Foods high in Vitamin C
Vitamin C is a powerhouse nutrient with a myriad of health benefits. Most known for its role in supporting the immune system, vitamin C also plays a role in maintaining connective tissue, protecting your heart, repairing and restoring tissue and boosting absorption of other nutrients in the body.
Vitamin C deficiency can cause symptoms like easy bruising, bleeding gums, rough, dry skin, digestive disorders, slow wound healing, dry, splitting hair, red spots on skin, fatigue and weakened immunity.
The best way to get vitamin C is by eating a balanced diet with foods that are naturally high in vitamin C or by taking a food grade supplement.
Most vitamin C supplements use ascorbic acid (always read ingredient label.) Ascorbic acid is synthetically made in a lab using glucose (usually genetically modified corn syrup) and fermenting this with bacteria to create ascorbic acid.
Below are 10 amazing foods that are naturally high in vitamin C. No ascorbic acid, nothing synthetic, just nutrient dense foods made by nature.
No hate on oranges; however, keep in mind while reading that an orange contains about 51mg of vitamin C.
90mg of vitamin C is 100% DV.
1) Camu Camu berry per 100g contains 2145mg of Vitamin C. 2,383% DV.
2) Acerola cherries per 100g contain 1,677mg, 1,863% DV.
3 ) Amla berry per 100g contains 600mg, 666% DV.
4) Rose hips per 100g contain 426mg, 473% DV.
5) Guava per 100g contains 228mg, 253% DV.
6) Yellow bell pepper per 100g contains 183mg, 203% DV.
7) Black currants per 100g contain 181mg, 201% DV.
8) Kiwi per 100g contains 92mg, 102% DV.
9) Mustard spinach per 100g contains 81mg, 90% DV.
10) Papaya per 100g contains 60mg, 66% DV.
You may be thinking, where the heck am I supposed to get these foods? While papaya, kiwis and yellow peppers are fairly accessible, the rest may be a tough find. Below is my favorite vitamin C powder, made from acerola cherries, camu camu berries and amla berries. This vitamin C straight from the source, no synthetic ascorbic acid here!
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Whole Food Vitamin C from acerola cherry, camu camu berry and amla berry.