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Vitamin C

Vitamin C is beneficial for the immune system defenses, protecting against viruses and bacteria, healing wounds, reducing cholesterol in blood, cell growth and prevention of scurvy. It is a good natural laxative.

Its lack can lead to tiredness, bleeding gums and slow healing of wounds.

Good sources of vitamin C:

- Citrus fruits like oranges, lemons, kiwis.

- Berries

- Tomatoes

- Cauliflower

- Potatoes

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Vitamin D plays an essential role in the body, being necessary for the absorption and maintaining calcium levels that enable the maintenance of an appropriate structure within the bones and teeth and proper nervous system function.

Where did we get?
The main source of vitamin D is sunlight, which stimulates the passage of provitamin D to previtamin D and then to vitamin D in the skin. Exposure to the sun about 10 minutes three or four days a week ensuring adequate levels of this vitamin in otganismo.

The vitamin D produced in the skin is stored in adipose tissue and muscle to cover the needs in seasons where there is sun exposure.

Another part of the vitamin D that comes from food. Rich in vitamin D are oily fish, fish liver oil (particularly cod liver oil), margarine, egg yolk, milk and dairy products.

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