Vitamin C to ward off colds and flu?

[mrs.chappie]

Does anyone take any vitamin tablets to ward off colds and flu?

I started taking Vitamin C tablets several months ago, but they haven't stopped me from getting the sniffles.

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[lisi-heffa11]

i find eating fruit does the job just as well if not better - kiwis have more vitamin c in them than oranges and taste a lot nicer than vitamin tablets - not had a cold for a while - touch wood!!!!

[eltelioni]

I don't take them all the time. If someone around me has a cold or flu I take one or two high strength (500mg) Vit C tablets per day for a few days. I get fewer colds than I used to and fewer than the people around me.

If I start getting cold/flu symptoms I do the same thing with the Vit C tablets and I suffer only mild symptoms for 1 or 2 days when others are in a bad state for several days.

[mrs.chappie]

Thanks for your replies peeps.x

[beanebabe]

There have lots of articles in the paper about flu and flu jabs and old wives tales recently, and taking Vitamin C was one of them. It doesn't do you any good at all.

[pastafreak]

I am the same as eltelioni.......mainly because I forget to take them every day. But they do seem to help.
The problem with 'fresh' fruit is that it startes to lose Vit C as soon as it is picked. I believe studies have shown that a lot of fresh fruit is lacking in vitamins.

[Ethel]

No, Vitamin C doesn't help with colds, but a varied diet including plenty of fresh fruit and veg will help keep you healthy.

[Prudentia]

I have taken virtamin c capsules for over 30 years and I haven't had a cold for 37n years

[Prudentia]

I don't eat veg and never have, can't stand em, but no detriment to my health and well being

[mrs.chappie]

Well flippin' eck, do ya think the pharmacist robbed me of my 79 pence?

Pah!

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[Prudentia]

sorry typo error 40 years

[thumbalina]

It is strange because i know several people who also actively hate veg yet they never seem to have a day of sickness x

[Prudentia]

******, i'm giving my age away

[mrs.chappie]

Do ya think I'll get a refund of half me money for a half-full tub if I return it to the Chemist's?

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[Prudentia]

my idea of this totalitarian government of 'five a day' vegatables, is leave four on the plate and put the last one in the bin.

[Prudentia]

thumbalina, we dont need veg, we need protein

[joannie10]

I think it does work. My brother was always troubled with bad colds and he started taking effervesent Vitamin C tablets and he stopped getting colds - not altogether but just the odd sniffle. i was never bothered with bad colds but on his advice i started taking Asd@ high strength chewable one a day tablets. This was about 2 years ago and I rarely miss a day taking one. I have had no colds at all and i hope that continues. Some people say it is not that but I have no other way of explaining it. Friends say they have tried it and it has not worked but push them a bit and i will find they have not been taking it all the time.

[mandimoo]

im surprised no-one has recommended echinacea. its supposed to boost your immune system.