Cold-fx
 

I've read the studies and they seem pretty convincing. Anybody have some success with the product?

How NHL Players And Olympic Athletes Fight Colds
by Doctor W. Gifford Jones

October 12, 2004

How would you like to be an NHL hockey player, reach the Stanley Cup playoffs, then suddenly develop a severe cold? Or train for the Olympics and then be knocked out of competition by a cold? It's a fear that never leaves athletes. Now Canadian scientists have finally developed a pill that fights this common problem. In fact, and this is hard to believe, Cold-fX is even good enough to make Don Cherry, hockey's outspoken personality, a believer!

Don Cherry, whom we either love or hate during NHL intermission crossfire with Ron Maclean, told me that as a young boy he suffered from bronchial asthma and every winter had several colds. The colds continued during his hockey career. Later, when he retired from playing and became a banquet speaker his colds became worse, from shaking thousands of hands.

Luckily Cherry read a report that the Edmonton Oilers players were using Cold-fX and that it was helping the team combat colds. He knew first hand, as a hockey coach, how colds and flu could infect an entire team and affect performance on ice. So he decided to try Cold-fX himself and "eureka", for the first time in his life, he went through the winter without a single cold.

Cherry then got careless during the hectic playoff season and stopped taking Cold-fX for two weeks. He says, "I came down with a beauty" that had infected the whole broadcast crew. So Cherry smartened up, got back on Cold-fX, and his cold subsided the next day.

But one person's battle against colds could be a chance affair. What is impressive is that Cold-fX has been used by 26 professional hockey teams such as the Edmonton Oilers, Calgary Flames, Montreal Canadians and Toronto Maple Leafs. In fact, Team Canada at the World Cup, had the product on hand in case players needed it. It's also become a medical routine for the Edmonton Eskimos and the Calgary Stampeders. And 26 coaches and hundreds of hockey players are unlikely pawns if Cold-fX is no better than the old-fashioned snake oil.

There's also scientific evidence that Cold-fx is a safe drug for Olympic athletes. A study conducted by Dr. Grant Pierce, Professor of Physiology and Pharmacy at the University of Manitoba, recently appeared in the International Journal of Sports Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism.

Dr. Pierce had 40 young athletes take Cold-fX for a month. Urine samples were then screened for 200 banned compounds at the Montreal laboratory accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency. These studies showed that Cold-fX did not contain any banned substances. In addition, it did not trigger the production of banned substances when used to prevent colds.

Colin Young is Vice President of The Canadian Sport Centre, Calgary, that trains 300 world class athletes. He says, "This trial has demonstrated that Cold-fX is the ideal supplement for our athletes to give them a competitive advantage in a unique way."

Christine Nordhagen, 6 times World Female Wrestling Champion, adds that she hasn't had a cold since taking Cold-fX. This, in spite of extensive international travel along with strenuous workouts.

A Winnipeg native, Clara Hughes, is a medal winner at both summer and winter games. She reports that she invariably worried about the possibility she might develop an ill-timed illness, but was always acutely aware of the threat of drug doping. She says Cold-fX is a Godsend.

Cold-fX is an isolated compound derived from North American ginseng and strengthens the immune system to fend off viral infection. Its unique and patented technology ensures safety, efficacy and consistency. It works by boosting the effects of natural killer and antibody producing cells. Clinical trials show it's 89 percent effective. It can be used on a daily basis to prevent colds or when a cold strikes. And it doesn't make you drowsy, the last thing an athlete or any active person needs.

Cold-fX is recommended for adults and children age 12 and over. To combat a current cold 9 tablets are taken the first day, 6 the second and 3 the final day. To prevent a cold one capsule is taken twice a day. It's available in pharmacy, grocery and health food stores and is a great insurance policy against colds.

My sister swears by the stuff- she has a tendency to develop sinus infections from colds, but now she uses cold fx. SHe hasn't had a sinus infection in 2 years! She'll get a minor cold and that's it.

There's also this stuff called Zicam- it's only available in the US but I had someone bring it over here for me. It's the same thing. You start taking it at the first signs of a cold and it reduces the length and severity of symptoms. I tried it when I had a cold right after xmas last year- it definitely cut about 2 days off the cold. But you have to start using it as soon as you start feeling symptoms and use it all the way through.

Very interesting! I had never heard of Zicam until now. I Googled it and found out that it is basically a zinc based nasal spray. Cold-fx is an oral capsule that contains a standardized dose of active components of ginseng.

Wonder how effective taking both together would be? No doubt my wallet would be lighter.

I don't take cold fx regularly, but I'll start popping them the momment I feel that scratching at the back of my throat or just really crummy. I had a really bad cold last winter and I took 9 pills the first day, 6 the next etc . Seemed to get better pretty quick, although maybe it was just a short cold.