{"id":313,"date":"2020-04-15T23:44:17","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T23:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wholeselfnutrition.com\/?p=313"},"modified":"2020-04-15T23:44:17","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T23:44:17","slug":"tips-on-feeding-your-immune-system-vitamin-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wholeselfnutrition.com\/?p=313","title":{"rendered":"Tips on feeding your immune system:  Vitamin C"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"693\" src=\"https:\/\/wholeselfnutrition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Vitamin-C-1024x693.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wholeselfnutrition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Vitamin-C-1024x693.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wholeselfnutrition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Vitamin-C-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wholeselfnutrition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Vitamin-C-768x520.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wholeselfnutrition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Vitamin-C.jpg 1385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Vitamin C<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:23px\">Vitamin C&nbsp;is an antioxidant that&nbsp;boosts immunity, by encouraging production of&nbsp;white blood cells&nbsp;while supporting them to function more effectively.&nbsp; Vitamin C also strengthens the skins barriers, our skin is our first line&nbsp;of&nbsp;defense against infection.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:23px\">Vitamin C deficiency has been linked to poor health outcomes.&nbsp; The good news&nbsp;is it\u2019s pretty easy to get vitamin C in your diet here are some great&nbsp;whole food sources:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:23px\"><strong>Vegetables:<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;peppers,&nbsp;tomato, cauliflower, broccoli, spinach, mustard greens, romaine, sweet potato, cabbage, collard greens, swiss chard, okra,&nbsp;acorn squash, asparagus, green beans&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:23px\"><strong>Fruits:&nbsp; <\/strong>Citrus (oranges, grapefruit, lemons),&nbsp;cantaloupe, blueberries, strawberries,&nbsp;bananas, watermelon, pineapple&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:23px\"><strong>Additional Benefits of&nbsp;Vitamin C:<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;it is cardio-protective, supports healthy blood pressure,&nbsp;protects against gout,&nbsp;helps wounds heal faster and&nbsp;boosts memory.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:23px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:23px\">We would love to be part of your wellness journey:  Call (502) 209-7955 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vitamin C&nbsp; Vitamin C&nbsp;is an antioxidant that&nbsp;boosts immunity, by encouraging production of&nbsp;white blood cells&nbsp;while supporting them to function more effectively.&nbsp; Vitamin C also strengthens the skins barriers, our skin is our first line&nbsp;of&nbsp;defense against infection.&nbsp; Vitamin C deficiency has been linked to poor health outcomes.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wholeselfnutrition.com\/?p=313\">&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,23,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-functional-nutrition","category-healthy-tips","category-uncategorized"],"builder_content":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wholeselfnutrition.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wholeselfnutrition.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wholeselfnutrition.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wholeselfnutrition.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wholeselfnutrition.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wholeselfnutrition.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wholeselfnutrition.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wholeselfnutrition.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wholeselfnutrition.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}