Again another positive study shows the benefits of vitamin supplements.

Vitamin supplements shorten and reduce symptoms of some illnesses.
Older adults who took a daily multivitamin and mineral supplement with zinc and high amounts of vitamin C in a 12-week study experienced sickness for shorter periods and with less severe symptoms than counterparts in a control group receiving a placebo.

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"The observed illness differences were striking,” said corresponding author Adrian Gombart, professor of biochemistry and biophysics in the OSU College of Science and a principal investigator at the Linus Pauling Institute. 

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Mary L. Fantacone 1,Malcolm B. Lowry, et al. The Effect of a Multivitamin and Mineral Supplement on Immune Function in Healthy Older Adults: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Controlled Trial, Nutrients 2020, 12(8), 2447

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