Originally Posted by
LarryJ
Intermittent.
BZZZZ. Wrong! The correct answer is: Unsubstantiated.
Millions of people swear up and down that they get fewer colds after taking vitamin C. Controlled experiments show zero effect. These people aren't lying, or necessarily wrong, but they are mistaking a placebo effect for a real one. Just as you're misattributing an intermittent, probably uncorrelated effect to external interference.