@@dandandandaaan22 oh my god thank u for this comment i was searching for a comment exactly like this one,even if the vitamen c doesnt help you cure cold faster,thinking and convincing yourself that it does shortens the time of your illness
can you do something like this on essential oils? im sick of seeing my family members and other loved ones be victimised by essential oil pushers like dooterra.
They charge so much money, and my mom won't listen to me when I tell her they aren't safe to drink. The Dooterra sales woman is her church friend and I even showed her the lemon oil on the bottle said "not for consumption" and how other people have poisoned themselves by drinking essential oils, and she won't listen to me. She keeps drinking it and I'm scared for her health.
Dr Jp yeah but it’s still good for immune system in the right amounts so it at least helps your immune system stay strong against viruses,illnesses and pathogens there is a reason they tell you to eat and drink healthy as much as possible when you are sick in the right amounts as long as you can handle it as long as you aren’t too sick it doesn’t have to be a cure for a cold in order to be effective especially if you are low on it. That’s why a lot of people also drink orange juice if they can stomach it along with water,we have to encourage our antibodies to fight against/fight off illnesses,viruses and patheogens somehow. Vitamin C when you are low on it is one way of doing that.
my dad said that when him and his sisters were young, every single injury or illness = go take liver medication. no real reason why, they were just always given liver medication as a cure-all lol
@@charlieblfa9303 my great-grandparents did this with cod liver oil and my grandparents did this with what they called "salt tablets" but were baically just a bunch of electrolytes (main salt) and a few minerals in a small tablet.
There's an important lesson to learn here. Just because someone is an expert in one scientific field does not mean they are an expert in another. If a physicist is making strong claims about biology, treat them with the same suspicion as you would for any other unqualified person.
Yes and no. It just teaches us to treat carefully a physicist that makes quick conclusions about biology. However during his education a physicist has to learn some biology, chemistry and also work on biophysics projetcts so he has little bit more knowledge about biology than a non scientist. Pauling was just a bad exception that's why I'm saying to treat them carefully. Even in that case when he says "my friend told me to take Vitamin C and it worked" i think evryone knows this is lacking some serious arguments to make it scientifically credible.
@@Kyiwa Well arguably that could apply to anyone in a scientific discipline, or even a bright high school student if you want to only include the basics. Generally the knowledge isn't going to be that in depth, probably not anything detailed enough to understand the complexities of micronutrient metabolism. Unless that person has proven cross-disciplinary experience beyond what they might have learned as an undergraduate or in general education, then I would not trust their claims.
Pauling's research work actually helped build the foundation of molecular biology. His work actually inspired Watson and Crick breakthrough of the DNA double helix.He also discovered several proteins. So yeah he was considered to be an extraordinary scientist, and who wouldn't listen to a scientist? A layman can't differentiate between a biochemist and a biologist, which, in my opinion, would've led to this.
Ralphie Raccoon typically an expert in any science field will use evidence from papers, and thus are still relatively trustworthy. Being critical about everything is a good motto tho
Aknazar Arysbek it’s a great hangover preventer if you drink it after you’re done drinking or right before. After waking up it just shortens the hangover
@@katiejurek3829 If you drink enough water during drinking alcohol, before sleep and after you shouldn't get a hangover at all since you'll be all watered up.
It's funny how, on a video dispelling one scientific myth, people are sharing their tips on another topic known for producing scientific myths: hangover cures. As far as I know, the only way to definitely prevent a hangover is to drink less alcohol. That being said, if anyone has a link to a study (or a reputable publication reporting on a study) that suggests some particular hangover cure works, I'm happy to be proven otherwise.
It’s vital that your body has enough vitamins and mineral for our cells to operate correctly, especially the immune system. Don’t take supplements, eat fruits and vegetables. You won’t get sick nearly as much. Its also been shown that a whole food plant based diet reverses heart disease (Dr.Esselthyn)
@@nakenmil how ? he literally has direct x ray observation of arterial inflammation going back to normal levels when patients were put on a whole food plant based diet
Atheist lol these are the 98% who don’t think for themselves who would reject his claims and listen to the money hungry medical companies victims help with the lack of fast food and more of a healthy diet you can cure anything and yes victim C helps
@Nick Moraitis Well, but she did lie in the end. Maybe not on purpose, but she clearly didn't do any research or "fact check" _(jesus, I never thought I would use this political sentence ever in my life)_ and passed the information to her kids.
Just be lucky it was only your grandmother and not your father we like to watch adam ruins everything and had seen the episode on this topic and still, he tells me to drink several emergenC On day bases because he's a boomer
When I had the flu my mom (who is a medical assistant) would inject vitamin C direct in bloodstream. In 20 minutes the constant feeling of being sick would stop and I ended up getting better faster just in time for a big sport competition I was having. For me vitamin C worked...
That was what the original doctors who studied it did. There are instructions in the Physicians Desk Reference for how to buffer ascorbic acid with bicarbonate of soda to produce sodium ascorbate, at the right PH to be injectable. But your mom was giving you much, much higher dosages than the studies referred to in this video used, if it was that effective. She must have been using the guidance published by the original researchers.
It really does work. I experienced the same result. A 4 minute video consisting of googled studies that are potentially funded by the pharmaceutical industry is not gospel.
@Epic a clementine only contains vitamin c in fairly large amounts it's easy to miss out on some micronutrients despite living a relatively healthy lifestyle, easier still if you only eat junk
@Epic dv is quite subjective and dv is to prevent deficiency not for optimum health fyi. Case in point vitamin C. Virtually every other mammal can make its own vitamin C, how much do they make when they get an infection? 25mg and call it a day like some of the studies Vox based the video on? No their livers make hundreds of grams of vitamin C.
It did, they clarified that the study showed that regular doses of vitamin C would shorten future colds that occured by 8% (0.4 days) but taking vitamin C at the beginning of a cold had no effect.
@@anthonyedwards6038 Right but people do not generally take vitamin C to shorten colds (present or future) they take vitamin C to reduce the amount of colds they will get in the future. They did not touch on that, the actual selling point of Vitamin C
The first time I took an Emergen-C tablet was the fastest I've ever had a cold subside by longshot. I still use them when I get sick and always feel better soon after. I feel that taking one regularly during times when you're well is a waste of money, however I think vitamin c deserves more credit than vox is giving here.
John Ames vitamin c actually does work in some ways it’s probably just not a cure but it does help boost your immune system when you are low on it when you are sick that’s easily why they usually tell to drink and eat healthy when you are sick in the right amounts.since we have to encourage our antibodies and immune systems to fight off/fight against viruses,illnesses and Patheogens and vitamin c when you are low on it is one way to do that. It helps especially in the right amounts it’s just more of a treatment/remedy you can take care of yourself and your immune system when you are sick.
