With an abundance of fresh fruits and vegetables, we get more vitamin C that we need in the summer months. But as autumn sets in and temperatures get cooler, families often get less of the vitamin while simultaneously being exposed to more germs – a recipe for colds and flu. Vitamin C is well known as the get-well vitamin. Who doesn’t reach for oranges and vitamin C supplements at the first sign of a scratchy throat or a cough? But getting enough vitamin C on a daily basis is vital for your overall health. The vitamin is a building block of collagen, which is an essential component of skin, tendons, ligaments, and blood vessels, and it also helps develop scar tissue. Essentially, it helps your body grow tissues and repair them when there’s damage. Vitamin C is also an antioxidant, a group of nutrients that help prevent cellular damage caused …