People who often get colds or are around young kids might get more benefit from vitamin C, helping them spend fewer days stuck at home sick.

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

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2023 Dec 11

This study talks about vitamin C helping with colds overall, but it doesn't check the specific groups or numbers mentioned in the claim, so it can't confirm if it's true or not.

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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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