it is also needed for:


🥦The adrenal glands love vitamin C! The adrenals produce our stress hormones (adrenalin and cortisol) as well as some of our sex hormones, so adrenal function – for which vitamin C is essential – is inextricably linked to how we feel.


🫑Vitamin C is used up when stress hormones are produced, so requirements may be increased during periods of stress days as is magnesium.

🍊Vitamin C is required for the production of collagen, a structural protein in bones, tendons, cartilage and skin. While many people have heard about the importance of collagen in the skin from a beauty perspective, its other roles seem to be less appreciated.


🍋Healthy bones and tendons are critical to our ability to move with ease and therefore for maintaining our body's functionality, and this has a huge impact on quality of life.


🍓Vitamin C is also essential for wound healing.


🍍Iron absorption from plant-based foods is enhanced in the presence of vitamin C for example eating a steak with spinach as a side dish.


🥝Vitamin C is a powerful antioxidant that reduces damage and inflammation in the body, helping to protect you from degenerative diseases.


👍🏻Thanks to Dr Libby Weaver for this information & the list of other foods to consider:


🍍How’s your vitamin C intake? Do you have 2-3 pieces of fruit per day. More may increase the sugar load, but a few is great for the fibre and vitamins and minerals we get from the fruit.


🥬How many vegetable colours are you getting in a day? Vegetables contain vitamin C too - for example Capsicums, Spinach, Kale, Broccoli




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