Researchers from
University of Otago have found that a natural fruit source of vitamin C – kiwifruit – is vastly superior to a purified supplement form.
The researchers are studying kiwifruit as a source of dietary vitamin C and found that in mice eating kiwifruit, vitamin C uptake was five times as effective as taking a purified supplement form.
The study was recently published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, the highest ranking journal for human nutrition research.
