Replacing Vitamin C Supplements With Whole Food

If you take vitamins, you are not alone. Americans have a love affair with supplements, to the tune of 11.5 billion dollars a year. In fact, more than half of all Americans are popping vitamins and supplements.

Supplements can be problematic when they are viewed as a way to make up for a poor diet. It’s a Band-Aid approach to think that popping a pill will equal the health-promoting effect of taking care of your health the old-fashioned way -- eating a nutritious diet and exercising.  There is simply no substitute for a healthy lifestyle.

Eating food with nutrients packaged the way Mother Nature intended -- altogether and intact -- has proven health and longevity benefits whereas popping isolated nutrients have questionable health benefits and in some cases can even increase risk of disease.

Here are four examples of how to replace your Vitamin C supplement with foods that supply the same nutrient plus much, much more:

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