Burn More Calories with Vitamin C

How can you lose weight quickly without starving yourself? A study conducted by Arizona State University found that people who supplemented their diet with extra vitamin C lost weight faster than those who didn’t consume enough of the nutrient. You only need 60 milligrams (mg) of vitamin C a day to meet your body’s basic needs, but according to this study, raising your daily intake to 500 mg could boost your fat burning potential during exercise by 39%. Yes, you still have to exercise to reap the benefits. But you were going to work out anyway, right? Just don’t give in to the false assumption that “if some is good, more is better” and do something stupid like overdose on vitamin C – 500 mg is plenty. Nutrition experts warn that taking more than 2,000 mg of vitamin C can cause toxicity, which has very unpleasant side effects (like diarrhea, bloating and flatulence – nothing you want to experience at the gym, or anywhere else for that matter). If you’d rather eat your vitamin C than pop pills, eat more citrus fruits. Just don’t put all your hopes in that morning glass of orange juice, which can lose more than 50% of its vitamin C levels during processing and storage. (It’s also got a lot of calories from sugar that you don’t need if you’re trying to shed extra pounds.) A better bet? Grapefruits, oranges, strawberries, limes, lemons, mangoes, and kiwis are all fabulous sources of this fat-burning vitamin. Now can you “C” how delicious losing weight can be?