14.30. she clearly didn't expect that kind of question, and just gave some BS answer. i went to see nutritionist, she prescribed me 5 to 6 different supplements from her company, i was like 'this is BS!'. that was clearly she was trying to sell her pills. i am healthy now without taking any of her pill.
Reject processed foods and predominately eat whole foods plant based. In the winter, eat frozen fruits and veg or Canadian brown root vegetables and brassicas like cabbage and kale when price or availability is an issue. Frozen also got me through the pandemic when I only went to the store once a month. That being said, in Canada if you don’t go outside, vitamin d still needs to be considered, just not in the mega amounts often offered.
Before taking supplements, thoroughly examine your diet and its nutritional content. That way, you can rule out what you absolutely do NOT need to ingest more of. My diet for example, is pretty low in magnesium. So I know that I need to compensate for that - either by adjusting my diet or taking (an appropriately proportioned) supplement.
Too much Vitamin D will cause hypercalcemia which will cause calcium blockages in the heart arteries and hence a heart attack. Vit D3 needs to be taken with Vit K2 to put calcium into the bones, not the bloodstream.
I love this channel and I am thankful for the exposure. Our people are being robbed of good health all in the name of a fancy, fast life. The world needs to know that the closer we stick to nature, the better it is for our health. Our heavenly Father loved us enough to give us what we need and the love of money is ruining that for us quite well. Our heavenly father cries for his people who are suffering from a lack of knowledge. A big thank you from the Caribbean!!!!!
33:00 so he is saying that he didn't do any study on the product's health effects but he knows it's effective because he wouldn't put it out there if it wasn't effective. I think you should go into comedy, buddy.
my buddy owns a health food store,sells every kinda potion,herb,vitamin,etc,u could think of,and he confides, what a joke it is, and he laughs, all the way to the bank,every single day,with armfuls of cash and a great big smirck on his face
kwokshsee: I had to edit to write your name to make sure that I agree with you: Exactly, I thought the same so what choice do we have? Food? that, too, most of them poisoned. That means we shall starve.
@@snake1625b B12 is made by the bacteria in the soil. We no longer consume this bacteria with our food and water due to sanitation so we need to supplement. Meat eaters get it recycled from the animals (who are ironically supplemented with it as well). Plant based eaters need to take a B12 supplement directly. :)
@@snake1625b It's popularly believed that older adults can't absorb B12 properly. In fact, only about 20% (1 in 5) have this problem. Yet most doctors recommend all their older patients take a B12 supplement, without bothering to identify a problem first. Doses of 1000 mcg or more (400 times the recommended daily allowance) are usually suggested. My wife's doctor pulled this stunt and I hit the roof when I found out. It turned out she did NOT have a deficiency. That doctor was playing Russian roulette with her health.
Pregnant women need folic acid. Many people need calcium, iron, and vitamin D. Many people do not eat their veggies and need more. Vegan's need B12. Everyone is different. I have COPD and take carnitine and nac. It helps me
I remember my mother giving me cod liver oil, spoonfuls, when I was small, guess that was bad too? I'd rather take my chances with vitamins than some of the thousands of pharmaceutical products that are recalled each year. But people should choose careful what they are and how much they are ingesting into their bodies.
God forbid people taking some vitamin supplement and actually become healthier as that could cut into the profit share of big pharma. Who's gonna buy med if everyone is healthy??
No. The old cod liver stomped out ricketts which was a dreadful childhood deformity. Your mum did good. It's not needed now due to the abundance of food but some scandinavians still use it due to 6 month winter's devoid of sunlight. It was replaced with vitamin d in the west.
I have been so overwhelmed around my vitamins... Other than magnesium, a bit of d with K2 I am throwing the rest away. I will look into the potassium though.… CBC, thank you.!! So in depth, and not scared to be direct. I've not found anything else so informed.… The world needs to see this.…… Now, if you can press the FDA to share just exactly how they go through a process of approving these vitamins
+oyinbo peppe: "Vitamin levels in food these days are so low that it would take impossible amounts of food to eat every day to make up for the deficiency. " ==What is your source for that information?
With glyphosate all of our food has become toxic by omission > of all the vitamins and minerals necessary for the proper operation of our immune systems. Also when is Health Canada going to test all vaccines for safety and effectiveness and publish the results.
I remember going to my GP for some stuff and just randomly asked if maybe there's something i could take to improve my immune system, since it was failing me a bit at that time. You know what she said to me? She was like "the best thing is, just have enough sleep and rest, eat properly and it will show the biggest difference". TBH i never really was big on all that BS, except when my mom would go for one or the other. But she wasn't huge on those either. I tried taking certain stuff for skin, hair and nails, but never really saw any difference.
