Post by Zadkiel on Mar 31, 2016 12:50:02 GMT
While nobody’s arguing that Vitamin C is bad for you, there's been much research into the perceived benefits of Vitamin C in combating the good old common cold. To date, there's been little - if any - evidence uncovered to support use of Vitamin C at the onset of a cold to reduce the length, severity or frequency of colds.
In 2007, researchers interrogated six decades worth of data from clinical research and concluded that Vitamin C, when taken at the onset of a cold, does nothing to reduce the duration or the severity of the cold. For adults that routinely ingested Vitamin C supplements on a daily basis, whether with or without a cold, Vitamin C was found to reduce the duration of colds in less than 10% of them. Across an entire year, the benefit from routinely taking Vitamin C, if compared with an average adult who doesn't do so, amounts to just one less day of suffering from colds.
While Vitamin C from natural sources is said to be essential, in seven separate studies, Vitamin C supplements were found to be no more or less effective than a placebo in warding off the effects of a cold.
Next time someone tells you that you should be taking more Vitamin C, you now know exactly what to tell them.
In 2007, researchers interrogated six decades worth of data from clinical research and concluded that Vitamin C, when taken at the onset of a cold, does nothing to reduce the duration or the severity of the cold. For adults that routinely ingested Vitamin C supplements on a daily basis, whether with or without a cold, Vitamin C was found to reduce the duration of colds in less than 10% of them. Across an entire year, the benefit from routinely taking Vitamin C, if compared with an average adult who doesn't do so, amounts to just one less day of suffering from colds.
While Vitamin C from natural sources is said to be essential, in seven separate studies, Vitamin C supplements were found to be no more or less effective than a placebo in warding off the effects of a cold.
Next time someone tells you that you should be taking more Vitamin C, you now know exactly what to tell them.
