Essentials of Vitamin C

Vitamin C is crucial during pregnancy for yours and your unborn babies health. You want a healthy pregnancy make sure you are taking all your vitamins properly, and the only source of vitamins is healthy foods like fruits, vegetables and nuts make sure you are eating a well balanced vitamin and mineral enriched meal.

There are many vitamins and each one has it's own role for our body but the most essential ones are vitamin A, Vitamin  C, Vitamin E  and Vitamin D.
Vitamin A- The only source is fruits and vegetables, vitamin A is vital for the baby's hair nail and skin development as well as protecting the baby from infections.
Vitamin E- A vitamin one should have all through their life important for immunity, repairing the wear and tear of tissues and improves the body's metabolism. Olive oil is a super source of vitamin e and so are many kinds of nuts.
Vitamin D- The source of this vitamin is the sun, nowadays many are known to suffer from this deficiency and it makes you feel weak and lethargic.  Make sure you take some sunshine especially the morning sun, it will give you the dose of vitamin D and make your skin and hair glow.
Vitamin C- Citrus fruits are the best source of vitamin c, oranges, sweet lime, lemon superb ways to gain some vitamin c. Again a vitamin that makes the immune system stronger to fight cold and flu attacks. Not only that vitamin c is essential for the repair of body cells and bones so it keeps the baby protected from injury by healing the injury faster. 

Ascorbic acid or Vitamin C as we all know is an essential vitamin for the body. Each and every vitamin has it's own importance but the need for a daily dose of vitamin c is a must. why? Let me explain vitamin c helps your body to fight any kind of infection, it helps develop a structural protein called collagen which helps in bone repair. Some research has also shown that vitamin c deficiency can lead to slow mental development of the baby. And if you have low hemoglobin the best way to make your body absorb iron will be by adding vitamin c with it, vitamin c helps the body to absorb iron from the iron rich food. The signs of vitamin c deficiency are weak and poor quality hair, inflammation and sensitivity in the gums, dry patchy skin and delayed healing of an injury.

The amount of vitamin c a pregnant women needs per day is as follows-
Pregnant women who are in their twenty plus need about 85 mg of vitamin c, young girls who are 18 and below and pregnant would require about 80 mg of vitamin c. Breast feeding mothers would require 120 mg of vitamin c.

There are tablets available but food is the best source of vitamin c and only including them in your diet would be sufficient to give your body the desired amount of  vitamin c. Foods that are a rich source of vitamin c are oranges, grapefruit, kiwi, yellow as well as red bell peppers, broccoli, potato, raspberries, tomatoes etc.