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Winter bugs: Vitamin C and zinc

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The Role of Vitamin C in the Immune System

Vitamin C does not boost the immune system, according to a Cochrane review. People facing two months of physical stress found no effect from Vitamin C on the number of colds they caught. Some research shows that skiers and marathon runners actually half the number ofcolds that they catch by taking regular Vitamin C.

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