Taking vitamin C pills cuts your chances of catching a cold in half if you're doing really tough activities like running marathons, skiing, or military training in freezing cold places.

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Vitamin C for preventing and treating the common cold.

Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis

2007 Jul 18

The study looked at whether taking vitamin C pills every day helps prevent colds, especially in people like marathon runners or soldiers in cold places. It found that for these groups, vitamin C cuts the chance of getting a cold in half, just like the claim says.

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Vitamin C for preventing and treating the common cold.

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DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd000980.pub3

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