I was taught that consumption doesn't equal absorption. Nobody's body absorbs 100% of the nutrients you consume, especially if you're naturally thin. That is why they put up to 10x the daily recommended IU level of vitamins in supplements. If most of it is going to end up in the toilet then you would need to over consume to absorb the desired amount. I learned this in a nutrition class in a culinary school, would love to get someone's 2 cents on it as I have never been challenged on this opinion before. Am i right/wrong? Thanks.
If you look at recommended intake in Australia they actually explain the studies they looked at to come to the recommendation. All recommendations are excessive to have a buffer and does take into account likely rate of absorption. If you look around the world the recommendations are slightly different but within 10% or so of each other.
Nowadays it’s very hard to believe anyone from the nutrition industry. Everyone saying different outcome with different food and supplements. However, I am over 40. I got positive out come with high power (7000 iu d3 +k2). If we get sunlight our skin creat 20,000 iu d. So lil bit high dose of d3 with k2 is not a problem. However, if you got cold and flue take high dose C . With in two days ..you will be clear. D, k2, zink, C and magnesium this safe me from Australian flue. It’s my personal experience.
For goodness sake .Each a Balanced Diet . Meat , Dairy Fish , Fruit and Veg . Exercise go for a 30 minute walk everyday. Everything in moderation .Everything in Moderation try to be Happy. As a Aussie I am Grateful we have Healthcare .
The law should not allow these to be sold in "pharmacies" unless they have been scientifically validated. Selling them in a pharmacy indicates to consumers that everything has been verified by a "trusted" pharmacist so it must be safe and effective.
"trusted" pharmacist so it must be safe and effective." LOL How many side effects do most if not all synthetic drugs prescribed by doctors and pharmacists. They are legally allowed to prescribed narcotics. Are those "safe and effective"?
what about the FDA approved pharmaceutical drugs ???? what about the quality and contaminations and others bad things they have, please we need a report on they products too.
I was obsessed in taking vitamin c , multivitamins, biotin and vitamin d before that caused my ferritin and iron saturation levels up. Now I’m doing venesecation to remove the iron from my system.
Like any food industry you need a Quality Control system. Someone who watches and controls the process of manufacturing and quantity of ingredients. Bacteria, mold and oxidation has to be picked up during the testing of these products. And the person who does the testing has to have the guts to document it and report it.
Vitamin pills now contain much stringent vitamins. I just check mine. It says it have 8.8 mg E per pill lower than 15 mg what we need everyday. Since we have other sources of E, it is ok to eat one pill to ensure sufficient intake.
This is very interesting. I had an idea of possible bad quality of supplements but not at all to the extent showed in this documentary. I am left with more questions than answers I think.
The problem with vitamins is people don't want them regulated for risk of increased cost as we know what happens with the cost of medication, but at the same time not regulated the vitamins don't always have what they are claimed to have. Who do we trust?? That is the key word ... TRUST. People do NOT have Trust in Health Canada or in the ones who profit from the selling of such products.
I have had multi-vitamin, omega-3, protein supplement and creatine mono-hydrate and felt better. Please also note that i had 10 hours of rigorous cardio and weight workout per week. If you are couch potato, i bet all these supplements will hurt you in short and long term as well. And btw, omega-3 does have inflammation effect, i have experienced it first hand in knee joints as i perform squats with weights in gym and wrists while performing bench press.
I absolutely love how they show the equivalent in food source for the vitamins, like that's all that the source contains is the vitamin portion. Yes the cantaloupe only contains vitamin C! Sad part not a lot of people actually analyse what they are showing and how everything is presented.
Something I've heard (or read) is that foods today don't have the same level of nutrients they had 60-70 years ago, because the soil is overused (for lack of a better word). So, that is why we would need to eat so much more vegetables or fruit to equal what one fruit gave us 60-70 years ago. Hence the need for vitamins to supplement our diet, since we cannot eat the quantities of food needed to get our daily requirements of vitamins and minerals.
I think you misunderstand, what it is coming to is that we are overdosing on vitamins. He also said that we should listen to our stomachs and used the fruit to measure, it would be impossible to naturally consume the amount of vitamins that we take from the bottle.
@@BettyJ155 I think the word you're looking for is "Soil Depletion." Plus all the fruits and veges you are getting is NOT fresh. It's kept in refrigeration for months before it hits the shelves. That's why we need the extra vitamins and minerals.
I took vitamin D for years until I researched the internet and found that it causes Hypercalcemia which can cause the problems I am having with the urge to urinate when my bladder isn't full----getting up three times a night to pee about a tablespoon at a time!
