Comments on: Vitamin C No Cure for the Common Cold

By: McGehee

McGehee — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 12:27:19 +0000

But ... but science is infallible!

By: davod

davod — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 12:25:08 +0000

I have long given up on trying to figure out who is telling the truth when a study comes out. I think we need an addition to the phrase "Lies, damn lies and statistics, and studies"

By: monique

monique — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 23:44:44 +0000

Maybe if they used the right amount of Vit C in their useless study they would've had better results.

If you give a person with a cold 1 gram of vit C an hour their body will use it up and you WILL see a difference.

It makes me sad to wonder how much $ was wasted while a bunch of idiots tested Vit C with insufficiant dosages. Only when they started getting closer to the right amounts did they see if difference. Duh.

By: Michael Meo

Michael Meo — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 22:49:50 +0000

I read Pauling's book; he did not make the claim about intravenous vitamin C; it was pills.

But you're right; warm rooms and other people produce more colds than cold temperatures.

By: Brian H

Brian H — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 21:58:27 +0000

Lotsa confusions here.

Cold does not cause colds. Viruses cause colds.
Chilled volunteers kept away from other people don't get them. Warm volunteers gathered indoors with others do.

Linus Pauling made his claims about INTRAVENOUS (i.e., injected) Vitamin C. Later studies have exclusively used oral (pill form) Vitamin C. And he did not die of a cold, BTW.

By: M. Murcek

M. Murcek — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 20:07:46 +0000

Well, it sure didn't keep Nobel Prize-winning idiotarian Linus Pauling out of the grave...