The recent review of research that pooh-poohed vitamin C for colds isn’t the last word. Some researchers argue that the dosage used in many of the studies reviewed by the Cochrane Collaboration was too low (500 milligrams), and that because you lose a lot of C when you urinate, you need repeated dosing to knock out a cold.
“Taking C early on can help reduce the severity of colds, but it’s not clear why,” says Mary L. Hardy, MD, medical director of the Simms/Mann–University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Integrative Oncology. She recommends taking 500 mg twice a day at the first sign of a cold and continuing for five to seven days. In fact, studies show that among people who are under physical stress (marathon runners, skiers, and those living in very cold climates) 1,000 mg of C daily cuts the incidence of colds in half.
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Until you provide a real peer-reviewed study showing evidence that supports your point, you should stop posting information about your personal opinion and presenting it as fact. These studies do not pooh-pooh anything, they present observations of an experiment that can be verified, repeated and peer-reviewed.
Vitamin C has many benefits but fighting colds is not one of them.
I believe that Vitamin C taken daily can help prevent or lessen the occurence of cold & flu. It is better to take a whole-food form of Vitamin C that contains all the co-nutrients and bioflavinoids. It is absorbed better by the body and the body recognizes it as food. An excellent, whole food form of Vitamin C that I recommend to my clients is Vitamin Code Raw Vitamin C by Garden of Life.