Taking Vitamin C for Colds? Don't Bother
- Tuesday, June 28 2005 @ 07:27 AM CST
- Contributed by: filbert
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From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Vitamin C won't stop a cold -- unless you run miles
A new review of 65 years of research on colds and vitamin C concludes there's little evidence that 200 milligrams or more a day wards off or shortens the duration of the common cold -- with the possible exception of people exposed to extreme cold or physical stress.