People that take supplements need to instead concentrate on improving their diet with a balanced range of healthy foods. Then they won't need supplements.
MasKistershi You would have to make sure all your food was purely organic, not the chemicalised products that are around. Fruit, veg meat, milk etc full of chemicals all the crap fed to animals, intensive farming so cruel, spraying fruit and veg crops sprayed with chemicals.
not to mention that the soils are depleted and the vitamins and minerals that should be in the food are not there anymore. If we all grew a garden, there would be no food shortages
The supplements are useless anyway. The doses are so low you wont even notice any difference. If you eat healthy food you notice the difference instantly!
Not a problem, Devin. But do not take anything for granted. All the answers are not on that programme; there is more to health than a 42m TV show can, well show and inform.
This vid has been debunked and CBC has actually apoliged for it. This as based on the fact that when they tested the products the tested Wrong. They tested for whole products and many are in a Standardised Extract form. Some caught were indeed correct. So far rhe CBC gas refused to take this vid down.
I take DHA omega 3 supplements made from algea, which is the same place the fish get it from. Going higher in the food chain only increases the risk of heavy metals and oxidation due to the way its manufactured. I also put wallnuts on my breakfast and crushed flaxseed in my smoothies etc. I don't eat fish but want to make sure i get enough omega 3s
Jo-Ann Guthur I am sorry that my comment is so late lol but listen to Food Revolution Summit that starts tomorrow April 8 2018 they talk about a lot ,go to the website and register its world wide and free, it's every year and life changing.
Thanks for that.. !!! What I do not understand at all is that currently your views are only on 210k.... everybody everywhere shoud watch this.. thanks again !!
When the health official stated that he had a harder time taking on the supplement industry than big tobacco 😳. I have wisened up significantly now, however, at one point I spent a small fortune on seeing naturopaths and taking bucket loads of highly expensive supplements for chronic ailments. Perhaps I was fortunate to only lose money and waste my time. Dr Harriet Hall has an excellent series on debunking the anti-scientific elements of the wellness industry.
But cantaloupe is not the most vitamin c intense fruit. He should have used kiwi. 1 person can easily eat 5 kiwis...which would make 350mg of vit.c, so maybe the pill could be divided into 2 or 3 for daily use (if the person is eating fast food all day). But when someone is sick, doctors recommend 1000mg per day. Excess vit.c is taken out of the body with urine anyway.
*A doctor from a private and damn expensive clinic prescribed me vitamin D pills with 20. 000 iu per pill and he said I should take one twice a week. After 2 weeks I felt dizzy every time I stood up as soon as I stopped taking them the dizziness stopped. As soon as I started to take them again, the dizziness returned. So I knew that those vitamin D pills sure weren't good for me.*
18:42+ they worry about oxidize oil/lipids that can do harm. What do you think of boiling pots of oil for your french fries??? Or any frying you do in your house??? Find a good Nutritional Supplements you can trust. It only takes 3 months or 6 you should feel big improvements or even better... Got Better from your ailment.
Wow! I am officially blown away. I never trusted vitamins in the first place as I questioned how replacing real food with a pill helps in any way, but I never expected this. Glad I don't take 'em.
Nobody is "replacing" food with vitamins. How do you know you are getting the needed nutrients which promote better health? Scurvy was a real problem, and still can be for lacking Vitamin C.
@@GeekBoy03: And yet, here I sit, 54 years old (in 45 mins) and the last time I got a flu was when I was 27. Never had a flu shot, don't take vitamins and rarely even eat oranges. I very rarely get a cold even and the last time I seen a doctor was 3-4 years ago. I used to be diabetic until I prayed about it and then went off all their medication and it went away. I obey GOD, I don't take pills, but I avoid the food HE tells me not to eat and do my best to obey the rest of His laws. How do you explain my good health? Hmmm...
the power of knowledge, good video. I have made my health worse by taking too many supplements. Get your nutrients from mother nature, good nutritious food
I've read loads of medical books, watched hours of medical documentaries, that sure don't qualify me to open someones heart up, of to make pills of any kind. Don' know what the law is in the US, but here in Ireland making pills of any kind without some sort of a license will end you up in a spot of bother.
If someone's level of any particular nutrient is low, it means that they're not consuming the food(s) which contain them, or they're not consuming enough of those foods; hence the reason our diet should be both balanced AND adequate.
@@Palmstreet-u7xNope. IF I just drink 2 cups of coffee, instead of 1, then in two days I will be magnesium deficient, and my muscles will go wild. Also in northern hemisphere vit. D deficiency is very common because of lack of sun. When did you last time check your levels?
@@magdalenaos8215 I drink four cups of coffee a day and my magnesium was checked and was optimal. Vitamin D is the only supplement I take and again my levels are good, above 100 nmol/L.
