The Top Foods High in Vitamin C — and Why the Nutrient Is So Critical
From the Everyday Health website
The Hungarian biochemist Albert Szent-Györgyi discovered vitamin C in the 1930s — hundreds of years after more than two million sailors died of a gruesome disease they likely could have staved off with more fruits and veggies aboard ship. That disease was scurvy, which for centuries was not known to be caused by a deficiency in ascorbic acid, or vitamin C, according to the American Chemical Society. Most produce contains vitamin C in amounts sufficient to keep such extreme deficiencies at bay.
Why is vitamin C so important? Marisa Moore, RDN, who’s based in Atlanta, says the vitamin plays a critical role in maintaining tissues, keeping bones healthy, and protecting cells and blood vessels from damage.
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