A lot of people are talking about COLD-fX®, from medical experts to professional athletes. Please read below and find out what others have to say.

Medical Experts

Gold medalist & World Champion Speed Skater and Cyclist Clara Hughes:
“Fear of colds and flu... getting sick... is one of our key concerns as competitions approach. It’s always on our minds. You’re always nervous that you might get sick.
COLD-fX® is a GODSEND.”

Edmonton Oilers Hockey Club Captain Jason Smith:
“I’ve used it for years because it really works.”

Edmonton Oiler Head Medical trainer Ken Lowe/Medical Trainer for the 2002 Gold Winning Canadian Olympic Hockey Team:
“COLD-fX® is our first line of defense against colds and the flu.” “The people who use it, are real believers. There are many teams now around the NHL who use COLD-fX®.”

Anaheim Mighty Ducks Hockey Club centre Todd Marchant:
“It’s incredible”.

Former Montreal Canadiens centre Yanic Perreault:
“I love COLD-fX® and my family is also using it.”

Montreal Canadiens Athletic Therapist Graham Rynbend:
“When it comes to colds and flu, COLD-fX® has been helping keep our team healthy for 5 seasons now. It’s the best way to beat a cold and keep our players feeling good”.

Maple Leafs Athletic Therapist Chris Broadhurst:
“I like COLD-fX® as an alternative or compliment to conventional medicines for the cold or flu. It is a huge benefit that it does not have any ingredients that are on the banned substance list when it comes time for World Hockey Championships or the Olympic Games.”

New York Rangers Trainer Jim Ramsay:
“About half of the players seem to use it on a preventative basis and make it part of their vitamin regime.”

Canadian Women’s Wrestling Champion & Olympian Christine Nordhagen:
“I haven’t been sick since I started taking COLD-fX® this past fall and with my international travel and strenuous workouts, I am thrilled to use something that protects me.”

Calgary Stampeder Director/Medical Services - Pat Clayton:
“Our medical staff does not jump quickly to support products without a thorough examination of the research supporting its use. We use COLD-fX® on a regular basis both as a preventative and in the earlier stages of the onset of symptoms and have found it clinically effective.”

Edmonton Eskimo Health Athletic Therapist TD Forss:
“COLD-fX® helps the team overcome the difficulties of travel and playing in colder climates. It also enables us to perform at our highest level late in the season, when typically athletes start to feel run down. We are pleased that COLD-fX® helps us to be our best despite the travel, training and cold weather.”

Clara Hughes – Jan22/04, Calgary Herald:
“When you get to this level, everyone is good, everyone is talented and everyone works so hard. For me, the difference is staying healthy. The biggest challenge is not getting sick two days before you compete.’ Hughes uses an anti-cold, anti-flu product called COLD-fX®. ‘It saved me’. COLD-fX® is a preventative medicine with a concentrate of immuno-boosters from North American ginseng. She also stays healthy with regular massage and chiropractic therapy. ‘It enables me to train at this level. It’s about injury prevention, not just recovery.’”

Dr. W. Gifford Jones, Canada’s leading medical newspaper columnist, Toronto Sun, Nov 21, 05:
“COLD-fX®, by boosting our own antibody producing cells, may help to defend us from chicken flu.”

Dr. Andrew Simor, Chief of Microbiology, Sunnybrook & Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, CBC-TV Network, Oct 5, 2005:
“This may well be the first product of its kind that has some benefit in either shortening the length of the common cold and perhaps even preventing it.”

Dr. William Schaffner, ABC-TV’s Good Morning America, Oct 25, 2005 (audience: 6 million):
“I think it’s intriguing. It’s provocative. They had a positive result which is frankly more than I had expected.”

Dr. Robert Strang, Halifax, Chief Medical Officer of Health/Halifax Chronicle Herald, Mar 15 /05:
“(CV technologies’) initial trials seem to indicate that it may be effective in preventing a whole range of respiratory viruses.”

Dr. Art Hister on “House Calls” on CKNW-Radio Vancouver, Nov 12, 2005:
Commenting on COLD-fX®: “It looks like a good product and something people should pay attention to”. Comments after taking COLD-fX®: “I swear that’s the mildest cold I’ve had in years.”

