10 Foods That Beat a Multivitamin (Gotta Love # 6!)

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8. Yellow Bell Peppers

Most people don’t think of vegetables as being good sources of vitamin C, but yellow bell peppers are an exception to the rule. As we mentioned before, vitamin C is a water soluble vitamin, so it is important that you get some of this vitamin every day.

In the old days, a deficiency in vitamin C was quite common. This disease is called scurvy, but it is very rare today. A diet high in vitamin C has been linked to an improved immune system, a decreased risk of several chronic diseases, and a reduced risk of DNA damage.

One yellow bell pepper has about 600 percent of your 75 to 90 mgs of vitamin C that you need every day. This is 3 to 4 times the amount of vitamin C found in one orange.

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