{"id":3507,"date":"2015-10-21T10:06:22","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T10:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vivianefreitas.com\/en\/?p=3507"},"modified":"2015-10-21T10:17:24","modified_gmt":"2015-10-21T10:17:24","slug":"vitamin-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vivianefreitas.com\/en\/vitamin-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitamin C"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vitamin C was discovered at the time where ships were crossing the oceans, showing how essential it was to discover the substance that could prevent scurvy that plagued the crews.<\/p>\n<p>Because foods rich in vitamin C are perishable, there were not part of the sailor\u2019s diet, which created problems in the joints, inflammation of the gums, hemorrhages, and lowered the body\u2019s immune defense.<\/p>\n<p>Until in 1927, vitamin C was isolated in its pure form, and from there, it\u2019s benefits were known.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What are the benefits of Vitamin C?<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nVitamin C is essential to many \u201cproduction lines\u201d in our body, for example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Production of serotonin, adrenaline, and dopamine that regulates mood;<\/li>\n<li>Production of cortisol and histamine that responds in case of stress;<\/li>\n<li>Production of collagen, a protein that gives firmness to the skin;<\/li>\n<li>Production of white blood cells, the body\u2019s immune system response;<\/li>\n<li>In addition to those mentioned above, it also acts as an antioxidant that promotes the neutralization of free radicals to protect the body against oxidative stress.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Knowing all of this, we realize the need to ingest vitamin C.<br \/>\nHowever, we do not necessarily have to do that through supplements; we can reinforce the daily doses of this vitamin through our nutrition.<\/p>\n<p>But which foods are rich in vitamin C?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Leafy greens and vegetables<\/strong><\/span>: watercress, arugula, peppers, tomatoes, asparagus, eggplant, beets, broccoli, carrots, peas, spinach, cauliflower, cucumber, and parsley.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Fruit<\/strong><\/span>: plum, orange, pineapple, kiwi, apple, lemon, pear, strawberries, watermelon, passion fruit, tangerines, grapes, cashews, avocado, and melon.<\/p>\n<p>With winter right on our doorstep, it is very important that we prevent and reinforce our body\u2019s defenses.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s begin?!<br \/>\nSee you soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vitamin C is essential to many \u201cproduction lines\u201d in our body&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":3510,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"better_featured_image":{"id":3510,"alt_text":"","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":1900,"height":748,"file":"2015\/10\/vitaminac.jpg","sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"vitaminac-150x150.jpg","width":150,"height":150,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.vivianefreitas.com\/en\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/2015\/10\/vitaminac-150x150.jpg"},"medium":{"file":"vitaminac-300x118.jpg","width":300,"height":118,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.vivianefreitas.com\/en\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/2015\/10\/vitaminac-300x118.jpg"},"large":{"file":"vitaminac-1024x403.jpg","width":1024,"height":403,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.vivianefreitas.com\/en\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/2015\/10\/vitaminac-1024x403.jpg"},"mini-thumbnail":{"file":"vitaminac-110x110.jpg","width":110,"height":110,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.vivianefreitas.com\/en\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/2015\/10\/vitaminac-110x110.jpg"},"big-medium":{"file":"vitaminac-320x220.jpg","width":320,"height":220,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.vivianefreitas.com\/en\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/2015\/10\/vitaminac-320x220.jpg"},"post-thumbnail":{"file":"vitaminac-825x325.jpg","width":825,"height":325,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.vivianefreitas.com\/en\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/2015\/10\/vitaminac-825x325.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":0,"credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":0,"copyright":"pluto73 - 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