You know those mega doses of vitamin C you’re supposed to take to fight off a cold?
I guess you can file them away with the 64 ounces of water we were told to drink every day, Egg Beaters, and diet sodas.
- Do you need ongoing food sources of vitamin C? Yes.
- Do you need to carpet bomb your system with it? No.
Preventing colds is more of a long term thing. Laughing daily helps. Mindful behaviors help. Eating real food, mostly veg, in control … it helps!
And oh, this turns out to be basic tenets of a Mediterranean lifestyle approach to wellness.
In case A) you made it to the bottom of this article (congrats, btw!), and B) you run out of things to do in your day, here’s a simple summary from Harvard School of Public Health.
