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Vitamin C and the common cold - Unexplainable

Vitamin C and the common cold - Unexplainable

Update: 2025-12-17
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A two-time Nobel Prize-winning scientist changed chemistry, biology, and the politics of science. But when he pushed vitamin C as a cure-all, did he go too far?




Guest: Daniel M. Davis, head of the department of life sciences and professor of immunology at Imperial College London. He is the author of Self-Defense: A Myth-Busting Guide to Immune Health.




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Vitamin C and the common cold - Unexplainable

Vitamin C and the common cold - Unexplainable