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Research: VAN STRATEN and JOSLIN
Listed in Issue 83
Abstract
VAN STRATEN and JOSLING, Herbal Health Centre, Battle, East Sussex, UK, conducted a double-blinded, placebo-controlled survey of the preventive effect of a vitamin C supplement on the common cold .
Background
Anecdotal evidence of vitamin C as a cure and/or prevention for colds has been well-known to the general public since Linus Pauling popularized his own experience.
Methodology
168 volunteers were randomized to receive 2 daily vitamin C tablets of unspecified dose or 2 placebo tablets over the period from November to February . They filled in daily protocols of their health on a five-point scale and recorded incidences of colds .
Results
Subjects in the experimental group had fewer colds (p = 0.05), fewer days 'challenged virally' and shorter duration of symptoms (1.8 vs. 3.1 days, p = 0.03). Few side effects occurred with the active treatment.
Conclusion
The vitamin C preparation tested here (about which we are not informed) appears to be effective in the prevention and treatment of common colds and well received by the test subjects.
References
Van Straten M, Josling P. Preventing the common cold with a vitamin C supplement: a double-blind, placebo-controlled survey. Advances in Therapy 19 (3): 151-159, May-Jun 2002.
