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Eat an orange, man. Fruits are good for you. The rest of your health benefits from Vitamin C are probably confirmation bias.

• scurvy 10y ago
  Or a lime. ;)
  • Philadelphia 10y ago
    You'd actually need more than three limes to meet the RDA.[1] Just two lemons[2], though, or one orange[3]. ;) [1] http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/fruits-and-fruit-juices/1942/2 http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/fruits-and-fruit-juices/... [2] http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/fruits-and-fruit-juices/1936/2 http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/fruits-and-fruit-juices/... [3] http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/fruits-and-fruit-juices/1968/2 http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/fruits-and-fruit-juices/...
    • scurvy 10y ago
      It was a joke. Look at my handle.
      • labster 10y ago
        I got it right away. People not getting these jokes is just another confirmation that we have a critical pirate shortage these days, raising our global temperature.
• mrfusion 10y ago
  Not everyone eats an orange every day though. If you eat a variety of fruits some don't have that much vitimin c. An apple only has 15% of your rda.
• ellyagg 10y ago
  We already know vitamin supplements work. When people present with vitamin deficiencies, they are prescribed supplements, and the deficiency symptoms go away. The anti-supplement agenda is trivially undermined by well-known facts. So now we're just talking about dose, symptoms, and lifestyle. Whether it's an orange or a supplement, the vitamin C still works. Some studies indicate that a fairly high proportion of the population has "sub-clinical" vitamin deficiency, e.g., in C. I used to get nosebleeds pretty often. I have a diet that's very low in fruits and vegetables. When I started taking C, my nosebleeds went away immediately. I'd rather take the supplement than incorporate fruits and vegetables into my diet.
  • scott_s 10y ago
    You are conflating having a deficiency with supplementation despite having no deficiency. If you have a deficiency, yes, you need to take more of that particular vitamin. But the evidence is against people without a deficiency taking a general purpose vitamin. A good pointer to recent studies: https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/more-evidence-that-routine-multivitamin-use-should-be-avoided/ https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/more-evidence-that-routine-...