Vitamin C Conundrum for the Organic Crowd

If some of you find the following to be disquieting, I apologize in advance. But (A) it is all true; (B) it’s information your vitamin shops don’t want you to have; and (C) it will possibly screw with your head a little, in an ironic sort of way.

Did you ever wonder where your vitamin C comes from? Perhaps, on some level,  you envision a bunch of flaxen-haired beauties with flowers in their hair, blithely meandering through lush orange groves, lovingly selecting only the finest fruit, which will later be hand-squeezed to ensure that you will be getting nothing short of a miracle of nature?

You may need to adjust your expectations somewhat. Here is where your vitamin C really comes from:

Yeah, I knew that.   I’m still taking a big dose of Vitamin C each morning, does it help?  I wonder.

BTW, do NOT ask about shrimp!