Vitamin C why you need it and what its in
Vitamin C/Ascorbic Acid
Vitamin C is a water soluble Vitamin. Many mammals can produce their own Vitamin C but you cannot, humans don’t have the ability to make their own vitamin C they need to consume foods which contain it.
Why do you need VitaminC?
Vitamin C or Ascorbic acid (if your a scientist) is a very important vitamin its required for the synthesis of something called collagen, an important structural component of blood vessels, tendons, ligaments, and bone. It also plays an important role in your bodies synphesis of something called norepinephrine a neurotransmitter.
Vitamin C can help you lose fat
Vitamin C plays a role in synthesis of something called carnitine, a small molecule that is essential for the transport of fat to cellular organelles called mitochondria, for conversion to energy.
Vitamin C is also a very powerful Antixodant that can help stop you getting heart disease, cancer and scurvy.
A well known and popular source of Vitamin C is Oranges, Oranges taste nice but what other sources of Vitamin C are there?
Here’s a list of other sources and how much Vitamin C in Miligrams
Red Pepper 224 Miligrams of Vitamin C
50g of Strawberries 40 Miligrams of Vitamin C
Kiwi Fruit 40 Miligrams of Vitamin C
Too much Vitamin C however can give you a bad belly but you’d have to eat 4 Red Peppers for that.