Health Tips | Can taking more vitamin C prevent influenza?

Vitamin C is an indispensable water-soluble vitamin in the human body. It has multiple physiological functions. Adequate vitamin C can also enhance the phagocytic function of white blood cells, promote the formation of antibodies, and is beneficial to the immune system.
Can taking more vitamin C really prevent influenza? Is there any harm in taking too much vitamin C? In this issue of Health Knowledge, Li Jin, deputy leader of the Youth Learning Group of the Medical Committee of the China Science Writers Association, and Liu Guiyang, chief pharmacist of the Fourth Medical Center of the PLA General Hospital, explain it to you.