Megan McKnight did you not watch the video? Humans get _way_ more vitamin C than they need by just eating food. Have a strawberry or something once a day and that’s your daily dose. You literally don’t need any more.
Jibberish. I have Stage 4 cancer. I'm on chemotherapy, and I caught a cold last week. I took 75g of ascorbate (pure vitamin c) a day, and the cold was gone in two days. It also massively helps with side effects. I know others who take around 30g a day when they have a cold, and it stops it dead in its tracks. The problem isn't with VC, it's with the miniscule doses sold in supplements, and the absurdly innaccurate RDA. Read Pauling, Cathcart, Hoffer or Hickey's books. I suspected them as quacks until I tried it for myself. In massive doses, it works. Period.
“Vitamin C may help prevent viral, bacterial and other infections by shortening the duration of colds and acting as a natural antihistamine and anti-inflammatory.Vitamin D is one of the most important immune system-strengthening nutrients that can reduce the risk of colds and flu; this should be taken on a regular basis” -UMMS
Also why do people tend to get sick in the winter, lack of sun, which is lack of vitamin D3. Vitamin are a necessity for your body to stay healthy, most people don't even think about vitamin deficiencies.
They’re mostly good at doing their jobs when it comes to regulating drugs. Not perfect, but acceptable. If they weren’t, after all, people would start dying left and right, and congress would be demanding their heads on pikes.
When I took chemistry in high school, the textbook used Pauling as an example of "appeal to authority" (someone being believed just because they're accomplished in other respects, and not because their research has merit), and "fixed ideas" (not sure if the latter is an accurate term in English, but in my language it refers to someone clinging to a neat idea with ever-increasing intensity even as evidence to the contrary is shown) and in general as a warning of how to always focus on the research, not the person or the concept, so I knew a bit about this beforehand.
That's pretty sad given Pauling was largely validated in many respects. Thomas Levy did a great book demonstrating this going into great detail on vitamin C with over 1200 references "curing the incurable" is the book. It sounds like people in the mainstream medical establishment that took issue with him and that sentiment trickled over to whoever compiled the textbook. Kinda sad there is so much animosity in the scientific field on what science the person is doing when ethics aren't even being violated.
@@WaterspoutsOfTheDeep - So, I had a look, and apparently "Curing the Incurable" has never been peer-reviewed to the best of my knowledge, and moreover, Thomas Levy has never published any peer-reviewed material himself, which makes me question how qualified he is to do a meta-analysis like that. A single book does not a vindication make.
I'm guessing you haven't read the book then. It references Frederick Klenner and Robert Cathcart's clinical work amongst others. They successfully treated 10's of thousands of patients with mega doses of vitamin c that is all documented. You don't need to be 'qualified' to do a meta analysis to see how blatantly positive the results were.
The reason we can't regulate it is because it's not even legalized on a federal level yet so it is difficult to do so within states where it is. The only correlated deaths have been because of black market cartridges (guess what..common within states where it's still not legal)!
I'm willing to bet that weed was a cause of many deaths of DUIs but they don't isolate the type of drug in those reports. People assume it's always alcohol in DUI reports, but it can also include other drugs like weed, meth, cocaine, bath salts, etc. Also, since the weed industry is at its peak, don't expect any scientific research that goes against weed. Money talks and doctors/scientists can be bought out. The most blatant example is back in the 40's/50's with cigarettes. "Doctors recommend a pack of cigarettes for good health" lol
I agree with you. The other night I had a very bad cold. I went to the store and bought a pack of Emergen C . Drank half the pack and started feeling better that night.👍
Eat the whole fruit. You’re missing the fiber, antioxidants and bioflavonoids. Blend them in smoothies alternatively. To really get vitaminC you need herbal supplements, not ascorpic acid.
This is where the "placebo effect" takes place. If you believe that it's going to cure you, then it will. It's physiological, but affects physically. A weird human nature
Hannah Mercado Vitamin C is no joke. The important thing is to get adequate amounts from a good source. Ascorpic acid is a joke, and so is fruit juice. It’s obvious that the medical industry didn’t find C effective when they prescribe too little in tests and only give them the ascorpic acid.
Exactly. Taking anything more than what the body needs is usually just peed out. So it's just a waste of money to take more than what you need of a vitamin!
That's not really an argument, the body is not designed to not be 100% efficient. Other mammals when they get sick their liver produces hundreds of grams of vitamin C and they end up peeing most of that out too. So your argument is kinda moronic.
I agree. People that eat a well balanced diet dont need vitamins. Now, a college kid who eats garbage because they are poor, can benefit from a multi vitamin.
I mean essential oils are registered as drugs in France. As they should be, they are extremely potent chemical extracts from plants and can cause serious damage if used wrong.
There is nothing called as "Immunity booster". If you try to "boost" your Immunity, it is actually bad for you but thankfully it is not possible. Please read actual Scientific studies about it.
Flower on Discord The only thing that has ever made me well in three or four days, alongside keeping a glass of water handy all the time and that's soothing as well. Being lazy. Watching UA-cam actually. It worked last month. In April and May, I kept up my usual routine and I was sick for six weeks.
Zinc has proven to be effective in such a role. I take Zicam or equivalent when I'm sick and it seems like it helps. I know the studies show that it helps the participants
I have been detoxing from Suboxone for the past three weeks. I started taking lots of vitamin C into my second week. I started to feel better. And that’s saying a lot.
1:34 "He got less colds". Imagine working at Vox and not having anyone who knows the difference between "fewer" and "less". Turned the video off after that mistake
Jewels exactly what vox is saying- but these products like emergen-C are just too much to get any use out of if you’re a normal person. you get enough vitamin c daily if you eat healthy, i assure you
I'm glad I'm not the only one who heard that. She also didn't know when to use 'fewer' vs 'less' but I'm trying really hard not to let that get to me anymore.
it was a minor myth in the US until recently when the "natural remedy/herbal supplement" craze took off over here in the last 10 years. Every country has their own cold remedy, when my grandma was little it was cod liver oil and salt tablets, for my dad it was chicken soup and citrus/fresh fruit, for my generation its vitamin C tablets.
@@velbythorngage yeah true but here in germany we use fresh fruits and veggies if we want to get vitamin C not these supplements cause they are trash...
What are you talking about. I've been taking vitamin C every time I get a cold and it's literally gone within a day. and I know the vitamin C works because I just started doing it the past couple of years before that my colds would last almost a week.
In 2007, the makers of Airborne were forced to pay a $22.3 million settlement due to their false advertising; claiming that their product cured colds. Though the packaging no longer has this wording, their product continues to fly off store shelves and misinformed consumers continue to get fleeced. Rather than allowing such companies to settle, they should be forced out of business.
