Why is it good to take vitamin C when you have a cold?

Updated on healthy 2024-05-11
17 answers
  1. Anonymous users2024-02-10

    When bacteria and viruses invade the human body, the protagonists of the elimination of the "invaders" are white blood cells. Vitamin C can enhance the "fighting ability" of white blood cells, and this idea has long been confirmed by the medical community. When vitamin C is sufficient, it can prevent and treat various infectious diseases, such as colds, pneumonia, tuberculosis, prostatitis, hepatitis, etc.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-09

    When you have a cold, buy medicine at the pharmacy, and the clerk will push you a lot of health products, and you can see if these health products are suitable for colds.

    Like the spring cold now, most of the clerks in the pharmacy will push everyone antiviral drugs such as crack, and at the same time will push some health care products to everyone, and the recommended health care products are mainly vitamin C.

    A clinical trial involving more than 10,000 people found that vitamin C did not have the effect of colds. However, some studies have shown that a moderate daily supplement of vitamin C can prevent colds and reduce the risk of catching a cold by half.

    1. Promote the biosynthesis of collagen. It is conducive to faster healing of tissue wounds;

    2. Promote the metabolism of tyrosine and tryptophan in amino acids and prolong the life of the body.

    3. Improve the utilization of iron, calcium and folic acid.

    4. Improve the metabolism of fats and lipids, especially cholesterol, and prevent cardiovascular diseases.

    5. Promote the growth of teeth and bones, and prevent gum bleeding.

    6. Enhance the body's ability to resist stress and immunity to the external environment.

    Vitamin C can be used mainly for colds to improve immunity, so you can eat vitamin C when you have a cold, but you still have to take cold medicine when you have a cold, so you can catch a cold, especially in spring, when colds are mostly caused by viruses, you still have to eat some antiviral cold medicine, and vitamin C can also be drunk daily.

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-08

    A recent study confirmed that vitamin C has little effect in preventing colds. Those who took 2 grams of vitamin C per day had the same chance of developing a cold as those who took only a placebo per day. Researchers from the non-profit Cochran International Collaboration, which conducted statistics and analysis of more than 30 studies involving 10,000 people, came to the same conclusion:

    For ordinary people, taking vitamin C to prevent and treat colds has no effect, and it is completely unnecessary to take a large amount of vitamin C in order to prevent and treat colds.

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-07

    When you have a cold, you still have to take cold medicine, and if you take crack early, it will get better soon, vitamin C is mainly to increase resistance, and there is no ** cold effect.

  5. Anonymous users2024-02-06

    Eating alone has no effect, vitamin C is better resistance, in fact, you still have to see a doctor for a cold...

  6. Anonymous users2024-02-05

    Vitamin C may be one of the earliest recognized vitamins and one of the most popular vitamins at present. For many years, researchers have largely determined that vitamin C is one of the easiest and most effective nutrients for boosting immunity. Most scientific researchers agree on the following benefits of vitamin C:

    Boosts immunity.

    It participates in the synthesis of immune proteins, promotes the activity of white blood cells and phagocytic cells, and can improve the body's immunity. When vitamin C is deficient, the body's resistance to pathogen invasion is reduced, and it is more susceptible to infection; In times of illness, the body's need for vitamin C also increases exponentially.

    Relieves fatigue and resists stress.

    It is one of the important anti-stress nutrients, which can promote the synthesis of adrenaline. Adrenaline boosts the conversion of glucose into energy for the body to cope with emergencies. People in stressful situations especially need more adrenaline, so the demand for vitamin C is also relatively increased.

    Helps prevent cataracts and cancer.

    The antioxidant properties of vitamin C can reduce damage to the lens of the eye by ultraviolet rays and oxygen. If vitamin C intake is insufficient, it is easy to cause the lens and lead to cataracts; In addition, the antioxidant properties of vitamin C also help prevent dark spots and cancer.

    Protects the liver. It can alleviate the toxicity of certain chemicals and drugs. In today's increasingly polluted environment, vitamin C helps protect the liver from toxins.

    Prevention of scurvy.

    It helps to improve the phenomenon of fragile capillaries such as bleeding gums and prevent scurvy.

    Maintain your elasticity.

    Promotes wound healing and collagen formation, makes it smooth and elastic, and is an excellent tonic.

  7. Anonymous users2024-02-04

    For common colds, drink plenty of water and rest. In fact, it doesn't matter if you take the medicine or not.

  8. Anonymous users2024-02-03

    Does Vitamin C Really Work for Colds?

  9. Anonymous users2024-02-02

    1981 Kescart Robert

    Dr. Cathcart discovered a way to measure the body's vitamin C saturation with diarrhea. Oral overdose of vitamin C can produce diarrhea. Diarrhea shows that vitamin C has reached saturation in all organs of the body.

    Normal human vitamin C saturation is 4-15 grams per day. The vitamin C saturation of sick people increases substantially, and the more severe the disease, the higher the vitamin C saturation, which can even be as high as 200 grams per day. Oral administration of vitamin C slightly less than saturated every day is the best prescription for various infectious diseases.

    Dr. Cascart used the method of saturated vitamin C to successfully **7000 colds, epidemics, atypical pneumonia, and acute mononuclear hemocytosis (sleeping sickness acute

    mononucleosis), acute hepatitis, hay fever, asthma, trauma, surgical trauma, burns, back pain, arthritis, scarlet fever, herpes, shingles, etc. This method solves the controversy over the use of vitamin C for 60 years, that is, the dosage of vitamin C. Many previous experiments have shown that vitamin C is ineffective because the dose does not reach the saturation of vitamin C.

