One place that is NOT a good source are vitamin C pills, which body just cannot absorb properly. This is a water soluble vitamin best taken in its natural juice or in a liquid supplement.

OPTIMUM USAGE: Fortunately, if you consume too much of a water soluble vitamin, your body will get rid of excess. It also means that your body does not store it for long periods of time. You can't "stock up" on it, and you can reach a saturation point quickly; you need vitamin C several times a day.

Being a water-soluble vitamin, you lose it when you boil foods. For instance, if you boil your broccoli, you will lose vitamin C. However, if you boil your broccoli in a soup, you will get broccoli's vitamin C in broth.

Do not soak or store fruits or vegetables in water, for you can lose vitamin C that way. In short, fresher cut fruit or vegetable, and less cooked, more vitamin C you will get. Like all vitamins and minerals, Vitamin C is most effective when combined with other nutrients. For example, one of big benefits of vitamin C is that it helps body digest and absorb iron, an essential mineral for good health.

It has also been found that vitamin C and E work together to help stave off Alzheimer's disease.

This is one of reasons it is so important to take vitamin supplements that contain as many different nutrients as possible, so body can absorb them together and enjoy maximum benefits from each one.

DOSAGE: Most experts agree that US RDA is only a fraction of what it should be, and that daily vitamin C levels up to 1,000 or even 2,000 milligrams per day are safe and healthy.

Essential Nectar contains 250% of US RDA, mixing it with 233 other natural, plant-based nutrients...making it a good vitamin C supplement for your diet.