@@Pontif11 Perhaps the word "fleecing" was hyperbolic, but $23.3 million sounds like a substantial sum of money for snake oil. This is me when I am calm. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry. I mean, you might not like me now... so what? Wanna fight?! 🤜🤛
Vitamin C is no joke! But don’t get ascorpic acid, the kind you get in drug stores. It’s made from cornstarch in a lab. Get the herbal vitamin C, or get it from whole foods, like kiwi, oranges, green apple, pineapple, kale etc.
But if people think it helps...it does. The placebo effect is real. Also, I don’t think many necessarily think it “cures” their cold, just that it can assist them getting better more quickly. That isn’t curing.
Totally agreed, I took the vitamin C package and got diarrhea and my cold still continued. I then slept for 2 days straight and that’s what made me feel better.
Your editing staff missed a lot of pronunciation and grammar mistakes on this one... “Nuke-ular” should be “nuclear” at 1:06 “Less colds” should be “fewer colds” at 1:35 “Decongestions” should be “decongestants” at 3:37
"Pulse" oral vitamin c, it really does help. "Pulsing" means at least 5000 mg/2hrs. Try the lipospheric vitamin c. Also, Pauling's protocol of intravenous vitamin C was not followed by Mayo, much to his horror. He wrote to Mayo several times to try to remedy this situation. His pleas fell on deaf ears. What Mayo did was immoral. Go to Riordan Clinic and download the studies or watch the lectures from JAMA on youtube.
Don't blame Vox, blame the study. Here's the actual quote: "In five trials with 598 participants exposed to short periods of extreme physical stress (including marathon runners and skiers) vitamin C halved the common cold risk."
@@Connor-vj7vf Honestly, I assumed you were right at first as well, but then something in the back of my head went "wait a minute...", so I decided to look it up.
Alessandro Raphael It’s called metathesis and we’re all guilty of it my friend. It has to do with the transposition of letters, syllables, or sounds in a word. Listen to the way you pronounce these words and you may find you pronounce one of them differently than it’s spelled. Comfortable Prescription Introduce Asterisk Cavalry Foliage Pretty Ask
I am 56 and I can outlast most 20-year-old athletes, and when people ask me what my secret is, I say I have been taking 6 grams of Vitamin C a day every single day for the past 24 years. It has definitely helped to keep my joints and skin young!! I can take up to 10 grams a day, never had cramps, nausea nor diarrhea. I never took vitamin C for cold, because I already take it every day 😄
I disagree and studies are always limited. I go based off of real life experiences. Taking 1000MG Vitamin C every day has prevented me from getting sick. On the rare occasion I do get sick, it's gone in a couple days. Prior to taking vitamin C, it would be much more severe and last a week on average.
Prevent? I may be wrong, but I never heard of a Vitamin C that prevents any sickness. They said that they boost your immune system, and not making your cells walls impenetrable. When a person get sick or shows symptoms, that means that your body immune system is turning on. If you don't get sick, that just mean your hygienic, and clean.
75 to 90 mg a day IF THERE IS NOT ANY DISEASE THREAT GOING ON. If there is a viral or bacterial attack the need for Vit. C skyrockets. Is this so hard to understand? If you are in perfect health and take a megadose you get a transitory diarrhea, if you are getting a cold or a flu and take a megadose you start to feel better after a few hours, and no diarrhea. What works for me if I am coming down with a cold or flu, is one gram per hour until I feel I am getting better, then I start to lower the dose. I am a Veterinarian and also use vit.C on my sick patients with super good results, I have 15 years of experience doing this. As a result of heavy vit.C use I manage to use a minimal amount antibiotics, sometimes I don't use any at all.
Sure, Vitamin C won’t cure colds but by taking it regularly you’re building a pretty good immune system. At least for me it does. I take EmergenC everyday. It’s all about what works for your body!
2:45 the Authors go on "[...]Nevertheless, given the consistent effect of vitamin C on the duration and severity of colds in the regular supplementation studies, and the low cost and safety, it may be worthwhile for common cold patients to test on an individual basis whether therapeutic vitamin C is beneficial for them."
@@Robert_St-Preux is saying "less colds" actually grammatically incorrect? I know the nucular thing is obviously wrong but what's wrong with saying less colds?
@@ravigopinathan2835 - Linguistic prescriptivists and anally retentive people get very upset about finicky specifics of language. "Less" generally used for uncountable objects (water, money, skin, heat,), whereas "fewer" is used for countable things (lakes, coins, pelts, degrees). "Cold" (as in temperature) is usually uncountable, and would use "less", but "colds" (as in the medical condition) is countable, and would use "fewer". In daily speech the distinction is as meaningless as the "can I/may I" one that teachers or dads love to point out. Everyone is going to know what you mean, so correcting it is pointless.
I used to hate colds. But, by taking vitamin C in the right amounts at the right times, I have not had a cold now for 20 years. However, if you take large doses of vitamin C regularly, you might even end up worse off than you were if you were just getting vitamin C from your daily food intake.
I've been taking Vit C for years. At least 1000 a day. Linus is a big deal. The only two time individual Nobel Prize winner. In med school, I told the chairman of pediatrics that I took Vit C. She said it was a placebo. I never had a cold, and she was always sick. Do what you want, but I'm taking C. I take Vit C with rose hips as a tablet. That's the only way I recommend it. Orange juice is sugar water.
I’ve been taking around 8000 mg or more of vitamin c a day for 9 years now and I haven’t had a cold or any kind of viral flu in all that time. The key here is prevention rather than cure.
They absolutely work for me, everything from a cold to a hangover. Also, those vitamin packets are not only vitamin c. And when I drink them daily or BEFORE I suspect I might get sick from stress or environmental factors, they keep me healthy.
@@jellybeansicould be that or maybe the body is packing other essential nutrients maybe sometimes when you’re malnourished you may be more susceptible to illness Idk just taking a guess hey we’re all learning lol
She also said "asteriks" instead of "asterisk"... And the captions spelled it "astrecks" for some bizarre reason. Did nobody bother editing this video? lol
You just took away my placebo, which I have doggedly preserved with years of zealous suspension of disbelief. I hope you feel good about yourself Vox
Surprisingly, placebos still work even if you know if it's just a placebo.
@@lietsiyon3464 wait.. What? So you still don't have doubts when you knew something is just a placebo
@@dandandandaaan22 oh my god thank u for this comment i was searching for a comment exactly like this one,even if the vitamen c doesnt help you cure cold faster,thinking and convincing yourself that it does shortens the time of your illness
@@lietsiyon3464 are you.... Are you just giving him another placebo?
