date:Feb 18, 2013
ave found evidence that backs up what Dr. Pauling was saying decades ago. Bottom line: once again, it appears clear that vitamin C could well be a powerful source to avoid or shorten colds -- especially in people under heavy physical stress.
Vitamin C was found to have a modest but consistent effect in reducing the duration of common cold symptoms..based on 31 study comparisons with 9745 common cold episodes. However, in five randomized studies of research subjects with heavy short-term physica