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Taking vitamin C pills every day might make your colds less severe, according to some studies that looked at healthy people.

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

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2023 Dec 11

This study looked at the same vitamin C dose and same group of people as the claim, and found exactly the same 15% reduction in cold severity, so it supports the claim.

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

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DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-17229-8

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