@@Nandinandito _Shhhhhh..._ You're going to ruin the placebo.
I'll share what my family doctor once told me: "A treated cold last one week and an untreated cold last 7 days".
That's pretty spot on
I don't get it
OhFiddleStickz I think what it is is that there is no way to make your cold shorter
@@sickomode2761 ah I thought so, thanks
So your cold goes away three days faster when it’s treated?
can you do something like this on essential oils? im sick of seeing my family members and other loved ones be victimised by essential oil pushers like dooterra.
Please
They charge so much money, and my mom won't listen to me when I tell her they aren't safe to drink. The Dooterra sales woman is her church friend and I even showed her the lemon oil on the bottle said "not for consumption" and how other people have poisoned themselves by drinking essential oils, and she won't listen to me. She keeps drinking it and I'm scared for her health.
My mom is a nurse and it hurts me when she buys them.
Wait, people do what???
they're good for influencing your mood a little but other than that they're overpriced deodorant.
I never heard of vitamin c being a cure for cold. More like strengthening your immune system or something like that.
Diarrhea and kidney stones won't strengthen your immune system.
@@kingtigerproffish2790 I take 1000mg a day and don't have either of those issues
It only strengthens your immune system if have a shortage of vitamine C. Having a surplus doesn't help at all.
King Tiger Prof fish that’s only if you take 2000 mg or more a day
Dr Jp yeah but it’s still good for immune system in the right amounts so it at least helps your immune system stay strong against viruses,illnesses and pathogens there is a reason they tell you to eat and drink healthy as much as possible when you are sick in the right amounts as long as you can handle it as long as you aren’t too sick it doesn’t have to be a cure for a cold in order to be effective especially if you are low on it. That’s why a lot of people also drink orange juice if they can stomach it along with water,we have to encourage our antibodies to fight against/fight off illnesses,viruses and patheogens somehow. Vitamin C when you are low on it is one way of doing that.
That’s ok, Vaporub cures everything.
**dives into barrel of vaporub**
my dad said that when him and his sisters were young, every single injury or illness = go take liver medication. no real reason why, they were just always given liver medication as a cure-all lol
@@charlieblfa9303 my great-grandparents did this with cod liver oil and my grandparents did this with what they called "salt tablets" but were baically just a bunch of electrolytes (main salt) and a few minerals in a small tablet.
dives? triiiy more
VapoRú
I cannot imagine what the sensation of vaporub feels all over your body, head to toe. Sounds horrifying.
There's an important lesson to learn here. Just because someone is an expert in one scientific field does not mean they are an expert in another. If a physicist is making strong claims about biology, treat them with the same suspicion as you would for any other unqualified person.
Yes and no. It just teaches us to treat carefully a physicist that makes quick conclusions about biology. However during his education a physicist has to learn some biology, chemistry and also work on biophysics projetcts so he has little bit more knowledge about biology than a non scientist.
Pauling was just a bad exception that's why I'm saying to treat them carefully. Even in that case when he says "my friend told me to take Vitamin C and it worked" i think evryone knows this is lacking some serious arguments to make it scientifically credible.
@@Kyiwa Well arguably that could apply to anyone in a scientific discipline, or even a bright high school student if you want to only include the basics. Generally the knowledge isn't going to be that in depth, probably not anything detailed enough to understand the complexities of micronutrient metabolism. Unless that person has proven cross-disciplinary experience beyond what they might have learned as an undergraduate or in general education, then I would not trust their claims.
Pauling's research work actually helped build the foundation of molecular biology. His work actually inspired Watson and Crick breakthrough of the DNA double helix.He also discovered several proteins. So yeah he was considered to be an extraordinary scientist, and who wouldn't listen to a scientist? A layman can't differentiate between a biochemist and a biologist, which, in my opinion, would've led to this.
So you took what they said as dogma and made a lesson out of it... Well I think theres another lesson to be mulled over here.
Ralphie Raccoon typically an expert in any science field will use evidence from papers, and thus are still relatively trustworthy. Being critical about everything is a good motto tho
One thing that is true : Orange Juice tastes good.
Another thing is true: It feels good to drink orange juice.
It also technically cures your cold because placebo effect :D
Pure orange juice is good for you regardless if it helps a cold or not
It tastes better with added vodka ;)
Fresh orange juice taste good, the one at grocery stores taste like garbage
I've never heard of Emergen-C, such a genius name
Aknazar Arysbek it’s a great hangover preventer if you drink it after you’re done drinking or right before. After waking up it just shortens the hangover
@@katiejurek3829 thank you
@@katiejurek3829 If you drink enough water during drinking alcohol, before sleep and after you shouldn't get a hangover at all since you'll be all watered up.
It's funny how, on a video dispelling one scientific myth, people are sharing their tips on another topic known for producing scientific myths: hangover cures.
As far as I know, the only way to definitely prevent a hangover is to drink less alcohol.
That being said, if anyone has a link to a study (or a reputable publication reporting on a study) that suggests some particular hangover cure works, I'm happy to be proven otherwise.
@@luketeeninga7106 well I have 0 chance of getting a hangover. I do not drink)
Sleep + water... basically what your doctors have been telling you since the 90s.
can i substitute sleep and water for Airborne and Red Bull?
The 1890's ~
@@mike.overly 😂
And eat healthy.. Cold diet is a thing. Dont eat loads of sugar
How far medicine has gone over the past years 🤣
Actually, it will. Because of vitamin C is vital to immune system work google it
It is such a common misconception that vitamins cure everything...
It’s vital that your body has enough vitamins and mineral for our cells to operate correctly, especially the immune system. Don’t take supplements, eat fruits and vegetables. You won’t get sick nearly as much. Its also been shown that a whole food plant based diet reverses heart disease (Dr.Esselthyn)
@@mikeb1031 - Essltyn's findings are *very* spurious.
@@nakenmil how ? he literally has direct x ray observation of arterial inflammation going back to normal levels when patients were put on a whole food plant based diet
@@mikeb1031 *He literally makes these claims ... but hasn't proven them
Atheist lol these are the 98% who don’t think for themselves who would reject his claims and listen to the money hungry medical companies victims help with the lack of fast food and more of a healthy diet you can cure anything and yes victim C helps
My “body wisdom” craves tacos. 😂
My WHAT???? 0:49
Mine craves deep fried chicken……
Not funny didn't laugh
I crave for burritos
@Marybeth Quattlebaum Lady you just made my day, that was a good one! 😂
Grandma lied ever since I was born...
Nick Moraitis *yeet*
@Nick Moraitis Well, but she did lie in the end. Maybe not on purpose, but she clearly didn't do any research or "fact check" _(jesus, I never thought I would use this political sentence ever in my life)_ and passed the information to her kids.
