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Vitamin C, taken orally, reduces length of cold with 8% in adults, and 12% in children. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10796569 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.g

Vitamin C, taken orally, reduces length of cold with 8% in adults, and 12% in children. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10796569 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10796569 Vitamin C deficiency makes you more susceptible to the cold and severe infections. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16988135 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16988135 Vitamin C has shown inhibitory effect in chickens for avian coronavirus. https://academic.oup.com/jac/article/52/6/1049/731701 https://academic.oup.com/jac/article/52/6/1049/731701 Chinese are testing intravenous Vitamin C for treating COVID-19 with promising results for reducing cytokine-induced damage to the lungs. https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=228745 https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=2... I am really not sure why news organizations all around the world feel the need to debunk Vitamin C usage for novel coronavirus. For instance: https://www.snopes.com/news/2020/03/09/coronavirus-its-time-to-debunk-claims-that-vitamin-c-could-cure-it/ https://www.snopes.com/news/2020/03/09/coronavirus-its-time-... . Their conclusions all amount to: washing hands is better, you may get a tummy ache, and don't believe folk remedies.

TheSpiceIsLife 7y ago
Vitamin C is essential. This means it is essential for tissue repair. Also the production of neurotransmitters / cell signalling molecules. Of course it improves recovery and reduces severity of symptoms. Of course it won't prevent anything. I can't understand how there is any dispute.
- prox 7y ago
  Also the word VITAmine gives it away, doesnt it :)
  - TheSpiceIsLife 7y ago
    That is the idea. A lot of people are magnesium deficient too. Magnesium is known essential in over 300 enzyme pathways.
- majkinetor 7y ago
  > Of course it won't prevent anything. You are full of nonsence. Of course it prevents scurvy ffs. > This means it is essential for tissue repair. This totally doesn't mean that. Vitamin C is cofactor and resource. It is used in bunch of processes, only some of it are for repair.
  - TheSpiceIsLife 7y ago
    Ah, sorry, yes, that's true. I didn't mean Vitamin C doesn't prevent Vitamin C deficiency. Your second statement doesn't negate my claim that Vitamin C is essential for tissue repair. It absolutely is, but of course that's not all it's essential for, and I did hint at this in the bit you didn't quote.
david_draco 7y ago
https://www.xkcd.com/882/ https://www.xkcd.com/882/ There are issues with significance. Everyone loves testing Vitamin C as a cure for X. Wake me up when follow-up studies from another group show an effect.

TheSpiceIsLife 7y ago

Vitamin C is essential. This means it is essential for tissue repair. Also the production of neurotransmitters / cell signalling molecules. Of course it improves recovery and reduces severity of symptoms. Of course it won't prevent anything. I can't understand how there is any dispute.

prox 7y ago
Also the word VITAmine gives it away, doesnt it :)
- TheSpiceIsLife 7y ago
  That is the idea. A lot of people are magnesium deficient too. Magnesium is known essential in over 300 enzyme pathways.
majkinetor 7y ago
> Of course it won't prevent anything. You are full of nonsence. Of course it prevents scurvy ffs. > This means it is essential for tissue repair. This totally doesn't mean that. Vitamin C is cofactor and resource. It is used in bunch of processes, only some of it are for repair.
- TheSpiceIsLife 7y ago
  Ah, sorry, yes, that's true. I didn't mean Vitamin C doesn't prevent Vitamin C deficiency. Your second statement doesn't negate my claim that Vitamin C is essential for tissue repair. It absolutely is, but of course that's not all it's essential for, and I did hint at this in the bit you didn't quote.

david_draco 7y ago

https://www.xkcd.com/882/ https://www.xkcd.com/882/ There are issues with significance. Everyone loves testing Vitamin C as a cure for X. Wake me up when follow-up studies from another group show an effect.