Best Supplement for Cold: NOW Supplements, Vitamin C-1,000 with Rose Hips, Sustained Release, Antioxidant Protection*, 250 Tablets

Best thing for your body

Great value! If you do the research you will find that ascorbic acid is the best form of C. Although Liposomal C (mixed with oil/fat) is the most bio-available it's also way too expensive. There are many other types of C in the form of sodium ascorbates, but this is the best and least expensive. The main "trick" is to always take it with fat of some kind, i.e. butter, coconut oil, etc. I take one with breakfast and one with lunch along with my B complex and D3/K2, Fish Oil, and Probiotic. Ever since I was a kid I had a weak immune system (low white blood cell). Every year I'd get very sick 3-4 times a year with strep, swollen-glands, and the flu. My old doctor always tried to get me to take a flu shot and I never did, and I just dealt with getting sick. Now I have a holistic doctor and see a nutritionist - best decision of my life! I try to avoid inflammatory foods and take my vitamins. For the past three years, I have not gotten sick like I used to at all! It's amazing! I will very rarely get a Cold, and only if I am around someone who is deathly ill, but it will only last a couple days and is made much better by taking 4 tablets of C a day and drinking Tea with honey/lemon. This revelation is a life-changer! Do you know that they sometimes give cancer patients Vitamin C intravenously? If you want to know more about how to change your health and your life for the better, check out Dr. Mercola's website, see a certified nutritionist (covered by insurance), and ditch your drug-dealing health "practitioner" for a holistic medical care professional (also covered by insurance). Side note: Almost every single American is low in D3 (abundant in grass-fed fats/organ meats)/K2 (abundant in dark leafy greens) and if you drink milk like I do, your Calcium levels are way too high (which also lowers D3/K2) and THAT is the reason for arterial calcification aka Hardening of the Arteries, and Heart Disease (along with eating processed and fried foods that contain insane amounts of carcinogenic oxidized vegetable oils ). Vitamin K and D keep your calcium from leeching out of your bones, so if your high in Calcium and low in D3/K2, the calcium is literally pulled into your blood vessels. If you take statins, it's even worse! Best thing you can do is to know your numbers! Get a blood test and demand to know your vitamin and inflammation levels

277 persons found it helpful

C-1000 COMPLEX vs regular. Also, Do Not Cut In Half!

This is a great and well priced product. When I start feeling the onset of a Cold, I just pop one of this and I am normally able to recover in half a day or so. It also doesn't give me upset stomach since it's buffered. ** Make Sure You Are Getting the C-1000 Complex, and not the C-1000 ** The Amazon listing titles for these two products are somewhat confusing. The NOW C-1000 COMPLEX cost a couple dollars more but is buffered - i.e. less likely to cause stomach problem. Here's the description from NOW's web site about the "Buffer" feature: "Calcium Ascorbate is not acidic and will not contribute to excess stomach acidity or irritation in sensitive persons. Calcium Ascorbate is synthesized from a combination of Ascorbic Acid and Calcium Carbonate to form Calcium Ascorbate." Also, some people would buy this, and then cut it in half, thinking that it's a better deal to buy the 1000mg pills. However, this will reduce or nullify the effect of the "sustain release". Moreover, there is no guarantee that the ingredients are equally divided between the two halfs. Unless the manufacturer put a "cut line" in the middle of the pill, it's a pretty good bet that the pill is not intended to be cut in half because the ingredients are probably not equally distributed within the one pill. For comparison shopping, since Amazon doesn't list the content, here is the Supplement Info for the C-1000 COMPLEX: Serving Size: 1 Capsule Amount Per Serving: Vitamin C (from Calcium Ascorbate) 1.0 g (1,000 mg) 1667% Calcium (from Calcium Ascorbate) 110 mg 11% Citrus Bioflavonoids (37% total bioflavonoids as Hesperidin) 500 mg Acerola 50 mg Rutin 50 mg Other Ingredients: Calcium Phosphate, Cellulose, Stearic Acid (vegetable source), Croscarmellose Sodium, Magnesium Stearate (vegetable source), Silica and Vegetable Coating

159 persons found it helpful

OK, but not buffered, so be careful!

