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Aotearoa Weekly Kōrero 12/8/2024 (lemmy.nz)
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Last weeks thread here

Welcome to this week’s casual kōrero thread!

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[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

In my experience, there's not much I can do to stop myself catching it. I just try to eat lots of oranges.

[–] eagleeyedtiger@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Does it do anything? I've been drinking a lot of lime/lemon juice

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Well I get sick all the time so who knows 😆.

I have previously read that vitamin C is important for the body before you get sick, but not that helpful once you get sick. As in if you regularly have plenty of vitamin C you are less likely to get sick, but once you are sick no amount of vitamin C will make you get better quicker.

Edit: Turns out even the pre-cold effect is minimal:

Taking vitamin C every day to try to prevent colds won't protect most people from colds. It only slightly shortens the amount of time that they're ill. Starting to take vitamin C once you already have cold symptoms won't have any effect on your cold. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK279544/

[–] eagleeyedtiger@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 months ago

Well at least you’re supporting your local orange seller