Just be lucky it was only your grandmother and not your father we like to watch adam ruins everything and had seen the episode on this topic and still, he tells me to drink several emergenC
On day bases because he's a boomer
A++++
nooooo! not grandma! D:
When I get sick, I drink a ton of water and take a bunch of melatonin and Nyquil and just sleep for 2 days straight.
Honestly, just sleeping through the whole thing is the best way lol
“The best way to cure a cold is rest”
School: We don’t do that here
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 said every school ever! 🤣🤣🤣🤣⚰️⚰️
YA DO NOW !
Heretic! You are not the true UA-cam Jesus™️
no wonder my colds used to last a week or two, no sleep
What do you think the body is doing while you rest? Magic?
When I had the flu my mom (who is a medical assistant) would inject vitamin C direct in bloodstream. In 20 minutes the constant feeling of being sick would stop and I ended up getting better faster just in time for a big sport competition I was having.
For me vitamin C worked...
That was what the original doctors who studied it did. There are instructions in the Physicians Desk Reference for how to buffer ascorbic acid with bicarbonate of soda to produce sodium ascorbate, at the right PH to be injectable. But your mom was giving you much, much higher dosages than the studies referred to in this video used, if it was that effective. She must have been using the guidance published by the original researchers.
Maybe she wasn’t injecting you with Vitamin C.
It really does work. I experienced the same result. A 4 minute video consisting of googled studies that are potentially funded by the pharmaceutical industry is not gospel.
The placebo effect is strong
@@nycbearff I have sore throat, it is so hurt, I drink the medicine and also high doses vitamin C. It helps me getting better fast. It worked for me
they're called micronutrients for a reason. you just need a small amount.
and still people manage to fail to get the required daily amount
@Epic a clementine only contains vitamin c in fairly large amounts
it's easy to miss out on some micronutrients despite living a relatively healthy lifestyle, easier still if you only eat junk
@Epic dv is quite subjective and dv is to prevent deficiency not for optimum health fyi. Case in point vitamin C. Virtually every other mammal can make its own vitamin C, how much do they make when they get an infection? 25mg and call it a day like some of the studies Vox based the video on? No their livers make hundreds of grams of vitamin C.
my doctor once said half-jokingly "they're called micro-nutrients because they have a microscopic influence on your health"
Vitamin C isn't intended to treat it is to prevent. The video did not cite the stats from the study regarding prevention.
It did, they clarified that the study showed that regular doses of vitamin C would shorten future colds that occured by 8% (0.4 days) but taking vitamin C at the beginning of a cold had no effect.
@@anthonyedwards6038 Right but people do not generally take vitamin C to shorten colds (present or future) they take vitamin C to reduce the amount of colds they will get in the future. They did not touch on that, the actual selling point of Vitamin C
@@anthonyedwards6038 Bruh can you read?
They did it for the views
DangerousToaster hahahahaha
The first time I took an Emergen-C tablet was the fastest I've ever had a cold subside by longshot. I still use them when I get sick and always feel better soon after. I feel that taking one regularly during times when you're well is a waste of money, however I think vitamin c deserves more credit than vox is giving here.
Yup, vitamin reduces cold say 8%, say zinc does 1 or 2%, add up all the rest and maybe 20%
Indeed, it is in someone's interest to make you think that only the doctors are correct and the prescribed medicine is the only panaceum
Vitamin C has been my go to cure for everything since 1999!
If vitamin c actually worked, people would be buying it in 50lb bags and eating a few lbs of a day.
@@johnames6430 Like myself they are buying it up. Funny how demonizing things that truly help is the new trend.
John Ames vitamin c actually does work in some ways it’s probably just not a cure but it does help boost your immune system when you are low on it when you are sick that’s easily why they usually tell to drink and eat healthy when you are sick in the right amounts.since we have to encourage our antibodies and immune systems to fight off/fight against viruses,illnesses and Patheogens and vitamin c when you are low on it is one way to do that. It helps especially in the right amounts it’s just more of a treatment/remedy you can take care of yourself and your immune system when you are sick.
Megan McKnight did you not watch the video? Humans get _way_ more vitamin C than they need by just eating food. Have a strawberry or something once a day and that’s your daily dose. You literally don’t need any more.
@@savagelifenutrition9485facts facts facts!!!.
See this is why you shouldn't accidentally take two Flintstone vitamins
Accidentally? I purposely ate half the bottle right away
Jibberish. I have Stage 4 cancer. I'm on chemotherapy, and I caught a cold last week. I took 75g of ascorbate (pure vitamin c) a day, and the cold was gone in two days. It also massively helps with side effects. I know others who take around 30g a day when they have a cold, and it stops it dead in its tracks. The problem isn't with VC, it's with the miniscule doses sold in supplements, and the absurdly innaccurate RDA. Read Pauling, Cathcart, Hoffer or Hickey's books. I suspected them as quacks until I tried it for myself. In massive doses, it works. Period.
I'm pretty sure most people would lose their cold in 2-3 days after symptoms appeared.
“Vitamin C may help prevent viral, bacterial and other infections by shortening the duration of colds and acting as a natural antihistamine and anti-inflammatory.Vitamin D is one of the most important immune system-strengthening nutrients that can reduce the risk of colds and flu; this should be taken on a regular basis”
-UMMS
so true
Also why do people tend to get sick in the winter, lack of sun, which is lack of vitamin D3. Vitamin are a necessity for your body to stay healthy, most people don't even think about vitamin deficiencies.
@@daymianhayes2493 Indoors more, close contact...
@@daymianhayes2493 less ventilation and more time spent in confined spaces.
I just drink water and I still haven't experience cold for a year now. Yes, re-hydration really helps of preventing sickness.
are there still people that trust the FDA? they’ve been advocating for the dairy industry for decades, I mean...
Thank you
Exactly.
They’re mostly good at doing their jobs when it comes to regulating drugs. Not perfect, but acceptable. If they weren’t, after all, people would start dying left and right, and congress would be demanding their heads on pikes.
When I took chemistry in high school, the textbook used Pauling as an example of "appeal to authority" (someone being believed just because they're accomplished in other respects, and not because their research has merit), and "fixed ideas" (not sure if the latter is an accurate term in English, but in my language it refers to someone clinging to a neat idea with ever-increasing intensity even as evidence to the contrary is shown) and in general as a warning of how to always focus on the research, not the person or the concept, so I knew a bit about this beforehand.
