Taking vitamin C DOES reduce the risk of a cold - but only if you exercise

• Vitamin does not matter to couch taters
• However in individuals who exercise, it may HALVE the chance of a chilly which help accelerate recovery, say Finnish experts
• Youngsters are more attentive to the vitamin than grown ups

By Anna Hodgekiss

Released: 18:06 GMT, 14 Feb 2013

Taking ascorbic acid to defend against a chilly only helps should you get some exercise regularly, new information indicates.

Finnish scientists have discovered necking drinks wealthy in ascorbic acid - such for example orange juice - does not matter to couch taters.

However in individuals who exercise, ascorbic acid can halve the danger as well as help eliminate the sniffles.

Consuming orange juice will not prevent a chilly - unless of course you workout

Researchers in the College of Helsinki launched into a number of studies including greater than 11,000 people to sort out the advantages of Ascorbic Acid, present in many veggies and fruits, for example oranges, bananas and kiwis.

They gave categories of volunteers, including Swiss young children, marathon runners, teenage competitive swimmers and Canadian soldiers, a serving from the vitamin after which evaluated its effect on their own health. More...

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The scientists learned that it cut in half the chance of catching a chilly among people under temporary physical stress, for example exercise.

And male teenage swimmers who caught a chilly and were given the supplement shook business illness two times as rapidly as boys who did not go ahead and take vitamin.

The scientists also discovered that children also seem to be more attentive to the vitamin than grown ups, having a daily one gram dose reducing the typical amount of common colds in youngsters by 18 percent as well as in grown ups by 8 percent.

Grown ups normally have only 2 or 3 common colds annually, whereas children suffer, normally, six yearly.

Children also seem to be more attentive to the vitamin than grown ups

The study's authors, Harri Hemild and Elizabeth Chalker, came to the conclusion: 'The failure of ascorbic acid supplementation to lessen the incidence of common colds within the general population signifies that routine ascorbic acid supplementation isn't justified, yet ascorbic acid might be helpful for individuals uncovered to brief periods of severe workout.

'Regular supplementation tests have proven that ascorbic acid cuts down on the amount of common colds, however this wasn't duplicated within the couple of therapeutic tests which have been completed.'

Research released a week ago discovered that males taking ascorbic acid supplements every single day double their chance of struggling with kidney gemstones.

The excruciating condition is rising - and Swedish scientists say a bi-product from the vitamin might be responsible.

Males who required ascorbic acid supplements at least one time each day had the greatest chance of kidney gemstones, based on research released within the journal JAMA Internal medicine.