Vit. C found INEFFECTIVE in preventing common cold
- 06-28-2005, 04:15 PM
Vit. C found INEFFECTIVE in preventing common cold
PharmD - 06-28-2005, 10:32 PM
Doesnt sound very conclusive. It seems that those who physically tax their bodies on a regular basis have shown to benefit from vitamin c.
I am the type that always get sick when someone in the office gets something and surely whenever my wife gets something. I started taking vitamin C this year before the major cold/flu season at about 3 grams a day and i have not gotten sick yet despite many bugs going thru my workplace and my wife getting sick twice. Another thing i noticed is that i have not had a cold sore or any other mouth sore since and i used to get them more often then i liked. My personal experience thus far tells me that Vit. C is doing my body very good so this study doesnt mean much IMO.
I wonder how many others have had positive experiences from vit c. -
- 06-28-2005, 10:39 PM
Originally Posted by natiels
PharmD - 06-28-2005, 10:53 PM
Originally Posted by LakeMountD
- 06-28-2005, 11:54 PM
dang, i guess i don't appreciate my immune system enough. last time i got ANYTHING was in '02. i believe it's all about diet. you shouldn't need so many extra synthetic vitamins. i dunno, maybe i'm just LUCKY!!
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- 06-30-2005, 12:30 AM
- 06-30-2005, 02:10 AM
Originally Posted by stalemate
In other words, enjoy it while it lasts. - 06-30-2005, 03:11 PM
Originally Posted by LakeMountD
Glad to see this study validate this argument. This isn't the only article I have read where this is was stated though. - 08-03-2005, 05:08 PM
This report states that unless you are highly stressed (skier in cold or a soldier) or take large doses, Vitamin C does not prevent or reduce the severity of colds.
Of course, what the report could have said is that if you are a strength athlete, working out hard regularly, and working, & living your life, that your level of body stress may be enough to enable the cold-prevention qualities of C to help you.
And instead of saying that doses less than 8 grams at the onset of a cold didn't prevent a cold, they could have said "Take at least 8 grams on the day you start to feel a cold come on and you may not catch it".
I personally have no problem taking 8 grams throughout the day if I start to get that feeling you get when catching a cold. If your body can't use it, it will just excrete it naturally. Why the reports perspective was from a negative slant towards C is anyone's guess, and maybe I'm cynical but the pharmaceutical industry sometimes has a part in these 'news' stories, since they can't patent a natural vitamin like C.
Anyway, off my soapbox. Remember that vitamin C is also a powerful anti-oxidant that works in concert with E reduce cell damage while you age and helps repair sun and pollution damage caused by our environment.
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