You're German! :-)
@@mathi3933 - Not exactly, I'm Scandinavian. It wouldn't surprise me if the textbook had been translated from German though. ;)
That's pretty sad given Pauling was largely validated in many respects. Thomas Levy did a great book demonstrating this going into great detail on vitamin C with over 1200 references "curing the incurable" is the book. It sounds like people in the mainstream medical establishment that took issue with him and that sentiment trickled over to whoever compiled the textbook. Kinda sad there is so much animosity in the scientific field on what science the person is doing when ethics aren't even being violated.
@@WaterspoutsOfTheDeep - So, I had a look, and apparently "Curing the Incurable" has never been peer-reviewed to the best of my knowledge, and moreover, Thomas Levy has never published any peer-reviewed material himself, which makes me question how qualified he is to do a meta-analysis like that.
A single book does not a vindication make.
I'm guessing you haven't read the book then. It references Frederick Klenner and Robert Cathcart's clinical work amongst others. They successfully treated 10's of thousands of patients with mega doses of vitamin c that is all documented. You don't need to be 'qualified' to do a meta analysis to see how blatantly positive the results were.
Bourbon, works everytime.
I am a bourbon drinker.
And i approve this message.
“We can’t regulate it because no one has ever died” coughs: weed
The reason we can't regulate it is because it's not even legalized on a federal level yet so it is difficult to do so within states where it is. The only correlated deaths have been because of black market cartridges (guess what..common within states where it's still not legal)!
weed is the elixir of life and weed promise all weed done weed
I'm willing to bet that weed was a cause of many deaths of DUIs but they don't isolate the type of drug in those reports. People assume it's always alcohol in DUI reports, but it can also include other drugs like weed, meth, cocaine, bath salts, etc.
Also, since the weed industry is at its peak, don't expect any scientific research that goes against weed. Money talks and doctors/scientists can be bought out. The most blatant example is back in the 40's/50's with cigarettes. "Doctors recommend a pack of cigarettes for good health" lol
Weed definitely makes me cough
Idk man, drinking a glass of OJ when I feel the early warning signs of a cold usually help stop it.
I agree with you. The other night I had a very bad cold. I went to the store and bought a pack of Emergen C . Drank half the pack and started feeling better that night.👍
Eating oranges and tangerines helps me feel better, but nothing gets rid of a store throat like some warm (almost hot) water or tea.
Eat the whole fruit. You’re missing the fiber, antioxidants and bioflavonoids. Blend them in smoothies alternatively. To really get vitaminC you need herbal supplements, not ascorpic acid.
I don’t know what you’re talking about vitamin C has always has cured my cold I never take over the counter medicines ,and haven’t for years
There is such a thing called as a placebo effect. You could "cure" your flu with sugar pills if you believe enough.
This is where the "placebo effect" takes place. If you believe that it's going to cure you, then it will. It's physiological, but affects physically. A weird human nature
Hannah Mercado Vitamin C is no joke. The important thing is to get adequate amounts from a good source. Ascorpic acid is a joke, and so is fruit juice. It’s obvious that the medical industry didn’t find C effective when they prescribe too little in tests and only give them the ascorpic acid.
Same here
Ah yes, an anecdote. It’s not a clinical trial.
I've been telling my mother this for years, you end up peeing out your supplements everyday!
Exactly. Taking anything more than what the body needs is usually just peed out. So it's just a waste of money to take more than what you need of a vitamin!
@@AndrewPonti But they always get what the body needs.
@@TheMichaelg1280 Right, but it's just a waste in the end if you over-take, though.
That's not really an argument, the body is not designed to not be 100% efficient. Other mammals when they get sick their liver produces hundreds of grams of vitamin C and they end up peeing most of that out too. So your argument is kinda moronic.
I agree. People that eat a well balanced diet dont need vitamins. Now, a college kid who eats garbage because they are poor, can benefit from a multi vitamin.
been taking 3000mg a day for the last 10 years and havent caught anything. no flu, or covid. previously i used to get sick about twice a year.
Better than being told Essential Oils can cure anything
or that homeopathy works
I mean essential oils are registered as drugs in France. As they should be, they are extremely potent chemical extracts from plants and can cause serious damage if used wrong.
Proven to boost the
immune system though, so it's indirectly true...
yea, this is bunk.
They literally said that.. but if you eat a balanced diet you don't need to take supplements.
You get enough from food
igetrealpettysis What if you do not get a balanced diet?
There is nothing called as "Immunity booster". If you try to "boost" your Immunity, it is actually bad for you but thankfully it is not possible. Please read actual Scientific studies about it.
I'm starting to realize almost everything was a lie...
Fire Cast Welcome to the Matrix, Neo.
and the truth is that no one knows how to live properly
Fire Cast Allow me to add V2k to your arsenal. Good day.
@Mr. R true, some thing smells fishy here. why are they not saying anything about the theraputic use of vitamin C overdosing ?
Life is a scam
I honestly don’t do anything and in a couple of days it just goes away.
Flower on Discord The only thing that has ever made me well in three or four days, alongside keeping a glass of water handy all the time and that's soothing as well. Being lazy. Watching UA-cam actually. It worked last month. In April and May, I kept up my usual routine and I was sick for six weeks.
I've found garlic to be the most effective thing for colds personally 🤷♂️
So true!
Onions too
Echinacea . Guaranteed but I don't recommend it for all
Kye Talks honey, garlic and lemon tea! 👌🏻
Tylenol is pretty great
Zinc has proven to be effective in such a role. I take Zicam or equivalent when I'm sick and it seems like it helps. I know the studies show that it helps the participants
Can you link me to some of these studies pls? Would like to check it out for myself
TehMushys it's proven that it shortens the sickness by up to a day,but they still don't know why exactly.
Agreed. Zicam works great if you get it in your system at the very start of a cold.
I have been detoxing from Suboxone for the past three weeks. I started taking lots of vitamin C into my second week. I started to feel better. And that’s saying a lot.
maybe...all I know is that last time I felt something coming on, I started taking emergen c and it went away. zinc and vitamin d+k is vital too.
Hey Voxy! Pp. 5 of the full study: 8 g on the first day shortened colds by 19% (95% CI 5% to32%; 718 colds; one study; high quality evidence).
Linus Pauling looks like Horace Slughorn from Harry Pottah
I was thinking
Jim Broadbent also.
NamFlow [CZ/SK] he does!
🤣
My grand uncle too looks like Jim Broadbent, I feel a bit more than Linus Pauling :P
And he lived to 93. He did something right!
How much did they pay you for this commercial
Was waiting for this vid to point at the actual cold-shortener: ZINC.
1:34 "He got less colds". Imagine working at Vox and not having anyone who knows the difference between "fewer" and "less". Turned the video off after that mistake
i literally just bought emergen c and saw this, fml
Vitamin c is a key vitamin needed in your immune system
It doesn’t “ cure” it helps your immune system
Jewels exactly what vox is saying- but these products like emergen-C are just too much to get any use out of if you’re a normal person. you get enough vitamin c daily if you eat healthy, i assure you
I mean, it won’t hurt u to take it
Just bought emergenc yesterday and saw this today!!!
