Vitamin C can strengthen the immune system, new research indicates

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Taking a daily dose of Vitamin C can strengthen your immune system and that, in turn, can help you avoid colds and nasty viruses, new research from Texas says. Scientists discovered in a test of 12 patients that disease-killing white blood cells were much more active after patients had taken daily doses of the vitamin for two weeks.

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