Vitamin C useless against the common cold, according to study

Are you a daily Vitamin C taker? If so, you probably are not helping prevent yourself from getting the common cold, according to new research that Rigel pointed to earlier today. Will it make me stop taking Vitamin C daily? Not at all.

But in fact, supplements containing a high dose of Vitamin C were found to be useless against the cold virus, according to scientists. Common wisdom holds that Vitamin C is a good tonic for that nasty winter cold. Apparently, this isn't so.

The researchers did state that athletes like marathon runners, skiers and others that see exposure to cold (or stress) for short stints could continue to take Vitamin C supplements, although no explanation was given outside of normal cold sufferers. Are there still good reasons to get that faily does of Vitamin C, though? Yep.