Taking Vitamin C for Colds? Don’t Bother

From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer:

Vitamin C won’t stop a cold — unless you run miles[*1]

A new review of 65 years of research on colds and vitamin C concludes there’s little evidence that 200 milligrams or more a day wards off or shortens the duration of the common cold — with the possible exception of people exposed to extreme cold or physical stress.