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From: kolling@decwrl.UUCP (Karen Kolling)
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Subject: Re: vitamin C
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> 	2. It doesn't reduce the NUMBER of colds, just how long each one lasts,
> which works out to about 1-2 days.  Note this is only true if you take the
> Vitamin C in advance, not upon onset of symptoms.

I haven't found the latter to be true -- if I take megadoses of Vitamin C
(a gram every hour for 5-6 hours) AFTER I start to feel a cold coming on,
I can clobber the cold. I suspect they may have just tested the 1 gram a day
dose, which isn't sufficient once a cold has started.