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Re:Vitamin C kills tumor cells with hard-to-treat mutation i... by mb_72 on Monday November 09, 2015 @06:13PM (#10536524)
> What can I say, it works for me and few more people I know.

You don't know that - it could have been other unknown factors that made the difference. The same claims of 'working' are made for homoeopathy etc.

In general 'trying stuff' is a waste of effort, time and money unless there is supporting evidence for efficacy.

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Re:Vitamin C kills tumor cells with hard-to-treat mutation i... by majkinetor on Tuesday November 10, 2015 @11:14AM (#10540170)
You really can never know for sure, vitamin C or whatever. Many many drugs are used in mainstream medicine without clear proof or mechanism of action.

If you have a real problem to solve effort and money may be irrelevant. It was for me. I had 5 times a year common cold up until i did vit C thing.

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