These C's seem to be OK. However, taking them with any frequency (to ward off Cold or infections, or relieve alergy symptoms) can cause some stomach discomfort or even pain. Since they are NOT buffered, they can cause too much acid in the stomach, resulting in acid stomach and heartburn. If you don't have a sensitive stomach, then they should be just fine

90 persons found it helpful

Excellent Vitamin C

I take one of the Vitamin C tablet per day and I did not get sick at all this winter. Usually I would either catch the flu or Cold at least once or twice. Glad I found these

5 persons found it helpful

Great Product

I really like this vitamin C it's very potent, and I haven't gotten a Cold or flu, I would purchase it again

4 persons found it helpful

fast delivery, great product.

I got these cause I wanted to boost my immune system, these are great quality powerful vitamin C, this will get rid of your seasonal Cold or flu much faster just take 2 of these in the am and pm, also vitamin C is a fantastic chelating agent that can collect toxic heavy metals out of your body, get your vitamin C before our government bans all vitamins and supplements, they are trying to ban these wonderful vitamins with their Codex Alimentarius tyranny, I hope more people oppose the government banning our vitamins and supplements, great product

3 persons found it helpful

I used to credit this as my reason why I didn't get sick – now it might have made me sick!

This used to be my go to Vitamin C product. I've ordered it 9 times I was very surprised that my 9th order was so different. I moved somewhere that has horrible allergens and as someone who never had allergies before I didn't know what was happening to me. I used to get sick every month and I didn't know why. Then one day walking under a tree I felt my face light up and I realized it was allergens. This product was a godsend and I no longer got sick. I sometimes would feel a Cold trying to come on and take an extra tablet and the Cold would never onset. So I'm sure you can imagine, I was quite happy with the product. Then the last order - something strange happened. The first thing that stood out was the bottle size had changed - it was a big bigger. Not a big deal, just odd. But then I opened the container and it reeked. I do live in Florida so I thought maybe it had been exposed to the heat for too long. I asked for a new bottle and it was exactly the same. So I contacted NOW customer support to try to learn about why there were the changes and I didn't get an answer for the container change, but I was assured that heat hadn't affected the pills and that I just needed to let the bottle air out for a few hours. Also I was assured that the pills were fine. So I tried airing them out and the smell wasn't as bad. But then I tried the pills and they tasted absolutely horrible. I don't need good tasting medicine or food, but the taste was a massive departure from before. It used to be a kind of bland citrusy taste, but this was absolutely disgusting. And while I think it would be unfair to blame the vitamin as the sole reason I was sick - I did start having intestinal issues, often felt sick and I had trouble sleeping through the night. I think the trouble sleeping through the night was largely related to allergens and trouble breathing because of them. I switched to a different brand and I sleep through the night again and don't feel sick. So I don't want to say 100% for sure the Vitamin was to blame, but with how things transpired it seems to at least be partly responsible. At the very least it seems to be ineffective. It's too bad that the Vitamin changed. I hope that NOW reads this and reverts back to the old wonderful product that they used to ship. For me though it isn't worth the risk and I'll be sticking with my new brand

3 persons found it helpful

Excellent Product for Colds.

These vitamin c's are excellent. Our whole family depends on this whenever anyone is coming down with a Cold. The Now brand seems to work better than most, although I am not sure why. I do know that on multiple occasions, when I was starting to feel a Cold/flu come on, I would take one of these every 3 or 4 hours and the next day I was fine. I haven't gotten any Cold since taking these. My take is that it does the job and does it well

2 persons found it helpful

Good product from a reputable company.

It is hard to rate a product that does not show immediate results. But this is a reputable company and I wanted an ascorbic acid of 1000mg. This fit the bill and the price was right. Nothing like Vit C to fight a Cold

One person found it helpful

Great for Colds & Allergies

Vitamin C is my go-to "medicine" for allergy relief! It works better than antihistamines without making me sleepy. When symptoms hit I will sometimes take one of these every 2 to 4 hours throughout the day. I also take zinc lozenges if I think I'm catching a Cold. I rarely get "down" with a Cold or allergy symptoms anymore since I've been doing this

One person found it helpful

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10 Reviews mentioning 'Cold'.

Best thing for your body

C-1000 COMPLEX vs regular. Also, Do Not Cut In Half!

OK, but not buffered, so be careful!

Excellent Vitamin C

Great Product

fast delivery, great product.

I used to credit this as my reason why I didn't get sick – now it might have made me sick!

Excellent Product for Colds.

Good product from a reputable company.

Great for Colds & Allergies