The first thing you may think about to fight common cold is vitamin C since it reduces the duration of the cold and ameliorates its symptoms. But, have you ever used it in your struggle against obesity? then, try it!

Research shows that if you want to burn fat, you should provide your body with sufficient vitamin C depending on many studies. One of them focused on two groups of overweight people exercising for an hour per day. The results shew that the group of people who have low blood concentration of vitamin C burned 25 per cent less than the group of people with adequate C. In other words, the amount of vitamin C within blood stream affects the process of fat burning during exercise time.

But how could vitamin C burn fat in body? It seems that Vitamin C is essential in creating carnitine, which is a small protein-like molecules that burns fat into fuel. Therefore, if carnitine decreases, fat will accumulate in body tissues.

To keep this burning ability at satisfactory levels, experts recommend that you get 1200 milligrams of vitamin C per day. Much of this amount can be gut from food, and the rest from supplements divided into two doses one in the morning and the other at night  because body pees it quickly.

Here are some kinds of fruit and veggies that are rich in vitamin C :An orange ( 70 mg) -a kiwi( 70 mg) -  a mango (57 mg) – strawberries ( 100 mg per cup) _ a red pepper ( 152 mg) _ broccoli ( 100 mg per cup) .