I know for a fact that Vitamin C can save lives. I wouldnt be here if it wasnt true... Also the New Zealand farmer who's son's tried Vitamin C at high doses. He also knows it saved his life too.
Advertising is the art of arresting the mind for long enough to gain money from it. Think about this before buying anything that is supposed to be "good for you". Remember, advertising agents are experts in their field
As the video pointed out, it's not that they don't care. It's that there is so much pressure on them from these companies and from regular people as well who have been duped by these companies' billion dollar campaigns.
Actually, we have it a lot better than the USA where each state is in charge of its laws and regulations. We have had caring health ministers and the laws and regulations are there. However, you are correct in that the govt has to come down on those who sell non-real foods. I'd like junk food heavily taxed. If the cheapest small bag of chips (about $1.50) were $3 by weight (~55gr), the larger bags would be prohibited in price for those with common sense. A small bag now and then isn't so bad. Call it a health tax.
This vid has been debunked and CBC has actually apoliged for it. This as based on the fact that when they tested the products the tested Wrong. They tested for whole products and many are in a Standardised Extract form. Some caught were indeed correct. So far rhe CBC gas refused to take this vid down.
@@Cassiee102 Most of this vid is BS as CBC had the lab(s) do the wrong tests and lave deleted it from their real TV library, Plus did apologize later publicly
This is such a hatchet job on nutrients. I take a full regiment of vitamins/nutrients and it has resolved all my health issues although I will say it is much better to take naturally concentrated vs synthetic vitamins they are not the same.
My goodness, Vitamin D, it only takes a 30 to 40 minutes walk in the sun per dia from early in the mornings or later on in the evening. Like your reportss. Good job!!!
That's why I do take the sunshine vitamin D when the dark season comes along. Did see a docu or story about the Russians. They had these reclining chairs that tilted the body to the proper angle to get a bit more of the sunshine vitamin. I thought that sounded like a good idea.
Well maybe you are blessed to live in Florida or somewhere, but in Canada the sun isn't strong enough for many months a year! And it's cold and we are covered head to toe.
4:05 - a chemist that went into Chiropractic. Oh, my, gosh! Why would you study real science and then go into quackery and anti-science? Was it a money thing?
Although it does happen, I highly doubt there would be enough anabolic steroids from this type of contamination (equipment wasn’t cleaned well enough) to cause clitoral enlargement (which occurs after long-term steroid use) and for there to be growth of male breasts when vitamin intake is stopped (due to the higher levels of estrogen produced naturally in response to an exogenous supply of testosterone). Anabolic steroids also do not necessarily make you aggressive, not to the point of causing you to get kicked out of school. Contamination is a big issue, especially for athletes who are subjected to tests, and people on anti-depressants and birth control. However this seems to be really exaggerated, which they’d have an interest in doing if they’re suing the manufacturer of the tainted pills.
Jr A very honest, enlightening and informative commentary for all who did not know. I am thankful that we can live healthy lives through foods that nature has provided for us.
I believe in the medicinal properties of plants. But i know that a lot of herbal companies are taking advantage of our trust and they cut costs by barely adding the medicinal properties needed to reap any benefit.
And/or just adding the cheap ones.. Looked at some protein supplements' labels in the store. About 80% Pea protein. Then pea starch is listed next.. Might as well just eat the peas! Lol..
Excellent program! I had no idea that most health food products are only spinning a yarn for the fairy tale we want to believe of these products efficacy and if only we take them we will be 200% healthy and live to be at least a hundred years old!
Everything you know about everything is brought to you by ADVERTISING. The strategy to separate consumers from their money. Fear tactics through health concerns generate more than vanity product's. The first to reap the millions was the old Listerine ads of the 60's. "You probably suffer halitosis but nobody's going to tell you" campaign was the first to discover that frightening people with a made up disease makes millions.
This woman who did the Vitamin D did not take in to consideration the importance of taking k2 with it and drinking a lot of water to prevend kidney stones. i been taking 10000iu and sometimes 20k iu without issues for months.
I would be very interested in you doing a documentary on prescription drugs - but I think you probably would choose not to for fear of loosing your cushy job
I have developed kidney stone, believed to be linked with use of calcium supplements, never in my life had this issue. I take few vitamins, D, C, fish oil & glucosamine, after my experience with the kidney stone I'll rethink about continuing with these supplements.
I take a few supplements but after watching this show I wonder how much of a benefit they are. The politician who stood up and said "Government should not get involved." What a hypocrite he is. Didn't we vote him in to protect citizens and go after companies who are doing wrong by false advertising? Goes to show how a lot of these politicians will never go after the mega rich. You know they are padding their pockets with $'s based on lies and more lies.
