No. Absolutely not. That would be like buying a sports car to carry one grocery bag. You eat avocado for its healthy monounsaturated fats, its fiber, and its potassium (it actually has more potassium than a banana, which is wild).
The vitamin C is just a bonus. A little cherry on top of a fat-sundae. If you want real vitamin C, go wrestle a lemon. But don’t you dare ditch the avocado.
A Funny Side Note About Avocados and Limes
Think about guacamole. What’s the first thing you do after cutting an avocado? You squeeze a lime over it. Why? To stop it from turning brown. That brown color is oxidation. Guess what fights oxidation? Vitamin C.
Dietitians Online Blog: National Avocado Day - Celebrate Avocados
So technically, when you add lime juice to avocado, you are giving the avocado a vitamin C infusion. It’s like the avocado already has a little vitamin C, and then you yell, “HERE, HAVE MORE, YOU GLORIOUS GREEN LUMP.”
It’s a beautiful, acidic friendship.
