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enantiomer ofascorbic acid , a water-soluble nutrient essential for life,synthesized by most animals and plants but nothumans , although used in our bodies for many purposes. It is plentiful in citrous fruits and many vegetables, and adeficiency causesscurvy .
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Examples
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But potatoes aren't the only way for our children to get these important nutrients, and they're hardly the best: A cup of broccoli has nearly nine times as much vitamin C as a cup of potato, and white beans have about twice as much potassium.
Walter Willett, M.D., DrPH, MPH: Food Fight: Pizza and Spuds Win, School Kids Lose Walter Willett 2011
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But potatoes aren't the only way for our children to get these important nutrients, and they're hardly the best: A cup of broccoli has nearly nine times as much vitamin C as a cup of potato, and white beans have about twice as much potassium.
Walter Willett, M.D., DrPH, MPH: Food Fight: Pizza and Spuds Win, School Kids Lose Walter Willett 2011
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But potatoes aren't the only way for our children to get these important nutrients, and they're hardly the best: A cup of broccoli has nearly nine times as much vitamin C as a cup of potato, and white beans have about twice as much potassium.
Walter Willett, M.D., DrPH, MPH: Food Fight: Pizza and Spuds Win, School Kids Lose Walter Willett 2011
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But potatoes aren't the only way for our children to get these important nutrients, and they're hardly the best: A cup of broccoli has nearly nine times as much vitamin C as a cup of potato, and white beans have about twice as much potassium.
Walter Willett, M.D., DrPH, MPH: Food Fight: Pizza and Spuds Win, School Kids Lose Walter Willett 2011
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But potatoes aren't the only way for our children to get these important nutrients, and they're hardly the best: A cup of broccoli has nearly nine times as much vitamin C as a cup of potato, and white beans have about twice as much potassium.
Walter Willett, M.D., DrPH, MPH: Food Fight: Pizza and Spuds Win, School Kids Lose Walter Willett 2011
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But potatoes aren't the only way for our children to get these important nutrients, and they're hardly the best: A cup of broccoli has nearly nine times as much vitamin C as a cup of potato, and white beans have about twice as much potassium.
Walter Willett, M.D., DrPH, MPH: Food Fight: Pizza and Spuds Win, School Kids Lose Walter Willett 2011
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But potatoes aren't the only way for our children to get these important nutrients, and they're hardly the best: A cup of broccoli has nearly nine times as much vitamin C as a cup of potato, and white beans have about twice as much potassium.
Walter Willett, M.D., DrPH, MPH: Food Fight: Pizza and Spuds Win, School Kids Lose Walter Willett 2011
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