Ascorbic Acid

But can something as trivial as vitamin C, which they give us as children, really be called ascorbic acid?

And its lack, to generate a disease like scurvy, for which that poor Magellan at the end of his voyage at sea (the first circumnavigation of the globe from 1519 to 1522). Do you find yourself with more than half the crew?

And when do they call you grumpy?

Notwithstanding the fact that vitamin C is important, in winter I have always liked freshly squeezed juices. I prefer not to add sugar to savor the taste of orange. Then there are also kiwis rich in vitamin C (and that I take for breakfast). In addition to many vegetables. Rich in vitamins.

Now it’s not like I went crazy and became a vitamin C fanatic.

Given that since I was a child they gave me vitamin C in tablets, then royal jelly (oh my God how bad it was) .. The latter made me take it my parents intortandomi with the story of the queen bee, which was made just for her. I used to take a tiny little teaspoon and thought she must be a bad queen to eat that stuff.

Now I have a new relationship with vitamin c and with vitamins in general (even d x bones) because I am immunosuppressed. So I have to strengthen my immune defenses. Clearly, it is very chic to take the juice and certainly not an orange juice (fruit juices are very bad because they are just sugar). And then it occurred to me when I went to Gilli’s (historic Florentine café) on Saturday afternoon and took the juice in winter and tassoni in summer.

Obviously seated and served … little joys. It was very chic to be there at the table reading, or sometimes I had the company of a friend.

it didn’t do it, it’s always chic. Except now for the pandemic and for my condition, I make the juice at home.

However, nothing prevents you from being chic even at home, from feeling pretty and taking care of yourself. But no one sees me? What a stupid question … do you see yourself … yourself reflected in the bathroom mirror and in your overalls as you walk around the house ..

Let’s consider the most important thing. The most beautiful relationship you have is the one with yourself … if you are fine with yourself, the most is done … and if to do this you just need a juice in a nice glass, great. I like to have an aperitif at home, or a glass of wine in a nice glass. Joys to feel good that are not only good for the heart, but also for health.

Now I am still working on this last point… but because absurd stuff has happened to me.

I am perfecting my recipe for living well, which includes, at least for now, also vitamin c.