mmm@weitek.UUCP (Mark Thorson) (12/01/85)
In article <1500@decwrl.UUCP>, kolling@decwrl.UUCP (Karen Kolling) writes: > > > > 2. It doesn't reduce the NUMBER of colds, just how long each one lasts, > > which works out to about 1-2 days. Note this is only true if you take the > > Vitamin C in advance, not upon onset of symptoms. > > I haven't found the latter to be true -- if I take megadoses of Vitamin C > (a gram every hour for 5-6 hours) AFTER I start to feel a cold coming on, > I can clobber the cold. I suspect they may have just tested the 1 gram a day > dose, which isn't sufficient once a cold has started. I have found that a single 1000 mg tablet before bed on the first day I feel a scratchy throat prevents the cold. If I miss the chance, a cold inevitably develops. I always let the pill dissolve a little before swallowing or chew it up; maybe the people in the study didn't do that. Mark Thorson (...!cae780!weitek!mmm)
barb@oliven.UUCP (Barbara Jernigan) (12/13/85)
> ...if I take megadoses of Vitamin C > (a gram every hour for 5-6 hours) AFTER I start to feel a cold coming on, > I can clobber the cold. It is possible that *YOU* clobber the cold, not the Vitamin C. Placebos *do* work. But then, I write from a contrary prejudice -- I am allergic to concentrated Vitamin C (I can drink orange juice -- but not in mega amounts). Barb