Don’t just limit yourself to oranges when it comes to citrus fruits. There’s a whole world of citrus fruits out there! Citrus fruits are in season through the beginning of spring — so go get your citrus boost now!
Citrus fruits aren’t just conveyors of immune-boosting vitamin C. They also come with a ton of other health benefits. And speaking of vitamin C — remember that your body doesn’t store this vitamin. You need to eat it every day to replenish your stores.
- Blood oranges: the bright red flesh that gives this fruit its name also gives this fruit healthy, disease-fighting anthocyanins.
- Clementines: these tiny, tangy fruits are full of vitamins but not calories. Each Clementine has only 35 calories.
- Grapefruit: this sour fruit might just be able to help lower levels of bad LDL cholesterol! Just be careful mixing grapefruit with some prescription drugs; ask your doctor if this fruit will mess with your meds.
- Key limes: these limes are full of phytochemicals that might help protect your body against cancer.
- Kumquats: tiny fruits that are packed with fiber. Four kumquats give you five grams of fiber — that’s more than one fifth of what you need in a day.
- Meyer lemons: the zest of this sweet fruit is full of cancer-fighting antioxidants like limonene.
- Navel oranges: this vitamin C powerhouse comes with 110% of your daily vitamin C content.
- Pomelos (also known as pummelos): another fiber star, with three grams of fiber in one half of a fruit.
- Sour oranges: may be too tart to eat (but not too tart to use in marinades and sauces) and comes with nearly a third of your daily vitamin A.
- Tangelos: need more calcium in your diet? One tangelo contains four percent of your daily calcium intake.
- Tangerines: provide thiamin, a B vitamin that helps your body get energy from carbs.