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The Vitamin C Myth : NPR

It basically boils down to the placebo effect. There are people who swear by acupuncture, chiropracty, magic super foods, and a lot of other things as well, regardless of the fact that there's little scientific evidence to support them.

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Chula Vista

Drink a glass of OJ every morning and you will avoid colds better than the person next to you who doesn't.

Only an idiot would argue against this.

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simplephysics

Vitamin C is obviously good to have in your diet but directly curing a cold? Nah man, nah.

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Frownland

There is more than Vitamin C in a glass of orange juice. Drinking healthy things like orange juice for nutrients and hydration makes you a healthier person. There's still the fact that if you live off of healthy foods that don't have vitamin c, you're no less likely to avoid or get a cold. Only an idiot would argue against this without being able to back it up with evidence that's better than hearsay and anecdotal evidence.

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Key

But yet having Vitamin C in your diet has proven to make people feel better when they're sick. Clears up their sinuses and things like that. Just because there's no scientific evidence to support it, doesn't mean it doesn't help.

YorkeDaddy

He explained why this happens. It's called the Placebo effect, do some reading on it. There are dozens of studies on it, for example people were given beers that were 0% alcohol, and after drinking a few the person was acting drunk and genuinely believed they had consumed several real beers.

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Frownland

It's been proven but there's no scientific evidence to support it? Sounds like anecdotal evidence to me.

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