Current Posts – 05 May 2020

The idea that vitamin C can help to treat patients infected with a killer virus seems, at first sight, implausible. It’s something you need in a healthy diet, not in a critical care unit. But it is also a key part of the immune system, designed precisely to help with infections. So, using it is not so daft.  What’s more, American critical care experts are starting to agree and running trials. Keep taking the tablets. [Read the post…]

Is it worth taking vitamin C to fight off the virus or are claims of benefit just more fake news? Can something so familiar that’s part of all healthy eating advice really make a difference, even in large doses? The evidence that is can is far stronger and detailed than you would think from official announcements. The recent claim that an old antimalarial drug can help makes the case of vitamin C even more compelling. [Read the post…]

Right now, we need more treatments that can help us resist or recover from the virus. Ideally, they should also be ready to use immediately, cheap (given the billions already being spent) and without a burden of damaging side effects. Sounds fanciful, but in fact remedies like that are available, it’s just that we are looking in the wrong places. Two candidates are an old drug and a vitamin supplement. [Read the post…]