Department of Public Health
University of
Helsinki,
Finland
harri.hemila@helsinki.fi
https://www.mv.helsinki.fi/home/hemila
May 24, 2023
1. Zinc
lozenges can shorten the duration of the common cold
https://www.mv.helsinki.fi/home/hemila/zinc.htm
2. Vitamin C may increase the
recovery rate of outpatient cases of COVID by up to 70%
https://www.mv.helsinki.fi/home/hemila/vitC_ICU.htm
3. Vitamin C
may decrease mortality due to sepsis by up to 81%
https://www.mv.helsinki.fi/home/hemila/vitC_ICU.htm
4.
Vitamin C can decrease the incidence of atrial fibrillation
and the duration of ICU stay
https://www.mv.helsinki.fi/home/hemila/vitC_af.htm
5. Vitamin C may improve left
ventricular ejection fraction
https://www.mv.helsinki.fi/home/hemila/vitC_af.htm
6.
Vitamin C (>1 g/d) shortens the duration of the common
cold in adults by 8% and in children by 18%
https://www.mv.helsinki.fi/home/hemila/vitC_colds.htm
7.
Vitamin
C supplementation decreases the risk of the common
cold by 50% in people under heavy acute physical stress
https://www.mv.helsinki.fi/home/hemila/vitCE_exercise.htm
https://www.mv.helsinki.fi/home/hemila/vitC_colds.htm
8. Thomas
Chalmers' influential review (1975) on vitamin C and
the common cold is
inconsistent with original reports:
there are calculation errors
and
it has misled the public opinion on vitamin C for over 4 decades
https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/20335
pp. 36-38
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6395595 pp. 36-38
https://doi.org/10.3390/life12010062
https://www.mv.helsinki.fi/home/hemila/flawed_vitC_colds.htm
9. Vitamin
E may increase life expectancy by 2 years in some
groups of older males
https://www.mv.helsinki.fi/home/hemila/vitE_mortality.htm
10.
Vitamin E
supplementation can decrease and increase the risk of pneumonia in some groups of males
https://www.mv.helsinki.fi/home/hemila/vitE_respinf.htm
https://www.mv.helsinki.fi/home/hemila/vitCE_exercise.htm