Modern people often lack vitamin C intake. A single kiwi, a natural nutrient, can help.

"You are what you eat." This famous quote from the ancient Greek philosopher Hippocrates emphasizes the importance of the food we consume every day. Food is more than just a source of energy; it's a key element that forms the foundation of our health.

With the growing interest in health among younger generations, the importance of healthy eating habits is growing. In particular, if you don't consciously consume enough vegetables and fruits, you can easily become deficient in vitamin C, an essential nutrient. This can signal a health risk, so a balanced diet is crucial.

 

Modern people's vitamin C intake decreases every year.

 

A balanced diet should include all five essential nutrients our bodies need: protein, vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, and fat. Furthermore, according to the Harvard Healthy Diet, proposed by Harvard Medical School, half of each meal should consist of vegetables and fruits. However, the actual diet of Koreans deviates significantly from this standard.

 

Vitamin C deficiency leads to chronic fatigue and lethargy.

 

Vitamin C is essential for collagen synthesis. A deficiency in vitamin C inhibits collagen synthesis, weakening all tissues in the body. Blood vessels weaken, leading to bleeding, skin loses elasticity, accelerating aging, and weakening the immune system. Symptoms such as lethargy, chronic fatigue, nosebleeds, digestive problems, and depression can also occur.

Vitamin C has already been proven through numerous studies to have various effects, including promoting iron absorption, restoring stress-related vascular dysfunction, improving immunity, beautifying skin, and lowering cholesterol.

 

Gold Kiwi, a natural nutrient that replenishes your body with vitamin C.

 

For busy modern people, it's difficult to consume a balanced diet of fruits and vegetables every day to supplement their vitamin C intake. In such cases, eating kiwifruit, rich in vitamin C, can be a solution. Vitamin C is a nutrient that cannot be produced naturally in the body and must be obtained through food. Sungold kiwifruit, with its golden hue, is rich in vitamin C, an essential nutrient for our bodies.

 

One Sun Gold kiwi (100g) contains 152mg of vitamin C. The recommended daily intake of vitamin C for adults is 100mg, so eating one kiwi a day will meet the recommended daily intake.

Kiwifruit is also called a "natural nutrient" because it contains over 20 nutrients, including dietary fiber, potassium, folic acid, vitamin E, and antioxidants. It has the highest nutrient density of any fruit we eat regularly. Nutrient density is a standard for assessing nutritional value, measuring the amount of various nutrients per 100 kcal.

 

The nutrient density of Sungold kiwi is 20.1 points, which is very high compared to apples (3.5) or blueberries (4.3). Sungold kiwi is also rich in serotonin, known as the happiness hormone, and tryptophan (the main ingredient needed to synthesize serotonin), which can help alleviate depression. In fact, a research team at the University of Otago in New Zealand observed changes in patients with mood disorders such as depression when they consumed gold kiwi. The patients consumed two gold kiwis daily for four weeks. As a result, fatigue and depression were reduced by 38% and 34%, respectively, and energy increased by 31%.

 

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It seems to be effective in relieving fatigue and depression.

I bought green kiwi yesterday lol

 

I guess I should eat some gold kiwis too.

 

Since it's called a natural nutritional supplement, I feel like I need to take it more often.