Research into vitamin C and the common cold
which was done a couple of years back, concluded that even high doses don't help to fight the virus nor relieve the symptoms. Taking a regular intake of the vitamin doesn't even decrease the frequency of contracting the cold.

However, it has been shown that it is likely to reduce the severity of the illness, once contracted.

I'd provide a reference, but I can't remember where I read it, and can't be arsed to look it up.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:09, 3 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

this sounds like a scotsman finding an excuse for avoiding fruit.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:13, Reply)

I'm eating an apple as I write
So it's not an excuse.

Although I wish I didn't splash apple juice all over my laptop screen every time I bite.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:14, Reply)

That's not juice, it's batter.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:18, Reply)

No, actually
It's just the lard squirting out of the batter.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:21, Reply)

"However it has also been shown
that eating deep-fried confectionary can help defend against cancer"
( Kroney, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:15, Reply)

This is true
Because you'll likely die of some cardiac-related problem before you develop cancer.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:16, Reply)

Scottish pragmatism
right here.
( Kroney, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:18, Reply)

The severity of the illness thing
tends to fit into the medical trial category of "massively dubious arse" though.

Anything that relies on the opinion of the person in the trial, by asking them, is really meaningless data from a medical point of view.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:18, Reply)

the link to the meta-analysis is here, if people are interested
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ebch.266/abstract
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:19, Reply)

That's the one
Thanks.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 20 Oct 2010, 12:22, Reply)