Dr. Hister is an author and medical commentator who was selected Canada’s top public health educator by the Canadian Public Health Association. He is the host of the weekly radio show - “House Calls”, which airs on 8 radio stations in 4 provinces.

Excerpt from article by Geoff McMaster, Office of Vice-President (Research), University of Alberta, Oct 5, 2004:
“It falls short of a cure for the common cold, but it just might be the next best thing.”

Alberta Government Health Department website, 2006:
Alberta Government Health Department website’s section for health care workers as part of pandemic preparedness plans singles out COLD-fX® for inclusion in a category of complementary medicines that it says benefit from some research that shows it “…may help shorten influenza illness or lessen its severity.”

Gouvernement de l’Ontario website, Oct 25, 2005:
Ontario Government Health Department’s consumer website – SanteOntario.com singles out the published study for inclusion in its ‘tips & news’ section under the headline: “Un produit contre le rhume et la grippe reduirait de plus de la moitie le risqué recurrents.”
An excerpt from the report states: Les résultats de cet essai contrôlé à double insu sur la prévention et le traitement des infections des voies respiratoires supérieures ont été rendus publics mardi. L'étude a été menée par le Dr Gerry Predy, médecin hygiéniste en chef à Capital Health à Edmonton, en Alberta, et par le Dr Tapan Basu, professeur à l'Université de l'Alberta.

Ontario Government Health Department website, Oct 25, 2005:
Ontario Government Health Department’s consumer website – HealthyOntario.com singles out the published study for inclusion in its ‘tips & news’ section under the headline: “Anti-cold, anti-flu product cuts recurrent colds by more than half, study shows.” An excerpt from the report states: “The authors of the study, Dr. Gerry Predy of the Capital Health in Edmonton and Dr. Tapan Basu of the University of Alberta, concluded that the COLD-fX® treatment appeared to be an attractive natural prophylactic treatment for upper respiratory infections.”

British Government, British High Commissioner (Ambassador) to Ottawa’s website, Oct, 2004:
Britain’s official website in Canada (British High Commissioner, Ottawa) singles out COLD-FX® for inclusion in its Science & Technology monthly newsletter for Oct, 2004. The British Embassy describes the newsletter as a “British Eye on Canadian Science, Technology & Engineering”. The citation is headlined:
’Clinical Trials confirm effectiveness of COLD-fX®’ and contains this excerpt: “The one-year study involving 323 participants found a 56% reduction in the frequency of cold-infections for those who took the ginseng derived COLD-fX® compared with participants in a placebo group.”

Globe and Mail columnist Leslie Beck, Jan 25, 2006:
Globe and Mail medical columnist Leslie Beck singles out COLD-fX® as one of the ‘natural remedies’ for colds and flu refers to the publication of clinical results in the Canadian Medical Association Journal last October and says, “Now there’s evidence that (it) ….can treat colds and flu.”

Ms. Beck is a Toronto-based dietitian at the Medcam Clinic and appears on CTV’s Canada AM every Wednesday.

Dr. Joe Schwarcz, writing in the Montreal Gazette, Sun Dec 4, 2005:
“Ginseng has long been associated with a number of fanciful health benefits including increased energy, improved mental function, and a vitalization of the immune system. Now a Canadian company, CV Technologies of Edmonton, has demonstrated through sound research that there is something to the improved immune function claim.

A specific preparation of North American ginseng, containing a standardized amount of certain polysaccharides that are thought to be the active ingredients, has been shown in clinical trials to have an effect on the common cold. It isn't quite the Holy Grail, but "Cold fX" in a proper controlled double blind trial reduced the frequency and severity of the common cold.

For four months, 323 adults took either the ginseng capsules or a daily placebo and kept careful records of any symptom that could be attributed to the common cold. Cold-fX did not prevent people from catching a cold, but it did reduce the risk of contracting a second one and it did reduce the misery commonly associated with a cold.

We are not talking of a miracle here, but in spite of the fact that the product is promoted by Don Cherry, the famous hockey pundit, it is an herbal product that does work.

