Vitamin C: can it cure colds and cancer?

Many people believe that taking vitamin C supplements helps their immune system fight off colds.

But there are even bigger claims attached to this supplement – that it not only boosts immunity, but fights cancer.

Norman and Tegan introduce us to the Nobel laureate who pushed these theories decades ago, and whether there’s any truth to them.

References:

• The Discovery of Vitamin C 
• Treatment for scurvy not discovered by Lind
• Linus Pauling’s Vitamin C Crusade
• Ascorbic Acid in Cancer Treatment: Let the Phoenix Fly
• A randomized trial of pharmacological ascorbate, gemcitabine, and nab-paclitaxel for metastatic pancreatic cancer
• The Role of Vitamin C in Cancer Prevention and Therapy: A Literature Review 
• High-dose vitamin C: A promising anti-tumor agent, insight from mechanisms, clinical research, and challenges 
• Vitamin C reduces the severity of common colds: a meta-analysis 
• Two Faces of Vitamin C—Antioxidative and Pro-Oxidative Agent 
• Vitamin C - Australian Institute of Sport
• Vitamin C – EatforHealth.gov.au 

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