Hey, I take Emergen-C every morning with breakfast and I haven’t get sick in like 2 years. 🍊 💪🏽 😊
now make a video talking about how cold temperatures wont actually give you a cold. lol
Nani?
That’s exactly how I got this cold . You’re wrong. Because the minute I’m too cold my throat starts to get sore.
@@cocoxoxo3374 Cold showers are grand!
Weather changes make me sick and we get less vitamin d in the winter so yes we do get more sick
FDA doesn’t support marijuana or kratom either as being beneficial...
I know. Right?!
I take vitamin c and never get sick
My mother always tells me to take vitamin C when I'm sick, she just won't listen to the facts so I humour her 🤷♂️
Be nicer to your mom!
@@MisterGorr I am, by not arguing with her more than necessary and just agreeing.
She probably also tells you to put on a coat, or you will catch a cold.
smoothmedia yeah, she cares and worries about him, HOW AWFUL!!!! 🙄
It does help with colds
This lady’s says nuclear like George W. Bush
...and Jack Bauer.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who heard that. She also didn't know when to use 'fewer' vs 'less' but I'm trying really hard not to let that get to me anymore.
I had to stop it. No credibility if you can't pronounce nuclear
Language evolves. No need to be a prescriptivist. Did you know the word "Leicester" is pronounced "Lester"?
@@DD-d6d3 You're going too far buddy.
Is this misconception just a US thing? I'm from Hong Kong and this has never been a thing over here.
It's a thing in Europe as well
For asians especially in Borneo its always Paracetamol(Panadol) that is widely prescribed by doctors to cure cold. Or 100PLUS for stomachache
Velby Thorngage It is in Europe but people don’t really buy supplements to help ‘cure’ colds
it was a minor myth in the US until recently when the "natural remedy/herbal supplement" craze took off over here in the last 10 years. Every country has their own cold remedy, when my grandma was little it was cod liver oil and salt tablets, for my dad it was chicken soup and citrus/fresh fruit, for my generation its vitamin C tablets.
@@velbythorngage yeah true but here in germany we use fresh fruits and veggies if we want to get vitamin C not these supplements cause they are trash...
What are you talking about. I've been taking vitamin C every time I get a cold and it's literally gone within a day. and I know the vitamin C works because I just started doing it the past couple of years before that my colds would last almost a week.
Vitamin C does work. I don’t take google searchers as law sorry
In 2007, the makers of Airborne were forced to pay a $22.3 million settlement due to their false advertising; claiming that their product cured colds.
Though the packaging no longer has this wording, their product continues to fly off store shelves and misinformed consumers continue to get fleeced.
Rather than allowing such companies to settle, they should be forced out of business.
2008*
$23.3 million*
Ok they don't fleece anyone making at least minimum wage. Calm down now.
@@Pontif11 Perhaps the word "fleecing" was hyperbolic, but $23.3 million sounds like a substantial sum of money for snake oil.
This is me when I am calm. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry. I mean, you might not like me now... so what? Wanna fight?! 🤜🤛
* Watches video *
* frowns at my glass of juice *
Placebo effect or not, I'm still taking my vitamin C in an effort to prevent getting sick.
IcemanX How are you still benefitting from a placebo when you clearly know it's a placebo?
@@stevelarry3870 ah ah ah ah ah shhhhhhhhhhh
@@stevelarry3870 taking placebo makes you less stressed out which helps the immune system fight the infection.
801Milcah Placebos make you feel less stressed out because you think they work. They don’t do anything, and they shouldn’t work when you know that.
Vitamin C is no joke! But don’t get ascorpic acid, the kind you get in drug stores. It’s made from cornstarch in a lab. Get the herbal vitamin C, or get it from whole foods, like kiwi, oranges, green apple, pineapple, kale etc.
But if people think it helps...it does. The placebo effect is real.
Also, I don’t think many necessarily think it “cures” their cold, just that it can assist them getting better more quickly. That isn’t curing.
Totally agreed, I took the vitamin C package and got diarrhea and my cold still continued. I then slept for 2 days straight and that’s what made me feel better.
So i been drinking that disgusting drink for no reason. *cries in oranges*
I laughed *wholeheartedly*
Your editing staff missed a lot of pronunciation and grammar mistakes on this one...
“Nuke-ular” should be “nuclear” at 1:06
“Less colds” should be “fewer colds” at 1:35
“Decongestions” should be “decongestants” at 3:37
Austin Chen wow you must be fun at parties
Me: takes 30,000 mg of vitamin C
*MY BODY IS READY*
You got this.
@@karlstenator They got diarrhea is what they got lol.
"Pulse" oral vitamin c, it really does help. "Pulsing" means at least 5000 mg/2hrs. Try the lipospheric vitamin c. Also, Pauling's protocol of intravenous vitamin C was not followed by Mayo, much to his horror. He wrote to Mayo several times to try to remedy this situation. His pleas fell on deaf ears. What Mayo did was immoral. Go to Riordan Clinic and download the studies or watch the lectures from JAMA on youtube.
not sure if i can believe vox. I get a lot less sick when i consume a emergen c daily. Last year the most sick i got was post nasal drop
*childhood fades away*
No one:
0:50
Study: For people engaged in BRIEF periods of intense exercise
Vox: LiKe MaRaThOn RuNnErS
2:39
Sometimes I will run a short marathon to get the mail.
Don't blame Vox, blame the study. Here's the actual quote: "In five trials with 598 participants exposed to short periods of extreme physical stress (including marathon runners and skiers) vitamin C halved the common cold risk."
@@RobinHood70 Well fair enough then, poor phrasing by someone but not vox, my bad
@@Connor-vj7vf Honestly, I assumed you were right at first as well, but then something in the back of my head went "wait a minute...", so I decided to look it up.
@@RobinHood70 Half the risk? that's a big deal. So clearly there is some relationship.
I was sick with the cold and slept and stayed in bed for two whole days and it was gone after the third. REST is really what you need.
I’ll continue using the placebo, thanks
FINALLY I have something to point to when my mother nags me about taking airborne whenever I feel the least bit unwell.
Eh I’ve noticed it helps for me to take vitamin C when others get sick around me
1:06 “Nukuler” lol
Alessandro Raphael
It’s called metathesis and we’re all guilty of it my friend. It has to do with the transposition of letters, syllables, or sounds in a word. Listen to the way you pronounce these words and you may find you pronounce one of them differently than it’s spelled.
