Vitamin C and Infections

Vitamin C and Infections

In the early literature, vitamin C deficiency was associated with pneumonia. After its identification, a number of studies investigated the effects of vitamin C on diverse infections. A total of 148 animal studies indicated that vitamin C may alleviate or prevent infections caused by bacteria, viruses, and protozoa. The most extensively studied human infection is the common cold. Vitamin C admi...

Abstract Vitamin C and respiratory infections

Vitamin C and respiratory infections Harri Hemilä, MD, PhD (University of Helsinki, Finland) Proponents of evidence-based medicine emphasize that conclusions about the effects of interventions should be based on controlled trials with clinically relevant outcomes, and not on studies measuring laboratory markers or on epidemiological studies. Studies with laboratory outcomes are often unreliable...

Vitamin C may affect lung infections.

Vitamin C and sex differences in respiratory tract infections.

Vitamin C and sex differences in respiratory tract infections In their systematic review of sex differences in respiratory tract infections (RTIs), Falagas et al. concluded that males develop RTIs more frequently than females, in particular lower RTIs, and the course of the infection is often more severe in males than in females. 1 In 1997, I reported a meta-analysis of British trials on vitami...

Vitamin C supplementation and respiratory infections: a systematic review.

In this review, the vitamin C trials with military personnel and with other subjects living under conditions comparable to those of military recruits are analyzed to find out whether vitamin C supplementation affects respiratory infections. For this systematic review, we identified seven trials with military personnel, three trials with students in crowded lodgings, and two trials with marathon...