Need Vitamin-C

 

Why eat vitamin C?

Lack of vitamin C can be seen due to lack of habit of eating raw vegetables. This vitamin is destroyed by water and heat. That's why this vitamin should be taken with caution. Its deficiency causes scurvy. So that the skin breaks and the gums bleed. Vitamin C helps in the absorption of iron from food and prevents anemia. Vitamin C is destroyed in various ways.
▶ If the vegetables are soaked in water for a long time or if the water is boiled and thrown away. 

▶ If vegetables are cut too finely, vitamin C is lost in contact with air. 

▶ As it is destroyed by heat, if you cook it for a long time in an open pan, this vitamin is lost by fifty     percent.

▶ If you cook food containing vitamin C in a copper pot, there is almost no vitamin C in it.   

▶ Using sodium-bi-carbonate to preserve color and acidity of vegetables destroys vitamin C.

* Ways to preserve vitamin C 

▶ Vegetables should be cut into large pieces and cooked in a covered pot. 

▶ Adding sugar to vegetables or fruits can protect vitamin C. It is delicious when mixed with sugar in salads. Vitamins are also protected. 

▶ Refrigerated vegetables and fruits lose less vitamin C.

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