Comfortable
Prescription
Introduce
Asterisk
Cavalry
Foliage
Pretty
Ask
KevinOnEarth yea nope that’s just mispronunciation
Cyrus Nelson
Oh well, I tried.
We all have different accents, so makes sense we all say words differently.
@@FakeAccents No. There are correct ways, and wrong ways. Learn them.
I am 56 and I can outlast most 20-year-old athletes, and when people ask me what my secret is, I say I have been taking 6 grams of Vitamin C a day every single day for the past 24 years. It has definitely helped to keep my joints and skin young!! I can take up to 10 grams a day, never had cramps, nausea nor diarrhea. I never took vitamin C for cold, because I already take it every day 😄
How much water do you take daily? Aren't you worried about kidney stones?
I disagree and studies are always limited. I go based off of real life experiences. Taking 1000MG Vitamin C every day has prevented me from getting sick. On the rare occasion I do get sick, it's gone in a couple days. Prior to taking vitamin C, it would be much more severe and last a week on average.
Prevent? I may be wrong, but I never heard of a Vitamin C that prevents any sickness. They said that they boost your immune system, and not making your cells walls impenetrable. When a person get sick or shows symptoms, that means that your body immune system is turning on. If you don't get sick, that just mean your hygienic, and clean.
How does "boost your immune system" mean "cure your cold??
My grandma response to this video:
"Yeah but you can let the orange juice uncovered for and hour and then you can drink it without vitamins"
Oliver Falcó boomers
Wat
Well when I’m sick I drink Orange juices and I get better... am I a alien?
It's called the placebo effect
igetrealpettysis ohhhhhh
75 to 90 mg a day IF THERE IS NOT ANY DISEASE THREAT GOING ON. If there is a viral or bacterial attack the need for Vit. C skyrockets. Is this so hard to understand? If you are in perfect health and take a megadose you get a transitory diarrhea, if you are getting a cold or a flu and take a megadose you start to feel better after a few hours, and no diarrhea. What works for me if I am coming down with a cold or flu, is one gram per hour until I feel I am getting better, then I start to lower the dose. I am a Veterinarian and also use vit.C on my sick patients with super good results, I have 15 years of experience doing this. As a result of heavy vit.C use I manage to use a minimal amount antibiotics, sometimes I don't use any at all.
Just another video to contradict popular opinion. Vitamin C does aid in cold prevention, along with zinc.
High dose of Vitamin C does help you speedily recover from cold.
No it doesn’t did you even watch the video
Brendan Liposomal vitamin c. It works. Tested on myself
1:40 Fewer colds, not "less colds"
Sure, Vitamin C won’t cure colds but by taking it regularly you’re building a pretty good immune system. At least for me it does. I take EmergenC everyday. It’s all about what works for your body!
2:45 the Authors go on "[...]Nevertheless, given the consistent effect of vitamin C on the duration and severity of colds in the regular supplementation studies, and the low cost and safety, it may be worthwhile for common cold patients to test on an individual basis whether therapeutic vitamin C is beneficial for them."
I adore your videos!! I use them for my English lessons)
Well, it works for me 🤷🏾♀️
You did not just say “nucular”....
She did. She also said "less colds" rather than "fewer colds." Things like that bother me, too.
@@Robert_St-Preux YES! Glad I wasn't the only one who noticed.
@@Robert_St-Preux is saying "less colds" actually grammatically incorrect? I know the nucular thing is obviously wrong but what's wrong with saying less colds?
@@ravigopinathan2835 - Linguistic prescriptivists and anally retentive people get very upset about finicky specifics of language. "Less" generally used for uncountable objects (water, money, skin, heat,), whereas "fewer" is used for countable things (lakes, coins, pelts, degrees). "Cold" (as in temperature) is usually uncountable, and would use "less", but "colds" (as in the medical condition) is countable, and would use "fewer".
In daily speech the distinction is as meaningless as the "can I/may I" one that teachers or dads love to point out. Everyone is going to know what you mean, so correcting it is pointless.
What’s wrong with the word “nucular”?
I used to hate colds. But, by taking vitamin C in the right amounts at the right times, I have not had a cold now for 20 years. However, if you take large doses of vitamin C regularly, you might even end up worse off than you were if you were just getting vitamin C from your daily food intake.
same here after taking vitman c even in smaller doeses and even topically i simply havent had one
I've been taking Vit C for years. At least 1000 a day. Linus is a big deal. The only two time individual Nobel Prize winner. In med school, I told the chairman of pediatrics that I took Vit C. She said it was a placebo. I never had a cold, and she was always sick. Do what you want, but I'm taking C. I take Vit C with rose hips as a tablet. That's the only way I recommend it. Orange juice is sugar water.
I’ve been taking around 8000 mg or more of vitamin c a day for 9 years now and I haven’t had a cold or any kind of viral flu in all that time. The key here is prevention rather than cure.
most of the covid deaths could of been prevented just by taling those pills.
its so simple, but most people don't know it.
@@BrandonSeattle well quite !
@@BrandonSeattle explain how
Vitamin c definitely helps and works!!!!
Why am i recommended this when i literally have a cold rn
So you wont waste your money. Oh, and Google knows EVERYTHING.
Hope you feel better!
Same🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️ fbi really on to us eh?
The OJ cannister at the end looks like the kind of container my detergent usually comes in.
I Dunno It makes them brighter than the drinker’s future, that’s for sure.
Idk, I took 6 vitamin c tablets the night I started feeling sick and I was only sick for like half a day then started feeling better
I take vitamin C all the times before I get sick. if I take take vitamin c while I’m sick it doesn’t help it only works if you take consistently.
They absolutely work for me, everything from a cold to a hangover. Also, those vitamin packets are not only vitamin c. And when I drink them daily or BEFORE I suspect I might get sick from stress or environmental factors, they keep me healthy.
That's the power of the placebo effect.
@@jellybeansicould be that or maybe the body is packing other essential nutrients maybe sometimes when you’re malnourished you may be more susceptible to illness
Idk just taking a guess hey we’re all learning lol
Am I the only one bothered that she said “nucular” and not “nuclear” that’s one of my pet peeves oof
I don't even understand it. "Nuclear" is not hard to say, and, if anything, "nucular" is harder.
She also said "asteriks" instead of "asterisk"... And the captions spelled it "astrecks" for some bizarre reason. Did nobody bother editing this video? lol
Yeah Vox is slipping. Such a shame
Finally, next time if my parents tell me to drink vitamin C every time I caught a cold I can show them this video
Why? Orange juice is still great!
@@wrednax8594 not for stopping a cold. Hot Tea is much more effective
@@AvgJane19 Not that either. A cold is a virus. It just has to run its course.
Always helps me with my cold though...double dosage
So important for everyone to hear this message.