    Vitamin C has the effect of improving the body's immunity, and most colds are caused by viruses. White blood cells are rich in VC, and when the body is infected, the number of VC in white blood cells decreases dramatically. VC can enhance the chemotaxis and deformability of neutrophils, and improve the bactericidal ability.

    Promote the production of lymphoblasts, improve the body's recognition and killing of foreign and malignant cells.

    Involved in the synthesis of immunoglobulins.

    Improves CI complement esterase activity and increases complement CI production.

    Promote the production of interferon, interfere with the transcription of viral mRNA, and inhibit the proliferation of viruses.

  10. Anonymous users2024-02-01

    Vitamin C deficiency can easily affect the body's resistance and immunity. This is also the main cause of colds, after the cold to properly supplement some vitamins, but also need to pay attention to more exercise, in the future to balance nutrition. Eat more fruits and vegetables, milk, eggs, and meat.

    If the weather changes drastically, be sure to keep warm to avoid catching a cold.

  11. Anonymous users2024-01-31

    Vitamin C supplementation can improve the body's immunity and make the cold get better as soon as possible.

  12. Anonymous users2024-01-30

    Vitamin C supplementation can improve the body's immunity.

  13. Anonymous users2024-01-29

    Vitamin C not only prevents colds, but also reduces the uncomfortable symptoms and shortens the duration of colds. Therefore, for children with strong resistance, parents can appropriately supplement VC. You can use liquid vitamin C in B R A U E R, organic is better for kids!

  14. Anonymous users2024-01-28

    Hello! Taking vitamin C is indeed good for colds, vitamin C can improve the body's resistance to viruses, unlike antibiotic anti-inflammatory drugs, which will reduce the body's immunity after use. Look at the size of the baby when taking, if you want to hurry up ** cold, adults can take 2 capsules of 100mg at a time, 3 times a day, if the baby is less than one year old, take it conservatively, 1 capsule at a time.

    The ground powder is drunk with water, and some fruit puree can be added to it. Because vitamin C is very acidic. If you don't have a cold but you're not feeling well, your baby can just take half a pill.

    May you live a happy life!

  15. Anonymous users2024-01-27

    Generally, vitamin C does not react with other drugs, so there is no need to think about it***.

    Vitamin C can strengthen the body's immunity and promote the recovery of colds. Contec's active ingredients are acetaminophen and pseudoephedrine hydrochloride, which can only reduce the symptoms of colds and have no anti-inflammatory effect.

    It is correct that the two are taken together to relieve symptoms and promote the body's recovery.

    Precautions for taking cold medicine:

    1. Do not take cold medicine at will.

    Some patients take cold medicine on their own once they have a cold. In fact, when the condition is mild, there is no need to take cold medicine, and the condition can be improved by drinking ginger water, soaking feet in warm water and other dietary therapy, physiotherapy, etc., but when special groups such as pregnant women and lactating women catch a cold, they should be under the guidance of a doctor**.

    2. Do not use increased doses.

    Some patients believe that increasing the dosage or combining drugs can speed up the disease, but improper dosage and combination of drugs often cannot shorten the course of cold illness, and may also cause adverse drug reactions. At present, cold medicines on the market can be divided into unilateral preparations and compound preparations, compound preparations often contain antipyretic, analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs, antihistamines, antitussive drugs, antiviral drugs, constrictor microvascular drugs and other pharmaceutical ingredients.

    In addition, children with liver and kidney dysplasia, taking acetaminophen-containing cold medicine can accumulate and damage the liver and kidneys, and children under 3 years of age should avoid using it; The liver and kidney function of the elderly is weak, and the dosage should be paid attention to when taking it to avoid liver and kidney damage.

    3. Adverse drug reactions should be understood before medication.

    Many cold medicines contain chlorpheniramine and diphenhydramine and other ingredients that have a sedative effect, these cold medicines are prone to drowsiness, while amantadine has dizziness, ataxia, etc. Therefore, drivers, aerial workers and other types of workers should avoid using cold medicines containing the above ingredients before or during working hours. People with angina pectoris or severe coronary heart disease should avoid cold remedies that contain pseudoephedrine.

  16. Anonymous users2024-01-26

    You can take vitamin C at the same time as taking cold medicine, vitamin C can promote the body's metabolism, have a certain improvement effect on colds, and is conducive to the recovery of colds.

  17. Anonymous users2024-01-25

    The human body cannot synthesize vitamin C on its own, and can only obtain it from food.

    The chemical name of what we usually call vitamin C is "L-ascorbic acid". This "acid" has a sour taste and is easily soluble in water but insoluble in oil.

    Vitamin C is colorless and transparent when dissolved in water. Most of the vitamin C drinks on the market now have a yellow appearance, which may be inspired by the yellow color of lemon peel.

    One of the benefits of vitamin C is antioxidant. If there are highly oxidizing substances such as "reactive oxygen species" in the body, then the cell membrane is the first part to be oxidized, thus affecting the physiological activities of normal cells. Coincidentally, vitamin C is a substance that is very susceptible to oxidation.

    It preemptively binds to reactive oxygen species and is oxidized, allowing the cell membrane to escape damage. This is the antioxidant effect of vitamin C. In addition, vitamin C will return to its pre-oxidation state in the human body, so it can circulate and function.

    The antioxidant effects of vitamin C can prevent arteriosclerosis and stroke. However, vitamin C in food or additives alone can only prevent at most, and even if you take a large amount, it will not help alleviate the disease.

    In addition, vitamin C is often used to make antioxidants needed to store food and beverages. That's what vitamin C does in canned pet food.

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