Vitamin C (also known as ascorbic acid) is a water-soluble essential nutrient that your body needs to consume and replenish every day. Vitamin C is found in citrus fruits like oranges, lemons, grapefruit, and limes. It’s also found in tomatoes, red peppers, broccoli, and strawberries.

Almost 50% of U.S. adults are not getting enough Vitamin C through their daily food intake (1). If you just want to make sure you’re getting what your body needs, Vitamin C supplements may help.

(1) Reider, Carroll A et al. “Inadequacy of Immune Health Nutrients: Intakes in US Adults, the 2005-2016 NHANES.” Nutrients vol. 12,6 1735. 10 Jun. 2020, doi:10.3390/nu12061735

Vitamin C plays an important role in supporting the immune system. As an antioxidant, it helps neutralize free radicals in the body, and it may help aid in iron absorption in the body, too.†