Supplements can never replace meal planning and dieting. Neither can meal planning and dieting replace supplements. Supplements are important for good health.
Precisely. That is what the "placebo effect" explains. People believe they are taking something that is efficacious when in fact it is not, meaning the perception of efficacy is psychological, not physiological.
Excellent video about supplements. Best to eat variety of foods n nuts fresh fruit n vegetables. I also use lots different types herbs in my soup. Also garlick.ginger n turmeric
I guess I cannot take Health Canada seriously. They seem to have an agenda. And the Canada Food guide is still pushing "grains" as a basic food group, when there is a clear link between eating simple carbs and metabolic disorders within the Canadian population. You can get the carbs you need from eating vegetables, so why should grains get their own food group? There has also been a complete failure of the Canadian health authorities to publish a maximum recommended sugar intake, despite the fact that there are a whole host of health problems associated with sustained high sugar consumption. I am happy to read research from independent sources about various supplements, but the government watchdogs are simply not trustworthy, so I do not consider them an authoritative source on anything. I note that these reporters did not ask Health Canada where and when they came up with their numbers.
Almost nothing is whole grain any more, but even if it were, minerals and vitamins are much more abundant in fruits and vegetables, and unlike grains, these are _not_ full of dangerous levels of carbohydrate (arguably your could overdose on fructose if you ate enough jack fruit, or something, I suppose). The amount of vitamins and minerals bio-available in the non-processed (whole) versions of the most commonly available grains (wheat, corn, rice) is negligible, and when these are processed the vitamins and minerals are virtually non-existent. However, I see Health Canada has slipped legumes into their grains category (based on commercial definitions, apparently, not scientific ones) just to help them justify their grain-flogging campaign. If they were concerned about health, they would specify which "grains" are healthy, and which should be limited to a minimal level of consumption. And as the documentary points out, they fail to certify that consumer products actually contain what they claim to, giving fatuous excuses like "we are not sure DNA testing is reliable." But their agenda is clearly not the health of Canadians, so I do not consider them a health authority. I would greatly prefer to get my information from independent researchers, but frankly I am more willing to listen to even anecdotal information from disinterested sources than anything this bloated, underachieving bureaucracy has to say.
So the only thing i read got from this is the the government's should really be focusing on the purity of a product, leave the rest up to us the peaple.
This is a hard issue, though science could not really proof whether they are working or not. For me, a regular upplement of fish oil helps my good cholestorol level a bit, and I just take a small dose that my physician recommended. Well, to my knowledge, get in touch with a real doctor of your health condition, as they have better knowledge of how human body works, and what nutritions makes what organs function. Get a checkup, follow the prescription, and follow up with your doctor of your condition. You should always get advise from a doctor (a few, actually).
Yet another counter-argument against pilled vitamins and supplements is that they have no cumulative effect, i.e., they're working as long as you're taking them; you stop for a month, and all the good work is undone. So, basically, you're hooked for life, to the joy of the manufacturing companies :))
... I think supplements are good if there is something one isn't getting enough of in one's diet. It's not that they're magic, it's that the human body needs some things to work properly... and that's it. No more than that. E.g. I take iron because I had apparently developed iron deficiency anemia, and about a year later, I'm apparently healthy. I don't feel much difference, but maybe because it's been so long :/.
I think you are on the right track, Helen. Study is what it takes. A big problem today is the foods people eat. Vitamins and minerals are actually used up to a point in digestion of food; the wrong junk foods may use up what little they get from the few natural goods they eat.
Health Canada start doing your job!!!
14.30. she clearly didn't expect that kind of question, and just gave some BS answer.
i went to see nutritionist, she prescribed me 5 to 6 different supplements from her company, i was like 'this is BS!'. that was clearly she was trying to sell her pills.
i am healthy now without taking any of her pill.
give this lady a cookie... i love her stories
So ironic that we need to take vitamins to replace the vitamins taken out of food by the processing manufacturers.
Yeah.... money money money.
I don't even know why people need vitamins all u need is eat good food that's all
Because here in wintertime there is no fresh fruits!
@@aminuaidara8601 and where is the nutricional foods these days?
Reject processed foods and predominately eat whole foods plant based. In the winter, eat frozen fruits and veg or Canadian brown root vegetables and brassicas like cabbage and kale when price or availability is an issue. Frozen also got me through the pandemic when I only went to the store once a month. That being said, in Canada if you don’t go outside, vitamin d still needs to be considered, just not in the mega amounts often offered.
Before taking supplements, thoroughly examine your diet and its nutritional content.
