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The famous scientist Linus Pauling promoted Vitamin C in high doses for many years for the prevention and treatment of the common cold, however no one has ever been able to show that prophylactic Vitamin C prevents colds. At best, it might reduce the time you have a cold buy deaner one day. A review from 2004 of placebo-controlled studies where 200 mg or more of Vitamin C was given as a preventative measure showed only a 4% reduction in colds when Vitamin C was taken as a treatment before the cold had started. Duration was reduced by 8% in adults and 14% in children, a difference that was statistically significant. Treatment after the onset of cold had no effect on cold duration or symptoms.

One study, however, that showed that prophylaxis reduced cold duration found that people who figured out what they were on reported significant reductions in cold duration and severity compared to people who didn't know what they were on. It turned out that people could bite taste the difference between Vitamin C and placebo and correctly guess what they were on. When this was accounted for, there was no difference between Vitamin C and placebo.

This raises questions about the validity of the meager results that prophylaxis reduces the length of cold. In fact, this is an issue that applies to all studies of herbs and vitamins, since many herbs have a pungent aroma that in many trials was probably not adequately concealed in clinical trials.

Karlowski, T.R., Chalmers, T.C., Frenkel, L.D., Kapikian, A.Z., Lewis, T.L., Lynch, J.M. Ascorbic acid for the common cold. A prophylactic and therapeutic trial. Journal of the American Medical Association. 1975;231(10):1038-1042.

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