Vitamin C- the cure for the common cold? THINK AGAIN!

finally- some truth to this! I'm always curious if it actually helps, or just feels good..

clipped from www.newsweek.com Can Vitamin C Cure Colds? When the sniffles strike, many of us reach for a glass of orange juice or a vitamin C supplement. But are they really effective? Oranges, grapefruits and other vitamin C-loaded foods have many health benefits. But study after study has shown that the vitamin does little—if anything—to cure, prevent or even shorten the duration of the common cold. For the rest of us, however, that extra glass of orange juice is not going to do much. The research found that vitamin C did little to reduce either the length or severity of colds among the general population. However, studies have found that it may lower the risk of catching a cold among people whose bodies are under high physical stress—think marathon runners or soldiers on subarctic exercises. They were 50 percent less likely to catch a cold if they took a daily dose of vitamin C.