March 19, 2012
Today is the last full day of winter. Nonetheless, one should not lessen up on combating colds.
Vitamin C is a good way to limit colds. Combining findings from all vitamin C studies, the most consistent evidence suggests that taking 1,000 mg of vitamin C per day shortened colds by 8 percent in adults and 18 percent in children. This amounts to cold symptoms leaving the body 2 days earlier.
In a subgroup of six studies, 642 people were exposed to severely stressful Arctic cold or intense physical activity. Those who took 200 mg to 2,000 mg of vitamin C per day had half as many colds as a placebo.
Researchers believe vitamin C stimulates infection-fighting white blood cells.
GREGORY CHANDLER, Attorney at Law
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