06 Sep 2017
Does Vitamin C Really Help with Colds? – Life Extension Blog
In 1970, “Vitamin C and the Common Cold,” by Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling, Ph.D., was
published. The book’s premise—that consuming high amounts of vitamin C could reduce cold severity and duration—was widely embraced by the public, despite the opposition of some scientists and physicians. Vitamin C began to replace chicken soup as the treatment du jour for colds and influenza and is still used for this purpose more than four decades later.
About Linus Pauling
Dr. Pauling, who has been ranked among the 20 top scientists in history, was one of just four individuals who received more than one Nobel …read more
