Thursday, July 19, 2007

Vitamin C does not prevent common cold

Vitamin C is the most widely used supplement against common colds, but a new analysis of 30 studies in the latest issue of The Cochrane Library has found that the doses of 200mg per day had little effect on reducing the length or severity of colds.

However, the Cochrane researchers acknowledge that vitamin C supplements might have health benefits other than keeping adult colds at bay.

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