Tell me the cheapest source of Vitamin C for your patients

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A patient comes to your clinic and you tell him to improve his Vitamin C status considering the fact that he is having some bleeding from gums.
Tell me the cheapest source of Vitamin C for your patients.
PS: When I tell you the answer, many of you will feel amused.

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Well that’s interesting, some of the things that I would recommend him to consume are:
•lemon water
•Amla if he can eat it raw
•Nimbu ka Achar because that’s easily available in every Indian household
•Oranges
•Mosambis raw if not then juiced
•Pineapples
What else ?? Let me know what are the pther sources :thinking:

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Amla and Guavas are the highest concentration vit C if I remember my biochemistry correctly. They are pretty cheap as well.

Considering Vit C tablets are 5 rupees for 10 tablets (50 paisa each tablet) at JanAushadi, I don’t think it gets cheaper than that.

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Amla or raw green chilli?

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Amla and guava are the best sources of vitamin C.

-Other fruits like oranges and mosambi is there
-Also lemon water

Is there any other alternative?

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Main reason of scurvy should be lack of eating fruits and vegetables.
So, eat oranges, lemon, broccoli,…

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Lemon
Amla
Guava

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Amla is the cheapest and easily available source of vitamin C. On top of that Vit C orange flavored tablets are really cheap too.

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Cheapest one out there are green chillies ( few can fulfill the daily requirement too) , bell peppers , curry leaves, Indian gooseberry & how can we forget citrus fruits like oranges .

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The cheapest sources of vitamin C include lemons or amla (indian gooseberry)
Other budget friendly sources are guava, oranges, tomatoes

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Guys, all good answers!
As @Jaideep pointed out - Vit C is the cheapest source :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes::grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:.
One of my classmates in pediatrics viva was asked the cheapest source of white vitamin C. He answered vitamin C tablets. Even though he was right, he was rebuked as if he has done a crime. But the fact remains that vitamin C tablets remain the cheapest source of Vit C in India at least, not in the US where Pharma industry is hell bent upon milking the people. And they do a lot of lobbying, feed senators a lot of money (= corruption) and exploit the people.

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citrus fruit, such as oranges and orange juice.
peppers.
strawberries.
blackcurrants.
broccoli.
brussels sprouts.
potatoes.

Among these you can choose food as per convenience

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Some of the cheapest sources of vitamin C include:

  1. Amla ( Indian Gooseberry)
  2. Oranges
  3. Grapefruits
  4. Guavas
  5. Papayas
  6. Leafy greens like spinach and kale
  7. Lemons

As per availability one can choose from them,
though amla is best source.

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Lemons, easily available and consumed.
Oranges and Sweet limes are sometimes seasonal but recently I’ve seen them all year long.
Amla, well they are also in form of juices but should be consumed raw.
Pineapples hard to find, but yeah serve a good source.
Also Limcee tablet is seen consumed these days.