What do Mr. Pauling say Vitamin C can do?
Linus Pauling recommended taking at least 1.0g per day for preventive purposes and 0.5-1.0g per hour once you’ve been hit. He also factored in the variability in individual biochemistry, and himself took 12.0g per day and up to 40.0g per day upon getting hit by a cold. Vitamin C as an antihistamine… The article concludes that vitamin C consumption does not prevent one from getting a cold, it does serve as an antihistamine, hence providing symptomatic relief. Common colds commonly bring about the allergic-type reaction of histamine release in the respiratory tract. Interestingly, research has shown that rats react to histamine release by producing more vitamin C. Further research concluded that the production of more vitamin C actually reduced histamine level on top of reducing the stress that came from it, hence the assertion that vitamin C is an anti-histamine. Note though that some physicians are opposed to using antihistamine. The argument is that by suppressing infection-initiated
