The 20th century two time Nobel prize winner and founder of the fields of molecular biology, biochemistry and quantum chemistry showed vitamin C will boost the immune system. Recently in some blog called "LiveScience" somebody named Nicoletta Lanese claimed he opposite. What is her qualification to say this? From thee own article: "Nicoletta Lanese - Staff Writer - Nicoletta Lanese is a science journalist and dancer who aims to bring science to new audiences, whether in print or on stage. She holds degrees in neuroscience and dance from the University of Florida and a graduate certificate in science communication from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Brains are her beat. Follow her on Twitter @NicolettaML. ". Greatest biochemist vs. dancer with a marketing degree. Hmm...

Lets look at why she thinks this.

1) Heading. "It poses little risk but is very unlikely to help."

Right off we know thre is "little risk". Actually there's "no risk" as it's essential to life and can not hurt you qns has no side effects. Compare this to, say, chloroquine which is a cardian poison and has made people crazy and blind. So safe is a good this.

"Unlikely to help". One might wonder how many patients Nicoletta the dancer has saved but actual doctors on the actual front lines say things like "not own mortality". That is, everyone they gave C to, lived. People that died? Not one got it, if they get it they live. Clearly our dancing fool here didn't check anything recent.

That's just in the heading. It's really all over there and you don't need t go any further, but lets go on anyway.

"When afflicted with the common cold, many people chug orange juice and swallow vitamin C supplements in an attempt to "boost" their immune systems. But vitamin C supplements don't ward off the common cold in most people, and there's even less evidence that they grant immunity against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19."

"don't ward off the common cold in most people"

So it does in some? Why? Because they took *enough*.

"and there's even less evidence that they grant immunity against SARS-CoV-2"

Not "none". "Less". Which makes sense as the virus has only been known for 5 months now, of course more is known abot colds. These are just misleading easel words.

"Pauling claimed that taking large doses of vitamin C could not only prevent the common cold, but also help thwart more severe illnesses like cancer and heart disease.

Since Pauling published his books, in the 1970s, his bolder claims have not stood up to scientific scrutiny."

Actyually they do.

"However, recent research does suggest that vitamin C supplements reduce the duration of colds in the general population, according to a 2013 review of several dozen studies. "

Oh, so now hey help with colds? She just said they didn't. Which time whas she lying? Since she reference severaldoxen stues I'll giess shenot not lying when they fo helkp with colds. What all thi sahs to do with covcid019 I don't know. she goes on for a few paeagrphs more about colds. Whatever.

"Likewise, no evidence suggests that vitamin C supplements can help prevent COVID-19, Dr. William Schaffner, a professor of preventive medicine and infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Tennessee, told New York Times Parenting.

"If there's going to be an advantage, it's going to be very modest," Schaffner said."

So there won't be an advantage.

And if there is it will be modest.

Yet if you give pepeople 50 grams of it they're cured in 4 hours. Define "modest".

'Some scientists are testing if vitamin C could alleviate symptoms and improve outcomes for patients with COVID-19 — if given in a high enough dose. Researchers at Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University launched a clinical trial with 140 patients in February to test whether ultrahigh doses of vitamin C, delivered intravenously, could treat the viral infection more effectively than a placebo. "

They're doinf this because it doesn't work, right?

Why is she telling us what it will or will not do wue this trial os pending? Why even do a trial, just ask this dancer. Oh. Emm. Gee!

"The daily recommendation for an adult man is only 90mg"

A *healtry adult man. A smokng adult femalks over 50 nds 300. Now, here's the deal. When you gewr sick you nee more. If ou gewr very sick you need a lot more. Paitend beed 50g in four hours to *sytart& feeling better.

Then she goes on to state:
o "vitamin C is still important to your health"
o "Vitamin C acts as an antioxidant, meaning it neutralizes free radicals generated by the body's normal metabolism and by exposure to environmental stressors, including ultraviolet radiation and air pollution"
o "vitamin C helps to activate several key enzymes in the body, which go on to synthesize hormones and build collagen"
o "These hormones help control the response of the cardiovascular system to severe infections, while collagen fortifies the skin against injury."
o "Vitamin C may also bolster the fatty membranes in skin and connective tissue, thus protecting organs like the lungs from pathogens"
o "When bugs do infiltrate the body, vitamin C helps direct immune cells called neutrophils to the site of infection and defends these cells "

Makes me want to dah out and buy some!

"In short, the body relies on vitamin C to launch an effective immune response while sustaining minimal damage"

Ok let's take a leap here. The body relies on C for rhe immune system. What happpens if the C gets used up?

Would it be a strtch to say "take more" ? Then if you measue blood levels and find it's gone owuld it make snes eo tkae mire?

This is why a very sick patirents needs 50g in 4 hotus, th ebody uses it a a furious rate.

"Note that high doses of vitamin C, exceeding a daily level of 2,000 mg, can cause nausea, diarrhea and abdominal pain in many people, Live Science previously reported."

Nonsense, you need to take 7g or more *at once* and *when healty* for this to be true. When you're sick you can eat a gram or wo every 15 mins an never experience these effects vecaus thw body uses it up that quickly.

""The medical profession still doesn't know exactly how to influence the immune system"

This i snot reuel, tehre are raw marerials we must easta and can no tmke. do't run out ot fhtrm! Eat more if ou get cisk oe d0m[t want to.

In concludin:

"When in doubt, the FDA recommends that you "let your health care professional advise you on sorting reliable information from questionable information." Thankfully, in the case of vitamin C, supplements don't typically cause harmful side effects, unless consumed in excess. "

Try to find one that uses Hi Dose C, like the ones tht sae savinf lives witht his in HCIna or New Zealasn.

And don't tke meical adivne from Dancders with degrees in marjetring ovcmmunitions.