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Does vitamin C keep you healthy?

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Website: Informed Health Online
  • Resource type: Article

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Research shows that vitamin C supplements do not prevent colds but can shorten the time you have cold symptoms and how sick you feel if taken before you have cold symptoms.

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vitamin C, cold, flu, supplement

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Rated on: 3/1/2017 3:36:02 PM

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