Vitamin C probably wouldn’t be where it is today without Nobel laureate Linus Pauling getting really excited about it. G/O Media may get a commissionWhen it doesn’t“Taking supplements once cold symptoms have already begun has no proven benefits,” the Linus Pauling Institute says. If you’re already coming down with a cold, the opportunity to maybe-sorta-possibly reduce the duration of your cold has already passed. Fortunately, vitamin C pretty common in fruits and vegetables, and if you’re eating an overall healthy diet you probably won’t have any difficulty meeting your needs. High doses can sometimes cause diarrhea, but studies haven’t reliably identified any long-term or serious consequences of mega-dosing the vitamin.

Source: The Nation April 14, 2021 18:03 UTC