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Indeed. I started taking large doses (10,000IU per day) when I read an article about a doctor at Atascadero State Hospital who got marked improvement in his violent patients when he gave them vitamin D injections. Better not too low, I said to myself.


I read once that Linus Pauling was convinced high-dose vitamin C could defeat a cold, and I hate colds. So now right as I feel one coming on I chow down (literally) 30,000mg and I must admit it appears to work.


I am an oracle. I predict that, although it has worked so far, it will now cease to work.

Check back in a year, you'll see.


I don't think the placebo effect works when he who's dishing it out is quite so blatant about it.



But it appears to work when the person taking the placebo diagnosed their own cold coming on.


The implication being there is no discernible transition between perfectly fine and full-blown cold? You're just trundling along, enjoying your day, and then - BAM! - like a ninja, it's there?

Or are you saying it's too difficult a diagnosis to make without professional support? "What's wrong with you?" "I don't know, my nose is starting to feel a bit weird and my head feels a bit stuffy.".........."Just back from A&E and would you believe it's a cold!" "No!"

Yeah thought not.


I was actually thinking of regression to the mean.




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