That way, you can rule out what you absolutely do NOT need to ingest more of. My diet for example, is pretty low in magnesium.
So I know that I need to compensate for that - either by adjusting my diet or taking (an appropriately proportioned) supplement.
Too much Vitamin D will cause hypercalcemia which will cause calcium blockages in the heart arteries and hence a heart attack. Vit D3 needs to be taken with Vit K2 to put calcium into the bones, not the bloodstream.
Yes Sir. Makes sense. Thank you
I love this channel and I am thankful for the exposure. Our people are being robbed of good health all in the name of a fancy, fast life. The world needs to know that the closer we stick to nature, the better it is for our health. Our heavenly Father loved us enough to give us what we need and the love of money is ruining that for us quite well. Our heavenly father cries for his people who are suffering from a lack of knowledge. A big thank you from the Caribbean!!!!!
33:00 so he is saying that he didn't do any study on the product's health effects but he knows it's effective because he wouldn't put it out there if it wasn't effective. I think you should go into comedy, buddy.
my buddy owns a health food store,sells every kinda potion,herb,vitamin,etc,u could think of,and he confides, what a joke it is, and he laughs, all the way to the bank,every single day,with armfuls of cash and a great big smirck on his face
Yelena Antippen mb
I guess you just lost you're only friend now.
That is how the nutraceutical industry works.
kwokshsee: I had to edit to write your name to make sure that I agree with you: Exactly, I thought the same so what choice do we have? Food? that, too, most of them poisoned. That means we shall starve.
I get my vitamins from fruit, vegetables, nuts & grains + a B12 supplement weekly & I am 92 & never been sick . No animal products for me.
Saved by jesus christ ?
Why B12 supplement?
@@snake1625b B12 is made by the bacteria in the soil. We no longer consume this bacteria with our food and water due to sanitation so we need to supplement. Meat eaters get it recycled from the animals (who are ironically supplemented with it as well). Plant based eaters need to take a B12 supplement directly. :)
Yes! Plant based whole foods for the win! 2 years pbhf and in the best health I've ever been 🌱💚
@@snake1625b It's popularly believed that older adults can't absorb B12 properly. In fact, only about 20% (1 in 5) have this problem. Yet most doctors recommend all their older patients take a B12 supplement, without bothering to identify a problem first. Doses of 1000 mcg or more (400 times the recommended daily allowance) are usually suggested. My wife's doctor pulled this stunt and I hit the roof when I found out. It turned out she did NOT have a deficiency. That doctor was playing Russian roulette with her health.
Pregnant women need folic acid. Many people need calcium, iron, and vitamin D. Many people do not eat their veggies and need more. Vegan's need B12. Everyone is different. I have COPD and take carnitine and nac. It helps me
Unless Dr Joanne Mansen study include them taking Vitamin K along with vitamin D her study is also skewed.
I remember my mother giving me cod liver oil, spoonfuls, when I was small, guess that was bad too? I'd rather take my chances with vitamins than some of the thousands of pharmaceutical products that are recalled each year. But people should choose careful what they are and how much they are ingesting into their bodies.
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God forbid people taking some vitamin supplement and actually become healthier as that could cut into the profit share of big pharma. Who's gonna buy med if everyone is healthy??
These ARE unregulated pharmaceutical products 😂
No. The old cod liver stomped out ricketts which was a dreadful childhood deformity. Your mum did good. It's not needed now due to the abundance of food but some scandinavians still use it due to 6 month winter's devoid of sunlight. It was replaced with vitamin d in the west.
I have been so overwhelmed around my vitamins... Other than magnesium, a bit of d with K2 I am throwing the rest away. I will look into the potassium though.… CBC, thank you.!! So in depth, and not scared to be direct. I've not found anything else so informed.… The world needs to see this.…… Now, if you can press the FDA to share just exactly how they go through a process of approving these vitamins
If you eat a balanced diet, you don't really need to self medicate with vitamins and stuff that your doctor didn't prescribed.
Exactly
Even Drs can't prove that the drugs they prescribe you is really good for you
as if your MD knew anything about HEALTHY EATING, you so funny
+oyinbo peppe:
"Vitamin levels in food these days are so low that it would take impossible amounts of food to eat every day to make up for the deficiency. "
==What is your source for that information?
Say that to Monsanto. haaahhaha
With glyphosate all of our food has become toxic by omission > of all the vitamins and minerals necessary for the proper operation of our immune systems. Also when is Health Canada going to test all vaccines for safety and effectiveness and publish the results.
