Airborne Research Papers

Have you ever felt miserable with sniffles and sneezing from a common cold and reaching for a bottle of Airborne® supplements to treat your cold symptoms? Or paranoid of getting sick in a closed congested area like a airplane? It’s not uncommon to take this supplement for a immune booster. Airborne is an herbal and vitamin supplement that was created by former second-grade school teacher Victoria Knight McDowell. Combined with all essential nutrients; zinc, magnesium, selenium, echinacea, forsythia, and vitamins A, C, and E. She came up with the formula because, as a school teacher, she kept picking up viruses from her students. She found that it worked for her, and since she wanted to help others with the same problem, she went public with
First, Airborne’s primary ingredients are vitamins A, C and E and minerals. The important disclaimer of the product is the vitamin dosages, the ingredients themselves aren’t the issue. Studies were performed by concerned medical practitioners and discovered that the recommended dose of vitamin A were extremely high. U.S. recommended dietary allowance (RDA) for vitamin A is 900 micrograms daily for men and 700 micrograms daily for women. Airborne contains 40 percent of your daily dosage of Vitamin A in one tablet (Williams, 2013). Therefore, if a person consumes the daily maximum dose of three tablets, this would cause the person to have a vitamin A overdose. Also, one tablet of Airborne contains 167 percent of your daily dosage (Williams, 2013). Excess of this water-soluble vitamin is normally flushed out in urine. However, a vitamin C overdose is very possible. Also, one tablet of vitamin E contains 100 percent of your daily allowance. The Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) for vitamin E is 15 milligrams a day. If a person took the maximum dosage of three tablets per day, they would take in 300 percent of your Vitamin E requirement and could prevent the body to stop bleeding. In addition, if a person were already taking a blood thinner, they should consult with their doctor before taking Airborne. Last but not least, one tablet of Airborne contains 167 percent of
However, after federal regulators sued for Airborne false advertising in 2008, remember this product is not used for prevention and treatment of colds. Moreover, ensure you are taken the recommended Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI) per vitamin and NOT the maximum dosage Airborne recommends. Also, consult with your primary care physician before taken this product if you are on any blood thinner