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Everyone knows that Vitamin C comes from oranges, and everyone makes sure that they have their daily dose of this vitamin by having citrus on a regular basis. The issue is, that we tend to just take this information for granted, when there are some aspects that really need to be thought about. Yes, Vitamin C is important, and yes, you can get it from oranges and other citrus fruits, but a lot of people are buying their orange juice from the shops, pre-packaged and God knows how old.

Vitamin C is very light and heat sensitive, so an older juice that has been sitting on the supermarket shelves for weeks or even months, will have a lot less vitamin c goodness. Juicing oranges fresh off the tree is the absolute best case scenario, but not all of us have an orange tree. If you buy oranges, try and get some that are ripened on the tree. Letting the orange ripen on the tree also helps it build up its Vitamin C content a lot more.