I remember going to my GP for some stuff and just randomly asked if maybe there's something i could take to improve my immune system, since it was failing me a bit at that time. You know what she said to me? She was like "the best thing is, just have enough sleep and rest, eat properly and it will show the biggest difference". TBH i never really was big on all that BS, except when my mom would go for one or the other. But she wasn't huge on those either. I tried taking certain stuff for skin, hair and nails, but never really saw any difference.
because they don't work.
So your doc gave you excellent advice and you blew her/him off?
Health Canada is not the best judge of what vitamin levels are appropriate
I was taught that consumption doesn't equal absorption. Nobody's body absorbs 100% of the nutrients you consume, especially if you're naturally thin. That is why they put up to 10x the daily recommended IU level of vitamins in supplements. If most of it is going to end up in the toilet then you would need to over consume to absorb the desired amount. I learned this in a nutrition class in a culinary school, would love to get someone's 2 cents on it as I have never been challenged on this opinion before. Am i right/wrong? Thanks.
If you look at recommended intake in Australia they actually explain the studies they looked at to come to the recommendation. All recommendations are excessive to have a buffer and does take into account likely rate of absorption. If you look around the world the recommendations are slightly different but within 10% or so of each other.
I had restless leg and took magnesium after a week it was gone. Explain that.
Does anyone else not wonder how come in 2019 we still don't have a clue what is good and bad for us or what the exact amount of vitamins we need.
@Riyyah D lmao i hope you're being sarcastic
Nowadays it’s very hard to believe anyone from the nutrition industry. Everyone saying different outcome with different food and supplements. However, I am over 40. I got positive out come with high power (7000 iu d3 +k2). If we get sunlight our skin creat 20,000 iu d. So lil bit high dose of d3 with k2 is not a problem. However, if you got cold and flue take high dose C . With in two days ..you will be clear. D, k2, zink, C and magnesium this safe me from Australian flue. It’s my personal experience.
@Don Mega strawman
Even in 2020🤷♀️🤷♀️
Because each body is different
Depends how they make vitamins. It's not problem herbs, it's problem if they mix some chemicals drugs with herbs.
I’m so glad this came across my screen 📺.
Anyone from outside Canada also hooked on the Fifth Estate? Texas here
Europe:)
For goodness sake .Each a Balanced Diet . Meat , Dairy Fish , Fruit and Veg . Exercise go for a 30 minute walk everyday. Everything in moderation .Everything in Moderation try to be Happy. As a Aussie I am Grateful we have Healthcare .
The law should not allow these to be sold in "pharmacies" unless they have been scientifically validated. Selling them in a pharmacy indicates to consumers that everything has been verified by a "trusted" pharmacist so it must be safe and effective.
Lol, what about homeopathy
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200%I agree
"trusted" pharmacist so it must be safe and effective."
LOL How many side effects do most if not all synthetic drugs prescribed by doctors and pharmacists. They are legally allowed to prescribed narcotics. Are those "safe and effective"?
The law is probably part of it
Thank you for this. I would agree, moderation in everything, I think its the key ...
what about the FDA approved pharmaceutical drugs ???? what about the quality and contaminations and others bad things they have, please we need a report on they products too.
I was obsessed in taking vitamin c , multivitamins, biotin and vitamin d before that caused my ferritin and iron saturation levels up. Now I’m doing venesecation to remove the iron from my system.
If the food that is being produced wasn't vitamin and mineral deficient we wouldn't need these remedies!
That is true too for some people for sure ….
Like any food industry you need a Quality Control system.
Someone who watches and controls the process of manufacturing and quantity of ingredients. Bacteria, mold and oxidation has to be picked up during the testing of these products. And the person who does the testing has to have the guts to document it and report it.
Don't mention big tech back handers.
Don't think they ran out of money paying the politicians.
Don't mention big tech back handers.
Don't think they ran out of money paying the politicians.
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Really good documentary, make a sequel! Thanks again.
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@@itscoachsamba yeah the Mlm company?
Vitamin pills now contain much stringent vitamins. I just check mine. It says it have 8.8 mg E per pill lower than 15 mg what we need everyday. Since we have other sources of E, it is ok to eat one pill to ensure sufficient intake.
This is very interesting. I had an idea of possible bad quality of supplements but not at all to the extent showed in this documentary. I am left with more questions than answers I think.
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The problem with vitamins is people don't want them regulated for risk of increased cost as we know what happens with the cost of medication, but at the same time not regulated the vitamins don't always have what they are claimed to have. Who do we trust?? That is the key word ... TRUST. People do NOT have Trust in Health Canada or in the ones who profit from the selling of such products.
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@@itscoachsamba no never heard of it can you please explain thank you
Welcome to corruption lol
The problem is , you ask 10 doctors , you get 10 different answers .
