Article: Can Vitamin C really cure the common cold?

Article: Do vitamin C supplements really help the common ...
Townsend Letter: The Examiner of Alternative Medicine;  December 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... the publication of Vitamin C and the Common Cold by Linus Pauling in ... determine whether vitamin C supplementation can benefit the common cold; yet the issue remains ... Notes 1. Pauling L. Vitamin C and the Common Cold. San Francisco ...

Article: Scientist uses novel study design to show vitamin C ...
PR Newswire;  November 12, 1987 ;     700+ words ... ... a novel human study on vitamin C and the common cold. "Our findings show ... much lower in those taking vitamin C. Symptoms were twice ... studying the effects of vitamin C supplements on the common cold has been the lack of a ...

Article: Vitamin E Supplementation Has Protective Effect on Upper ...
PR Newswire;  August 17, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... demonstrate a benefit from vitamin E supplementation against ... impact of 200 IU of vitamin E per day on incidence ... the frequency of the common cold and its impact on the ... than the increase in vitamin E level, there was ... Inc. (formerly Roche Vitamins Inc., a subsidiary ...

Article: Fed: Vitamin C won't beat the common cold, ...
AAP General News (Australia);  September 30, 2001 ;     373 words ... ... 30-2001 Fed: Vitamin C won't beat the common cold, study finds BRISBANE ... dose and high-dose vitamin C as treatment for the common cold," Prof Douglas ... taking mega-doses of vitamin C to treat the common cold," Prof Douglas ...

Article: Vitamin C 'does not protect against the common ...
Belfast Telegraph;  July 18, 2007 ;     697 words ... ... in the 1930s. The belief that vitamin C can cure the common cold took hold in the 1970s, largely ... championed the vitamin. His book, Vitamin C and the Common Cold, encouraged people to take large vitamin C doses of 1,000 mg daily ...

Article: Vitamin C 'does not protect against the common ...
The Independent - London;  July 18, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... in the 1930s. The belief that vitamin C can cure the common cold took hold in the 1970s, largely ... championed the vitamin. His book, Vitamin C and the Common Cold, encouraged people to take large vitamin C doses of 1,000 mg daily ...

Article: Powerhouse vitamin: OK, so it can't cure the common ...
Muscle & Fitness/Hers;  February 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... ROLLS AROUND and bottles of vitamin C supplements start rolling ... sniffles. At best, taking vitamin C may shorten a cold by a day ... it's not the cure for the common cold, there are plenty of other ... of the nutrient. In fact, vitamin C has been linked to so many ...