Researchers at Charité, University Medicine Berlin have reported that a specific supplement produced from the concentrate of fruit and vegetable juices significantly has been shown to reduce the length and severity of severe cold symptoms.
Researchers from the institute of Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, in conjunction with over 500 employees of the Charité, as study participants, ran an eight month research study regarding the effects of the product "Juice Plus+" ®, produced by the US supplier NSA from Collierville, Tennessee. In a randomized, double-blind research study, fifty percent of the participants took the preparation daily, while the other fifty percent took a placebo. After only 2 months the results were that the number of colds caught were the same in both groups. However, the group that took the prepartion had milder colds. There was shown to be a decrease in moderate and severe cold symptoms of approximately twenty percent.
Whether this product is suitable for extended use, may be the subject of upcoming research studies of "Juice Plus+" ®. Also it is not clear what is the specific mode of action of the product.
The research study was ensured to be neutral because the sponsor of the study transmitted no study data to the manufacturer of the product, nor was the manufactrer involved in the interpretation of the results of the research.
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