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Starting a cold
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Any reccomendations for anything if somebody thinks they may be getting a cold? I have the Halls Defense little hard candy like things with vitamin c, and another one with zinc, but I'm not sure if those would be alright if your getting sick already 
And they taste gross. Any other reccomendations?
And they taste gross. Any other reccomendations? 0
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Anyway, normally if I feel like I'm getting a cold I drink hot water with honey and lemon, it makes me feel better.
human race did fine for centuries without new-age hippy medicines and synthetic drugs!
Does anybody know, does it work fine if you put it in pop or something instead of water? I want to make sure he'll take it
The deal with sicknesses like Colds is that you've got to hit them from multiple directions at once. Vitamin C alone will never do it unless you've never used it before.
If you've used Vitamin C on a cold already, then it will be less effective, because your viri will see that defense coming next time.
It's the Antioxidant in Vitamin C that did the heavy lifting. so if the viri see that one antioxidant as a threat, you know what your best defense is, right?
Throw OTHER antioxidants at them!
Try Acai berries. They not only have the highest amount of Antioxidants per gram of any food on the planet, but they also have the highest number of antioxidant COMPOUNDS... Way more than any other food.
I've been drinking Acai Berry juice daily since the late last year, and I've never even had a sniffle, not even once!
Here's a great film on Acai Berries that I feel should be required viewing all all school worldwide:
http://www.AcaiResearch.Org/Power_of_Acai.html
Hope that helps your cold!
Yes. Just been having a look round and there's no evidence Vitamin C can prevent a cold in your average person, though may shorten the duration of the cold by up to half a day, whoop de doo. Unless of course, as you say, you're a marathon runner, arctic skier or mountain climber in which case it can reduce your risk by half.