• Question: Does orange juice (Vitamin C) really help you prevent colds and other minor illnesses?

    Asked by Asier Garcia to Carmen, Daniel, Laura, Noel, Steph on 17 Mar 2015.
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      Noel Carter answered on 17 Mar 2015:

      The evidence is very limited to support this. Obviously you need to have enough vitamin C in your diet so as long as you eat well you should. Taking excess vitamin C some people believe help but the evidence is poor and actually in some studies it made people with serious diseases worse.

    • Photo: Carmen Denman

      Carmen Denman answered on 20 Mar 2015:

      Vitamin C is an essential vitamin, but it doesn’t need to be present in excess. Lots of micronutrients and cofactors are essential to get from our diets but are only micro levels essential.
      Cheers!
      Carmen

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