Vitamin C and Sensitive Throat
This vitamin helps maintain bones, and connective tissue, act as an antioxidant.
Many fruits and vegetables are rich sources of vitamin C.
The deficiency of Vitamin C results in poor healing of wounds, bleeding under the skin and from gums, scurvy
Excess of vitamin C is excreted. Excessive intakes can lead to diarrhoes.
Daily requirement of vitamin C 70-90 mg/day
Tolerable Upper Intake Limit of vitamin C 2000 mg/day
When we think vitamin C we think citrus fruits, but below tables will show that vitamin C found in large quantities in other foods. Therefore peoples with sensitive throat can choose their vitamin source from these foods.
Vitamin C content of citrus fruits
- Orange 50 mg/100g
- Lemon 40 mg/100g
- Grape fruit 30 mg/100g
- Raspberry 30 mg/100g
- Strawberry 60 mg/100g
Vitamin C content of Some fruit and vegetables
- Red pepper 190 mg/100g
- Guava 100 mg/100g
- Lychee 70 mg/100g
- Papaya 60 mg/100g
- Indian gooseberry 445 mg/100g
- Mango 28 mg/100g
- Cauliflower 40 mg/100g
- Garlic 30 mg/100g
- Spinach 30 mg/100
- Banana 9 mg/100g
- Carrot 9 mg/100g
- water melon 10 mg/100g
- Melon 20 mg/100g
- Potato 20 mg/100g
- Tomato 10 mg/100g
One of the richest source of vitamin C is Rose hips (2000 mg/100g). This is available in the market in the form of syrup named Rose hip syrup.
