Have mega-doses of Vitamin C shown to help eradicate colds faster?
No. From Medline: “Common cold treatment Numerous studies have examined the effects of starting vitamin C after the onset of cold symptoms. Overall, no significant benefits have been observed. Initial evidence from one study reports possible benefits with high doses of vitamin C taken at the onset of symptoms, but without additional evidence this remains indeterminate. At this time, the scientific evidence does not support this use of vitamin C.” http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/drugi… Its either amusing or sad how the ‘naturopaths’ spend so much time here rubbishing science and evidence based medicine, but will turn around and try to use it to their advantage when it suits them. What’s worse is when they cite data that does not support their claims, which clearly shows they do not understand how to interpret the data they are citing; or when they cherry pick rather than looking at
