How To Use Vitamin C To Defeat The Common Cold

Vitamin C is a controversial subject among both the medical and health-conscious community. There are those who swear by it’s healing effects and those that disparage it’s efficacy. 

But why don’t you judge the it for yourselves?

How Vitamin C Could Help You This Winter Season:

Vitamin C intake has been found to speed recovery from upper respiratory tract infections in young people. Individuals who supplemented with hourly doses of 1,000mg of Vitamin C for six hours (6,000mg in total) and then continued to take thrice daily doses of 1,000mg thereafter exhibited an extraordinary 85% decrease in cold and flu symptoms compared to those who took the conventional pain relievers and nasal decongestants for their symptoms.

Personally, I use a high quality Vitamin C supplement (Ascorbic Acid) daily to supplement both overall health and training. As research continues into the benefits of Vitamin C, we’re seeing more and more that the pathetically low Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) of 90mg, is enough only to prevent the onset of scurvy, but does not necessarily promote any greater degree of wellness beyond that.

Reference:

Gorton, H. C.,& Jarvis, K. (1999). The effectiveness of vitamin c in preventing and relieving the symptoms of virus-induced respiratory infections. J Manipulative Physiol Ther, 22(8):530-533.