Both my mother and grandmother (in fact my great grandmother as well) would tell me that vitamin C helps prevent colds and that the best source was fresh orange juice.
Well things haven’t changed and various scientific reports are confirming this.
Makes you wonder about old wives tale, doesn´t it?
(Just to clarify, in no way am I [...]
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Vitamin C Rich Antioxidant Fruit + Benefits
Sunday, November 16th, 2008Antioxidants at Your Fingertips.
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008For thousands of years our fore-fathers ate natural food consisting of vegetables and fruits. On special occasions, the results of a good hunt for example, they ate meat. And in areas near rivers, lakes and sea, they ate fish.
The main ingredients however were fruits and vegetables -which still are the major sources of antioxidants.
This diet [...]