Vitamin E vs. colds
Vitamin E may help prevent colds. Tufts University researchers gave vitamin E (200 IU of dl-alpha-tocopherol) or a placebo to 451 nursing home residents aged 65 to 103 (the average was 85). All participants also got a multivitamin that contained half the recommended daily allowance for most nutrients. While the vitamin had no impact on bronchitis, ear infections, flu-like infections, pneumonia, sinus infections, or sore throats after one year, E takers were 19 per cent less likely to have caught a cold than the placebo takers.So you have one more weapon against cold apart from vitamin C and zinc lozenges.
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