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Vitamin C
supplementVitamin C is a powerful antioxidant.
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Vitamin C - Health Professional Fact Sheet
Office of Dietary Supplements, NIH
Pooled analysis of nine prospective studies in healthy adults free of coronary heart disease found 700 mg/day supplemental vitamin C linked to 25% lower coronary heart disease incidence.
Association between serum ferritin, incident primary liver cancer, and chronic liver disease mortality in the Linxian Nutrition Intervention Trials: A nested case-control study.
Blot WJ et al.
In healthy Chinese adults, 120 mg/day vitamin C plus molybdenum for 5-6 years reduced cerebrovascular death risk by 8% over 10-year follow-up.
Vitamin C and Immune Function
Anitra C Carr, Silvia Maggini
Meta-analysis shows vitamin C supplementation at 200 mg or more daily reduces common cold incidence in physically stressed healthy individuals and shortens duration in the general population.
Commentary: The Long History of Vitamin C: From Prevention of the Common Cold to Potential Aid in the Treatment of COVID-19.
Anitra C. Carr
Randomized trial in 1444 healthy Korean soldiers showed 6 g/day vitamin C for 30 days reduced common cold risk by 20% compared to placebo.
Inflammation, Frailty, and Aspirin Use in the Physicians' Health Study: A Pilot Study.
Stampfer MJ et al.
In male physicians taking vitamin C supplements for average 5.5 years, no significant reduction in total CVD or coronary heart disease mortality was observed.
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