Does vitamin C help fight a cold?

Contrary to popular belief, studies have not found evidence that the vitamin can prevent or get rid of the common cold. It can reduce the risk of cancer, but mega doses of vitamin C can cause false results on tests for blood in feces, used in screening for cancer of the colon. Do carbohydrates make you gain weight? Repeat after me: MOD-ER-A-TION. It isn't the carbs eaten in recommended portions that pack on the pounds, but the fat in foods (like cheese, butter, cream cheese, and creamy sauces) that add calories to carbs (like breads and pastas). Do foods like pineapple, grapefruit or vinegar help speed up your metabolism? Get this through your heads you fad-dieters: there is no known food or combination of foods that is capable of stimulating weight loss. If there were, trust me, you'd know about it -- everyone would know about it. And there would be peace on earth. Will I lose weight if I stick to nonfat foods? Yes, unless you eat those nonfat foods as if you've just gotten off a ...  more