Dr. Schwarcz is Director of McGill University's Office for Science and Society and a medical commentator on CJAD-Radio, Montreal and CFRB-Radio, Toronto and host of a weekly show each Sunday on these stations called, “The Dr. Joe Schwarcz Show”.

Dr. William Schaffner, Chairman of the Department of Preventive Medicine and Professor Infectious Diseases in the Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt University’s School of Medicine. Professor Schaffner is an International flu expert and member of the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and a consultant in communicable diseases control for WHO, the American Hospital Association and the American College of Physicians. He serves on the editorial board of 3 medical journals and authored or co-authored 230 published studies, reviews and book chapters on infectious diseases. Dr. Schaffner is a graduate of Yale and Cornell.

Dr. Norman Farnsworth, Newsday, Oct 25, 2005:
“The results look pretty good.”

Dr. Norman Farnsworth is a member of Health Canada’s Expert Advisory Committee on Natural Health Products. He’s Director of the Program for Collaborative Research/Pharmaceutical sciences/ Department of Chemistry and Director of the UIC/NIH Dietary Supplements Research Centre at the University of Illinois, Director of WHO’s Collaborating Centre for Traditional Medicine. He is credited with designing a worldwide database called NAPRALERT that compiles scientific literature on the safety and efficacy of herbal medicines, plants, marine organisms and fungi.

Dr. Tapan Basu, Canadian Researcher, University of Alberta Professor, on CTV News, Oct 25, 2005:
“In my judgment there is no doubt that COLD-fX® is effective in lowering the incidents of colds.” “I’ve done other studies, but this is number one.”

Dr. Basu studied in the Department of Nutritional Biochemistry at the University of London and received his doctorate from the University of Surrey in 1971. He has written extensively on nutrition and pharmacology including 6 books and 158 papers and abstracts. He is or has been a member of advisory boards for professional publications like the British Journal of Nutrition and has played a key role in international conferences on clinical nutrition in six different countries. He holds 9 awards or honors for his work and his received research grants from five countries. He holds memberships in 12 professional societies including the British Society of Surgical Oncology and is a fellow of the American College of Nutrition.

Dr. Heather Boon, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, CTV NewsNet, Oct 24, 2005:
“This is a good study. It does tell us something about this product and prevention. But we can’t generalize about other ginseng products or other herbal products in general.”

Dr. David Katz, ABC-TV’s Good Morning America, Oct 25, 2005:
“The methods of this study were strong and they protect against bias. This may be the only formulation that works so you can’t assume that any ginseng from any health food store is going to do the trick. For people who like to avoid medication and who are willing to take a pill throughout the entire season this does show it’s possible to prevent a cold. That’s an interesting advance. You know it’s been axiomatic that we could put people on the moon, but we can’t prevent a cold. Maybe we’re moving in that direction. That’s exciting.”

Dr. David Katz, Internationally renowned author and authority on nutrition, weight control and the prevention of chronic diseases. He’s an Associate Professor of Public Health and Director of the Yale Prevention Research Centre (dedicated to chronic disease prevention) which he co-founded in 1998. He’s served as principal investigator for numerous community and clinical trials, and has acquired and managed nearly $20 million in research funds. He has written 9 books and was elected President of the Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine in 2004 and was recognized by the Consumer’s Research Council of America in 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 as one of America’s top physicians in Preventive Medicine. He’s a Medical Contributor for ABC News, appears regularly on Good Morning America and writes a syndicated column for the New York Times.

Dr. Brian Goldman, CBC-Radio’s long-time medical commentators over CBC-Radio, Halifax’s “Mainstreet” Oct 27, 2005:
“It was a pretty good study as natural remedies go” Dr. Goldman added that the results were ‘statistically significant.’

Commenting in an article headline “Natural Solutions for Avian Bird Flu”, Dr. Meg Jordan says, “COLD-fX® has good science behind it. These tablets contain oligosaccharides from North American ginseng which activate natural killer cells and macrophages.”

Dr. Meg Jordan, PhD, RN, health author, medical anthropologist, host of a nationally syndicated radio show on Health Radio Network in the U.S. is a host of a show called ‘Global Medicine Hunter’ Nov 8, 2005.

Pharmacists Letter, January, 2005:
“…it’s the first herbal to finish a clinical trial under Health Canada new Natural Health Products Directorate.”

