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Article: Vitamin C 'does not protect against the common cold'
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- Belfast Telegraph
- Article date:
- July 18, 2007
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Vitamin C is the most widely promoted supplement against colds and
flu, but its protective effect is a myth, according to new research.
A review of 30 studies involving a total of 11,000 people has
found no evidence that, for the average person, taking extra Vitamin
C can stop sneezes, sniffles and coughs.
The only people who may benefit from swallowing supplements of the
vitamin are those who endure extreme physical stress, including
soldiers, skiers and marathon runners.
They were half as likely to catch a cold if they took daily
Vitamin C, the researchers from Australia and Finland found. For the
rest, buying the supplements was not worth the effort or expense.
Professor Harri Hemila, ...