New research suggests that oranges provide better antioxidant protection than vitamin C tablets. Fruits rich in vitamin C are powerful antioxidants that can protect cellular DNA from damage.

A research team gave test subjects either a glass of blood-orange juice, an equivalent amount of vitamin-C-fortified water, or sugar water (containing no vitamin C).

Blood plasma vitamin C levels went up after subjects drank both the juice and the fortified water.

But when their blood samples were then exposed to hydrogen peroxide, a substance known to cause DNA damage, the damage was significantly less in the samples taken from those who drank the orange juice.

In fruit, vitamin C exists in a matrix of other beneficial substances, which may all interact with each other.
Nature.com April 20, 2007

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