Emergen-C?

[Ilvane]

Have any of you tried this stuff?

I've been sick so much since I started working at Harvard, so I decided to try this stuff and see how it works.

Has anyone had any success with it, or tried it?

Angela

[Danical]

it wins hard.

[Anebriated]

yeah, ive tried it on the suggestion of my mom last time i was sick. seemed to work pretty well. im not 100% sure it wasnt just coincidence but i wasnt sick for long after starting to take it. Its worth the try anyway.

[Gan]

Tried looking up the Emergen-C website. It sucks and froze up while loading.

Found more info here:
http://www.mothernature.com/shop/sections/index.cfm/s/99616
http://www.mothernature.com/Library/Ency/Index.cfm/id/2929001

Looks like another form of vitamin C.

I dont get how its any different than any other Vitamin C supplement.
:shrug:

**Edited to add:
I use the multi-vitamin/mineral supplement called Airborne when I think I'm going to get sick or have been around someone who's got the bug. Thats good stuff.

[Jayvn]

airborne sooo rocks when you don't follow the directions and instead pop the tablet into your mouth and chew...it's like orange flavored rabid dog look.

[Anebriated]

airborne sooo rocks when you don't follow the directions and instead pop the tablet into your mouth and chew...it's like orange flavored rabid dog look.

rofl I know someone who did that too. he was all like wait, I WAS SUPPOSED TO PUT IT IN WATER?! then the rabid dog look took over. good times.

[Gan]

:lol:

I wonder if anyone has done that on a plane.

I have to tell that to a buddy of mine who flys since I dont anymore.

[Tsa`ah]

You could blow cash on the stuff, or just make sure you're getting a healthy dose of the big C on a daily basis.

You could also throw stuff into your diet that are known to help your immunoresponse ... such as raw garlic.

I still get sick, but a cold doesn't keep me down for more than a day or two if at all ... the flu I'm usually over with or able to get back on my feet in a few days.

I tried the stuff last year when I was hammered with the flu ... I didn't notice any difference.

[Skeeter]

Just drink a glass of OJ every day.

[Ilvane]

Yeah, the OJ hurts my stomach, and I'm diabetic, so it's a no go, or I'd do that.

I just figured I'd give something different a shot, see how it goes. I saw airborne in CVS, but I don't know, something about it didn't look appealing.

Angela

[Sean of the Thread]

you've got the HIV

[Danical]

airborne is great stuff too.

[Misun]

I've been using emergency for years, I need to get back to it, I like it better than airborne but it works just as well. Go for it!

[Latrinsorm]

I'd go with Zicam.

[BigWorm]

Placebo effect ftw

[Jazuela]

Taking the "recommended dosage" of Airborne can cause Vitamin A poisoning. Taking more than 500mg of vitamin C daily is [almost] useless since you pee out [most] of what your body can't use.* I wouldn't use either the emergen-c or the Airborne. Or, I'd take just one Airborne a day instead of the 5 they suggest.

You're better off just taking 250 vitamin C, plus an echinacea/goldenseal capsule before breakfast for a few days, in addition to whatever multi-vitamin you take daily.

*brackets included for emphasis

Can you eat tomatoes Ilvane? They contain a decent amount of vitamin C but since they're not citrus maybe they are "allowed" for diabetics?

You could always take a walk down toward the Mass Ave bridge and ask some of those MIT students to mix you up a mystery batch of something :)

[Makkah]

If you're gonna go the way of major boost vitamin to prophlylax, go with something with good Zinc quantity (Zicam, etc).

I think they're all a waste of money, however...