10 foods that contain more vitamin C than oranges

A glass of fresh orange juice every morning, and an extra glass when you start feeling a little sniffly? Good plan, because vitamin C helps you recover from a cold more quickly. And if you’re fed up with oranges, you can always add these ten foods to your shopping list, because every single one contains even more vitamin C than oranges.

Headaches, coughing and spluttering? You may have caught a cold. Nothing serious, but you’ll want to get rid of the sniffles and that miserable feeling quickly. Chicken soup will certainly help you feel better, but these vegetables and fruits are also incredibly healthy, because they contain much more vitamin C than oranges and lemons.

Red chili pepper

A bowl of chopped chili peppers contains 107.8 milligrams of vitamin C. Compare that with your orange juice: just 50 milligrams in a 100-milliliter glass. So add some delicious sambal to your food when you catch a cold. What’s more, the University at Buffalo found that capsaicin, the compound that makes those peppers so freaking hot, is very effective against muscle pain.

Red bell pepper

Red bell peppers contain almost four times as much vitamin C: 190 milligrams per 100 grams of cleaned pepper. The fact that bell peppers also provide your body with vitamin A is a nice bonus—that’s the vitamin responsible for beautiful hair and strong nails. Green bell peppers contain slightly less vitamin C, but 120 milligrams per 100 grams is still a pretty impressive score, right?

Kale

Sorry for using that trendy term, but kale really is a superfood. More than 80 milligrams of vitamin C, plus vitamin K and all kinds of minerals: that kale mash you ate in the old days really isn’t so crazy after all. If you’re truly a hip chick, you’ll obviously eat kale chips. Crunchy and good for your sniffly head.

Broccoli

Bam, 132 milligrams of vitamin C per 100 grams. Plus dietary fiber, and only 30 calories, so it’s light too. And when you add to that the fact that broccoli may also help prevent cancer, you know it: green winner!

Papaya

You didn’t expect that, did you? But a papaya contains slightly more vitamin C than orange juice, and a compound in that bright orange powerhouse helps clear your blocked nose quickly.

Strawberries

Almost 90 milligrams of vitamin C in a bowl of strawberries, so that’s a great start. And did you know that strawberries contain lots of folic acid?

Cauliflower

Not sexy, but delicious and healthy, because cauliflower contains no less than 128 milligrams of vitamin C per 100 grams of vegetables. It doesn’t matter whether you boil it, put it in a tagine or roast it—you’ll get those vitamins in either way.

Brussels sprouts

Do you love Brussels sprouts, or can’t you stand the thought of them? Give them a try anyway: 80 milligrams of vitamin C and a whole lot of fiber. Do you hate them? You can always deep-fry them…

Kiwi

Eat two kiwis and you’ll have consumed 190 milligrams of vitamin C. That adds up nicely! They also contain plenty of potassium and copper. If you eat them with the skin on, you’ll get a good amount of dietary fiber too.

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Source: Health.com