The more sour fruits contain vitamins?

Vitamin C is a water -soluble vitamin. About 1,500 mg vitamin C in the normal adult vitamin C metabolic activity pool, and the maximum storage peak is 3000 mg.

Want to supplement vitamin C. The first thing many people think of is lemon. The more sour fruits contain more vitamin C, but the actual situation is not the case.

The acidity of fruits mainly depends on the organic acid content in fruits, such as apple acid, citric acid, alien citric acid, etc., and the fruit is acidic or sweet, which is determined by the "sugar acid ratio" contained in it. If the sugar content is high and organic acid is low, it is sweet to eat. On the contrary, if the organic acid is high and the sugar content is low, the fruit will be sour.

In addition, in addition to fruits, many vegetables also contain vitamin C. For example, potato, data shows that the content of vitamin C in every 100 grams of potatoes is 27 mg, and the sweet potato is 26 mg. Its content is higher than most of the rhizomes, fresh beans and eggplant vegetables; The C content is 21 mg, the vitamin C content in lentils is 13 mg, the vitamin C content in tomatoes is 19 mg, and the vitamin C content in the eggplant is 5 mg, but its content is lower than most of the leaves and flower vegetables.

It should be noted that according to relevant information, the human body needs to consume 100mg of vitamin C every day. Calculate it. 500 grams of vegetables and 200 grams of fruits per day can meet the demand throughout the day.

Author: Gao Xin

Source: Shaanxi Science and Technology News

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