Vitamins

Quench Your Vitamin C Needs With These Foods

Vitamin C helps the body keep up healthy tissues, maintains a strong immune system and it additionally helps in the assimilation of iron. Vitamin C is likewise viewed as a powerful associate to kick the cold and flu away.

Recommended daily intake for women:  75 mg

Recommended daily intake for men: 90 mg

Find here a list of sources of Vitamin C:

  •     Guava

o    One half cup of the Guava: 188 milligrams of vitamin C
o    Calories: 56

  •     Red Pepper

o    One half cup of Red Pepper: 142 milligrams of vitamin C
o    Calories: 20

  •     Kiwi

o    One half cup of the Kiwi: 70 milligrams of vitamin C
o    Calories: 46

  •     Orange

o    One medium Orange: 70 milligrams of vitamin C
o    Calories: 62

  •     Green Pepper

o    One half cup of uncooked Green Pepper:60 milligrams of vitamin C
o    Calories: 15
o    One half cup of cooked Green Pepper:51 milligrams of vitamin C
o    Calories: 15

  •     Grapefruit

o    One half Grapefruit: 39 milligrams of vitamin C
o    Calories: 52

  •     Grapefruit Juice

o    ¾ cup of Grapefruit Juice: 50 to 70 milligrams of vitamin C
o    Calories: 71 to 86 calories

  •     Tomato Based Vegetable Juice

o    ¾ cup of the Vegetable Juice: 50 milligrams of vitamin C
o    Calories: 34

  •     Strawberries

o    ¾ cup of the Strawberries: 49milligrams of vitamin C
o    Calories: 27

 

By : Natural Health News

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