Why on earth would you ever eat a fucking orange?!?!, you ask incredulously.
Good question!
Oranges = 🤮
But here’s the thing…
With one medium sized-orange (131-154g) providing as much as 80 percent of the daily recommended intake of vitamin C, oranges are a terrific source of that nutrient. Because you’ve lived on this planet long enough to have it drilled into your head that oranges are abundant with vitamin C, you were probably aware of that tidbit, as well as the fact that vitamin C has a pivotal role in supporting the immune system so you’re more resistant to germs.
What you may not be as aware of is that vitamin C also reduces inflammation (which, if left untreated, can result in diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, cancer, and Alzheimer’s); helps the body maintain healthy bones and teeth; and supports the production of collagen, a protein that’s needed to build and repair cartilage, ligaments, tendons, blood vessels, and skin. Even more importantly for a vain motherfucker like you, vitamin C boosts the body’s ability to use fat as a fuel source, whether during exercise or at rest. Lastly, consuming an orange for its vitamin C content before a workout may also help increase nitric oxide levels in the bloodstream so oxygen, nutrients, and anabolic hormones reach the muscles.
Yeah, I know, oranges sound mighty, mighty tasty right about now!
Orange Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 fruit (2-5/8″ dia) (131g)
• Calories: 62
• Total Fat: 0.2g
• Cholesterol: 0mg
• Sodium: 0mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 15g
• Dietary Fiber: 3.1g
• Sugar: 12g
• Protein: 1.2g
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