The Austrian professor Reinhart Jarisch evaluated the first practical test on the development and control of seasickness. Vitamin C is an effective antidote, was his thesis. And it actually works.
Much, very much speaks in favor of this - however, the scientifically incontestable proof was statistically “wafer-thin” missed in the test, according to the initiator of the study in an interview with YACHT. According to Jarisch, the German Navy, which was involved in the tests, came to a far more positive result with a different statistical calculation method: "This resulted in a clear significance for the vitamin C effect."
Whatever the case, groundbreaking insights were gained from the test data of the 70 test persons: “We have shown for the first time that histamine is actually the cause of seasickness. I think that's sensational."
Histamine is a substance which, in high concentrations, causes nausea in the body. This value can be reduced with the help of vitamin C, among other things.
Even if Jarisch could not, strictly speaking, provide a watertight proof ("a problem with the number of cases"), there is "a very clear trend that vitamin C helps". And there were other exciting results. It was found to be somewhat "statistically highly significant" that seasickness also depends on getting used to the rocking movements (significantly better values on the second day of the test). In addition, younger people are more susceptible than older people and women are more at risk than men.
Professor Jarisch explains the background to these and other phenomena exclusively in the new YACHT. Also: the five-point plan to combat seasickness.