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Saturday, March 10, 2012

Good foods rich in Vitamin C

Foods rich in Vitamin C

Vitamin C protects the cells from free radical damage, lowers the risk of cancer, helps to absorb the Iron and regenerate vitamin E supplies.
When you have a cut or wound and it is not healing faster, or if you are getting frequent colds and other lung disorders, it indicates the need for high vitamin C rich foods.
The daily recommended value for Vitamin C is 60 mg for a reference diet. A diet with 100% daily value of vitamin C gives you 60 mg.

If a food product has 20 mg of vitamin V, the product would have a % daily value of
( 20mg/60mgX100%=33%)

That means you only get 33% of your daily needs of vitamin C from this food and you need to eat something else to get the 100% daily Value.

The following is a list of good foods that are rich in Vitamin C.
Food
% daily value
Papaya,medium
313.1%
Bell Peppers
195.8%
Strawberries
141.1%
Broccoli
135.2%
Pine Apple
131.4%
Brussel Sprouts
124.6%
Kiwi Fruit
120%
Grape Fruit
100%
Cantaloupe
97.8%
Sources:
http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=nutrient&dbid=109
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/label-etiquet/nutrition/cons/vit-c-eng.php

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