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NCBI Bookshelf

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK279544/

Common colds: Research summaries – Does vitamin C prevent ...

Dec 11, 2023 ... Taking vitamin C every day to try to prevent colds won't protect most people from colds. It only slightly shortens the amount of time that ...

PubMed Central (PMC)

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6124957/

Vitamin C in the Prevention and Treatment of the Common Cold - PMC

Feb 9, 2016 ... The results indicated that regular vitamin C supplementation (at an average dose of 1-2 g/day) resulted in a significant reduction in the ...

PubMed

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23440782/

Vitamin C for preventing and treating the common cold

Jan 31, 2013 ... In adults the duration of colds was reduced by 8% (3% to 12%) and in children by 14% (7% to 21%). In children, 1 to 2 g/day vitamin C shortened ...

Mayo Clinic News Network

https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-minute-can-vitamin-c-keep-the-common-cold-away/

Mayo Clinic Minute: Can vitamin C keep the common cold away ...

Jan 24, 2024 ... "Overall, though, vitamin C taken in extra doses to prevent common colds hasn't proven true." While it doesn't prevent you from getting a cold, ...

WebMD

https://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/vitamin-c-for-common-cold

Vitamin C for Colds: Benefits, Side Effects, Uses

Sep 12, 2023 ... Can Vitamin C Prevent or Treat Cold Symptoms? ... Vitamin C has been studied for many years as a possible treatment for colds, or as a way to help ...

NCCIH

https://www.nccih.nih.gov/health/tips/tips-natural-products-for-the-flu-and-colds-what-does-the-science-say

5 Tips: Natural Products for the Flu and Colds: What Does the ...

Vitamin C does not prevent colds and only slightly reduces their length and severity. A 2013 review of scientific literature found that taking vitamin C ...

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/immunology/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2020.574029/full

The Long History of Vitamin C: From Prevention of the ... - Frontiers

As was well described by Hemilä and Chalker, (12) vitamin C supplementation may decrease the incidence of colds by about 50% in people under extreme physical ...

Harvard Health

https://www.health.harvard.edu/cold-and-flu/can-vitamin-c-prevent-a-cold

Can vitamin C prevent a cold? - Harvard Health

Oct 13, 2020 ... For the general population, taking daily vitamin C does not reduce the risk of getting a cold. Taking at least 200 milligrams (mg) of ...

https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-023-17229-8

Vitamin C reduces the severity of common colds: a meta-analysis ...

Dec 11, 2023 ... Randomized trials have shown that vitamin C shortens the duration of common colds. Some trials reported greater effects on severe cold symptoms compared with ...

Healthline

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/does-vitamin-c-help-with-colds

Can Vitamin C Prevent or Cure Colds?

Apr 24, 2018 ... The Bottom Line. Supplementing with vitamin C won't reduce your risk of catching a cold, but it may speed up your recovery and reduce the ...

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