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vitamin C and Zinc, Dr. Your opinion please!!! TESTIMONIAL

Since i was a child I would get sick very often. I always had a poor immune system. I would always get colds, flu's, sore throats, strep throat, extc...

When i started college I was plagued with illness. ALways catching colds, one after another. Then i went to this doctor who told me that if i take 500-1000mg of Vitamin C and 30 mg of zinc every day that basically I wont get sick anymore.

Its been 8 years since then and I have been taking these vitamins faithfully everyday and I swear that i may have had one cold in the past 8 years. Its truely amazing!!!

Doctor, i dont know if this can be considered a placebo effect or if this combination of vitamins is just magic. But it 100% worked for me.

Im just wondering, if i am doing any damage to my body by taking these vitamins everyday. Now i take 500mg of C and 30 mg of Zinc. I know its over the RDA. Are there any negatives you can tell me about by taking this combination.
I have felt great for the last 8 years so i dont think even if there are negatives, they will outweigh the postives, but i would just like to know if there are any.

I love your site doc, keep up the great work!!

Follow Ups:

• Re: vitamin C and Zinc, Dr. Your opinion please!!! TESTIMONIAL Walt Stoll 17:55:45 10/18/02 (0)
• See "articles on health" for your answer linker 11:15:04 10/18/02 (0)
• Re: vitamin C and Zinc, Dr. Your opinion please!!! Ricky DC 05:50:32 10/18/02 (0)

In Reply to: vitamin C and Zinc, Dr. Your opinion please!!! posted by gene on October 17, 2002 at 17:56:35:

Zing is safe up to 100 mg per day....make sure i's in amino-chelate form, like zinc picolinate, and not Zinc oxide.
Vit C, the more, the better, expecially when under stress.
in case of severe infections, it has saved lives with 100 GRAMS per day, in IV form.....(linus pauling source).
to be effective at the ONSET of a cold/flu it has to be taken in at least 10 grams (divided doses), or it won't stop its progression. zinc, Vit C work best when in combination, even better witth magnesium and Vit. A along;
when in synthetic form, are better absorbed if taken in conjunction with veggie (carrot/apple/celery) juice.

In Reply to: vitamin C and Zinc, Dr. Your opinion please!!! posted by gene on October 17, 2002 at 17:56:35:

click on the link below to the Cure for the Common Cold article in the Articles on Health section of this site.

• Doc Stoll's cure for the common cold article

In Reply to: vitamin C and Zinc, Dr. Your opinion please!!! posted by gene on October 17, 2002 at 17:56:35:

Thanks, gene.

Listen to Doc Ricky and linker.

Your dose of zinc cannot do you any harm taken at least 100 years.

10 Times as much vitamin C could not harm you in less than 500 years.

Namaste`

Walt