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    Kygal Posts: 13, Reputation: 1
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    Jul 22, 2007, 05:54 AM
    Can a Vitamin C supplement replace eating fruit?
    I don't eat much fruit (okay, lets face it, I don't eat fruit) but I take a 500mg supplement a day in Vitamin C. Will this help where I don't eat fruit? I have always heard an apple a day keeps the doctor away and have heard Vitamin C will help fight cancer.
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    Jul 22, 2007, 12:04 PM
    The highest concentration of vitamin C are in fresh, raw foods. Vitamin C is water soluble and the least stable of vitamins. Cooking can destroy much of vitamin C content in food, so steaming is best. Pills are not as effective as the real thing. How about 100% Fruit juice, or dried fruit, or products like V-8. All vitamins help, to a certain extent, but the real product is best!
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    Jul 22, 2007, 12:11 PM
    No, a vitamin C cannot replace the natural vitamin C you find in food. It can aid but is not designed to replace proper nutrition. If you do not eat fruit, can you at least drink juice?
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    Jul 22, 2007, 12:11 PM
    Links in support of Lovelesspa

    http://www.whole-food-supplements-gu...pplements.html
    http://www.nutrition-advice.net/blog...-all-ills.html

    Hope its helpful
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    Jul 22, 2007, 12:33 PM
    With only tablets, you will miss out on getting the fiber and other nutrients. Maybe you have another source?

    (How can anyone not eat at least SOME fruits -- bananas, watermelons, navel oranges, apples.) If nothing else, cut them into wedges and chunks and eat them with something you like -- apple wedges dipped in caramel sauce, etc.
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