By Karen Rice
Official Kids Mag
National Vitamin C Day is on April 4. So
let's learn something about this mighty, mighty
vitamin! Vitamin C is good for our bodies and
minds in about a gazillion ways. It helps keep
us from catching a cold, helps heal our skinned
knees and a whole lot more.
Leah Carrington, a nurse practitioner and
certified nutritionist with Enhanced Healthcare
of the Ozarks reminds us, "Since vitamin
C can't be stored in the body, you need it
in your diet every day. But that's easy… it's
already there in some of our favorite foods —
tomatoes, oranges, strawberries, bell peppers,
broccoli, potatoes, grapefruit and lemons, just
to name a few."
Vitamin C was officially "discovered" in
1932. But the discovery of this amazing vitamin
started way back in 1747, when a surgeon with
the British navy found that citrus fruits helped
sailors recover from scurvy, a disease that
killed millions of them when they were out to
sea for months at a time with no fresh fruits
or vegetables.
Oranges and the common cold
In the 1970s, a man named Linus Pauling
wrote a book called "Vitamin C and the
Common Cold." He recommended that
people fight off the common cold by eating a
lot of vitamin C…he suggested people eat 12
to 24 oranges a day!
Actually, just one orange will help you get
your vitamin C for the day. And eating an
orange is better than taking a vitamin C pill or
gummy. The mix of antioxidants in vitamin C is
much more effective when it occurs naturally
like it does in an orange.
Leah says, "We can find vitamin C
everywhere, and so many tasty things!
Snacking on oranges, strawberries, or
drinking a glass of lemonade gives us the
refreshing health boost we need!"
Get your daily dose of Vitamin C by
making a yummy "Rad Orange Salad"
with this recipe from our friends at Apple
Seeds Teaching Farm in Fayetteville.
"C" the
goodness of
!
Vitamin
Rad
Orange Salad
Prep time: 20 mins
Serves: 6
ingReDients
• 8 radishes
• 2 Tbsp of honey (divided)
• 1 pinch of salt
• 1 tsp orange zest
• 1 ½ tsp lemon juice
• 2 oranges, ½ of one for
squeezing
• 2 sprigs of mint
• 1 tsp of cinnamon
instRuctions
1. Shred the radishes and place
in a small bowl.
2. Cover with 1 Tbsp of honey
and a pinch of salt. Stir and set
aside for 15 minutes.
3. Mix orange juice with
remaining honey and lemon juice.
4. Zest* an orange and add 1
tsp to the orange juice. Refrigerate.
5. Finely chop mint.
6. Peel the orange and cut into
medium slices.
7. Drain liquid from shredded
radishes.
8. Arrange orange slices over
radish mixture, drizzle with
the juice mixture, and sprinkle
with the cinnamon and mint.
Refrigerate until ready to serve!
*To zest the orange use the
smallest holes on your grater
and carefully scrape off the
first layer of the rind.
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