If your mom was one to push the orange juice when you were sniffling and sneezing, she may have had good reason.

A review of more than 30 studies shows that taking one 1,000-mg vitamin C supplement per day may help shorten the duration and severity of cold symptoms, especially when you're under stress. You don't need to take a supplement 365 days a year, though, because vitamin C doesn't prevent colds from coming on. It just might help once that cold arrives, though.

There's a lot of speculation about the merits of vitamin C. Some believe in it; some think it's pretty useless. Whatever your view, the current recommended dose of this vitamin is 60 mg daily. One eight-ounce glass of orange juice contains 97 mg.

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Thanks to the onslaught of seasonal allergies, back-to-school colds, and the changing seasons, this is a very snotty time of year. Chances are at some point during September you'll be sniffling, so I thought it might be worth sharing a new twist on an old standby.

Introducing the NosePouch.

You probably haven't used a handkerchief...well...ever, and may have only seen one in action if your dad or grandpa happens to be old-fashioned. And for good reason -- they're gross. Especially when you have access to those convenient little tissue packets, why on Earth would you blow your nose into the same same piece of cloth over and over and over again?

But the NosePouch, as the name suggests, has added a little snot-catching fold, making this updated pocket cloth capable of holding significantly more refuse than the traditional version. So much so, that -- especially if you're the type to feel guilty about all those tissue packets you've been sending off to landfills -- it might be worth your while.

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