The skin, teeth and bones also benefit from vitamin C’s collage-forming. It contributes to maintenance of healthy bones.

Vitamin C is full in all fruits and vegetables like green peppers, citrus fruits and juices, strawberries, tomatoes, broccoli, turnip greens, and other leafy greens, sweet and white potatoes, and cantaloupe. Papaya, mango, watermelon, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, cabbage, winter squash, red peppers, raspberries, blueberries, cranberries, and pineapples are also good resources of Vitamin C.

Take in vitamin C 300-400 mg per day will increase the life of men for 6 years and for women for 1 year.

3. Vitamin A Vitamin A plays essential roles in vision, growth, and development; the development and maintenance of healthy skin, hair, and mucous membranes; immune functions; and reproduction.

It also comes from animal sources, such as eggs, meat, milk, cheese, cream, liver, kidney, cod, and halibut fish oil. However, all of these sources -- except for skim milk that has been fortified with Vitamin A

Vitamin A is found in the Beta carotene food. The prunes, carrots, pumpkins, cabbages, apricot, watermelon, mangos and other color fruits and vegetables are full of the Beta carotene.

According to the recommendation of Dr. Claude Chauchard, the French medical professor, you can take in vitamin A 5mg per day for women, and 10-15 mg per day for men.

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