How Vitamin C Levels Drop During the Common Cold—and What It Means for Recovery
Dr. Kumar’s Take:
This study from Scotland in the early 1970s shows just how fast vitamin C in our white blood cells can drop during a cold, falling to scurvy-like levels within a single day of symptoms! The researchers found that keeping vitamin C intake high, both before and during a cold, helps your immune cells recover their vitamin C stores much faster. If you want to bounce back from a cold as quickly as possible, a higher-dose vitamin C regimen could help your immune system do its job.