When you think about 🍊 vitamin C, you probably think about oranges, cold weather, or reaching for a little extra immune support. 

Vitamin C is an essential nutrient involved in several processes that your body depends on every day, including the normal function of your immune system. 

And there’s an important reason we need to pay attention to getting enough of it: Your body can’t make vitamin C on its own. 

We have to get it regularly through food or other nutritional sources. 

Vitamin C and your immune system

Your immune system is made up of many different cell  and processes that are working together to help protect and maintain your body. 

Vitamin C 🍋 helps support the normal function of several of those immune cells. 

It also works as an antioxidant, helping protect cells from oxidative stress caused by free radicals produced during normal metabolism and exposure to things in our environment. 

That antioxidant role is important because immune cells are constantly active, communicating and responding to what is happening throughout the body. 

Your body also needs vitamin C to produce collagen, the structural protein that helps support skin, connective tissue, bones, and blood vessels. 

It can even help your body absorb non-heme iron, the type of iron found in plant foods such as beans, lentils, leafy greens, and fortified grains. 

So one familiar nutrient is involved in several very different areas of everyday health:

  • Normal immune function  
  • Antioxidant protection  
  • Collagen production  
  • Improved absorption of iron from plant-based foods  

And fortunately, vitamin C is found in plenty of foods like:

  • Citrus fruits 
  • Strawberries 
  • Kiwi 
  • Bell peppers 
  • Broccoli 
  • Tomatoes

For people who want an additional convenient source, Chewable Vita-C can be especially useful for someone who prefers a chewable instead of swallowing another tablet. 

The important thing to remember is that vitamin C is an everyday nutrient your body uses for immune function, antioxidant defense, collagen production, and more. 

Sometimes the nutrients we hear about most often are worth taking a second look at because there’s usually a lot more happening behind the scenes than we realize. 

Jerry, Wellness Guide
+1 703-626-0774 / Jerry@Fit4LifeLLC.com
https://www.fit4lifellc.com