Dr. Gerry Predy, Edmonton Chief Medical Officer of Health, CFCN-TV, Calgary Oct 5, 2004:
“It’s obviously not going to be the cure for the common cold. There are so many factors involved in why people get colds that I think we will probably never see a cure. This study does show some effect of this product.”

Dr. Predy received his doctorate in medicine from the University of Alberta in1976 and holds a Fellowship in the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (Canada) in Community Medicine. He is an associate professor at the university. Since 1996 he’s been the MOH for the Capital Health Region in Alberta – the largest integrated academic health region in Canada. He supervises 170 public health nurses, inspectors and health care workers in public health programs. He’s the Director of the Northern Alberta Vaccine Trials and Evaluation Centre and has conducted research in a number of public health areas. He’s also the former chair of the Council of Medical Officers of Health. Capital Health operates medical facilities including 10 hospitals and employs more than 18,000 health care workers.

Dr. Donald Lowe, Chief of Microbiology, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Toronto, CBC-Radio, Feb 3, 2005:
Commenting on CV Technologies Inc., the maker of COLD-fX®, Dr. Lowe said, “… this is one of the first companies with a herbal remedy that has actually gone out and done a clinical trial to show that the compound actually has a benefit and it looks like, (and) I have not seen the study – I have no reason to question it – but it looks like they have actually been able to show that using COLD-fX® over the winter months has been able to reduce the number of colds that you get and if you do get a cold it is less severe.”

Commenting on the results of the clinical trials done on COLD-fX®, Dr. Lowe said, “… it is very encouraging, so you have to give them a lot of credit for doing what they did.”

Bryce Wylde, Homeopathic Doctor and medical commentator, on CITY-TV, Toronto, Oct 12, 2004:
“There are a couple of brilliant natural medicines (COLD-fX®) in terms of cold prevention. What I want to show everyone today… is something that not only you can do at the first sign of cold and flu, but something you can do in maintenance in improving your immune system on a regular basis. ...Something called COLD-fX®... is now actually the first all natural medicine, pharmaceutical grade which has clinical trials to back it. It’s (the clinical trial) something that is showing us that recurrent colds and flus are actually diminished by the half. So the length of time – the 12-14 days that you are suffering from the cold or flu – it’s reduced down”.

Referring to COLD-fX®, Homeopath Wylde said, “...what we are trying to do is offer alternatives to not just flu shots, but compliments to flu shots. Really conventional medicine has really nothing to offer, but a flu shot.”

Dr. W. Gifford Jones, national medical columnist, Toronto Sun, Oct 23, 2004:
“… Canadian scientists have finally developed a pill that fights this common problem (colds). In fact, and this is hard to believe, COLD-fX® is even good enough to make Don Cherry, hockey’s outspoken personality, a believer!.”

“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.”

“There’s… scientific evidence that COLD-fX® is a safe drug for Olympic athletes… a great insurance policy against colds.”

Dr. Stuart Wilkinson, Integrative Health Institute, CFCN-TV, Calgary, Oct 5, 2004:
“If they (consumers) take it when it first appears, when they first start getting the symptoms it works better we find.”

Dr. Peter Gillies, Chief Scientific Officer, Dupont Consumer Health:
“The ChemBioPrint technology is a major step forward in evaluating the health benefits of complex bioactive mixtures found in natural health products. This technology could become the industry standard for certification of quality and bioactivity in natural therapeutic products.”

Editorial in NPI by Editor Len Monheit, Oct 28, 2005:
“(CVT) generated a clinical result that is quite significant.”
“These results follow and support other trials on the product involving elderly patients at nursing homes, showing a significant reduction in clinical illness caused by influenza and cold viral infection after use”.

Dr. David Smith, Director, Sports Sciences Group, Performance Lab, University of Calgary (medical support group for 300 Olympic Athletes in Calgary) CV Technologies News Release, Oct 30, 2003:
“We’re always on the look-out for ways to help athletes improve their performance and health. And we’ve heard good things about COLD-fX® and the thorough science that generated it. And of course it was important to know that it passed doping trials for banned substances under stringent IOC guidelines.”