Taking vitamin C pills might help a little with colds, especially for people who are under a lot of physical stress or don't get enough vitamin C from their diet.

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MOST COMMON DISEASE - STILL NO CURE? THE IMPACT OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS ON THE COMMON COLD - A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

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The study looked at Vitamin C and found it helps a little with colds, especially for people under stress or who don't get enough vitamins, which matches the claim exactly.

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MOST COMMON DISEASE - STILL NO CURE? THE IMPACT OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS ON THE COMMON COLD - A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

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DOI: 10.31435/ijitss.1(49).2026.4677

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