Each plant not only has thousands of different phytonutrients, but very different phytonutrient profiles.7078 So, there may be synergistic effects when eating different foods together, too.7079 The reason it’s better to get vitamin C in citrus form than pill form is that you won’t miss out on all those citrus phytonutrients, like lemonin, limonol, or tangeretin,
