Since I was 24 I have made it a habit to just eat fruit in the mornings. Obviously, there's lots of exceptions especially when travelling. But for me it has been the best possible way for me to keep lots of vitamins in my diet without having to always think about it. I returned home yesterday from being on the road for 6 days, and this morning I thoroughly enjoyed juicing three rings of pineapple, two oranges and a handfull of strawberries.

In my juicer, it made about a pint and a half of juice, which your doctor would call an abundant torrent of vitamin C.

Actually oranges are just okay, but not really your best sources of vitamin C. (of course the Orange Farmers Lobby would have you believe otherwise, like the Milk Producers Lobby on the amount of calcium in milk)

If you really want to absorb vitamin C in good quantities, eat strawberries. More broadly, most any kinds of berries have lots, and just as much or more than oranges. And you can just wash some strawberries and eat them without a big hassle of preparation. Summertime is good for fresh oranges, pineapple, melons and berries, but you'll find that in the winter months they are not in season. In Winter, switch to grapefruit, which also have more vitamin C in them than oranges.

Another benefit to that is that you are switching up your diet, which in the long run means you'll follow it more successfully. Who wants to eat the same kind of food every day of their life?

On grapefruit, hopefully there in Florida you can buy Texas grapefruit in the Winter. They are much sweeter than California grapefruit, which are pale pink in color and so sour you'll want to reach for the sugar (don't!).

If your mainstream grocery store doesn't have them, check Whole Foods. They should be pretty cheap too, nothing exotic. All fresh produce and fruit should have a label on them that essentially brands them.

Steve