True
I have had multi-vitamin, omega-3, protein supplement and creatine mono-hydrate and felt better. Please also note that i had 10 hours of rigorous cardio and weight workout per week. If you are couch potato, i bet all these supplements will hurt you in short and long term as well. And btw, omega-3 does have inflammation effect, i have experienced it first hand in knee joints as i perform squats with weights in gym and wrists while performing bench press.
This is so sad. Our governments need to protect us from harmful chemicals on food, medication, technology,etc. May God protect us and bless us all. 🙏🏼
Lol 😆
I wouldn't count on God.
Wonderful studies, I have been asking this for a long time in my mind - how would you know whether what the vitamins are claiming are really true?
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Do not ask producers. Ask your self
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@@itscoachsamba yes reading dancing doing puzzles is what it is
Chiropractor making vitamins is like a barber circumcising children.
Kamran Khan lmfao best comment here
Dr. Eric berg is one of them on youtube
ironically this used to be very common in my country tunisia lol
So you mean we don't need chiropractors !
Kamran Khan he was a chemist first! You have selective hearing!
I absolutely love how they show the equivalent in food source for the vitamins, like that's all that the source contains is the vitamin portion. Yes the cantaloupe only contains vitamin C! Sad part not a lot of people actually analyse what they are showing and how everything is presented.
Something I've heard (or read) is that foods today don't have the same level of nutrients they had 60-70 years ago, because the soil is overused (for lack of a better word). So, that is why we would need to eat so much more vegetables or fruit to equal what one fruit gave us 60-70 years ago. Hence the need for vitamins to supplement our diet, since we cannot eat the quantities of food needed to get our daily requirements of vitamins and minerals.
I think you misunderstand, what it is coming to is that we are overdosing on vitamins. He also said that we should listen to our stomachs and used the fruit to measure, it would be impossible to naturally consume the amount of vitamins that we take from the bottle.
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If the food that is being produced wasn't vitamin and mineral deficient we wouldn't need these remedies!
@@BettyJ155
I think the word you're looking for is "Soil Depletion." Plus all the fruits and veges you are getting is NOT fresh. It's kept in refrigeration for months before it hits the shelves. That's why we need the extra vitamins and minerals.
I remember reading that 70% of supplements don't have / have very little of the ingredient on the label. Cowboys.
Most of the vitamin supplements are not absorbed by the body
@@sophiejones304 and you have scientific evidence backing up your claims?
I took vitamin D for years until I researched the internet and found that it causes Hypercalcemia which can cause the problems I am having with the urge to urinate when my bladder isn't full----getting up three times a night to pee
about a tablespoon at a time!
Did u take vitamin d with vitamin K2?
@@gitismita418 no----with Glucosamine Sulphate and Vitamin B
People that take supplements need to instead concentrate on improving their diet with a balanced range of healthy foods. Then they won't need supplements.
MasKistershi
You would have to make sure all your food was purely organic, not the chemicalised products that are around. Fruit, veg meat, milk etc full of chemicals all the crap fed to animals, intensive farming so cruel, spraying fruit and veg crops sprayed with chemicals.
Except that it's just big organic trying to get into your pockets as well. Notice when Amazon bought whole foods? they cut prices the next day
@Denise You literally cannot acquire food that has no chemicals in it.
not to mention that the soils are depleted and the vitamins and minerals that should be in the food are not there anymore.
If we all grew a garden, there would be no food shortages
The supplements are useless anyway. The doses are so low you wont even notice any difference. If you eat healthy food you notice the difference instantly!
A wonderful expose of the vitamin supplement industry. Hope this will save a lot people a lot money.
I love this show, at its best.
Not a problem, Devin. But do not take anything for granted. All the answers are not on that programme; there is more to health than a 42m TV show can, well show and inform.
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@@itscoachsamba Meditation for a better life span yet no never infinite life
This vid has been debunked and CBC has actually apoliged for it. This as based on the fact that when they tested the products the tested Wrong. They tested for whole products and many are in a Standardised Extract form. Some caught were indeed correct. So far rhe CBC gas refused to take this vid down.
I take DHA omega 3 supplements made from algea, which is the same place the fish get it from.
Going higher in the food chain only increases the risk of heavy metals and oxidation due to the way its manufactured.
I also put wallnuts on my breakfast and crushed flaxseed in my smoothies etc.
I don't eat fish but want to make sure i get enough omega 3s
Marketplace and fifth estate can you do a study on usdaOrganic and NONGMO labelling !
Jo-Ann Guthur hellz yeah
Jo-Ann Guthur I am sorry that my comment is so late lol but listen to Food Revolution Summit that starts tomorrow April 8 2018 they talk about a lot ,go to the website and register its world wide and free, it's every year and life changing.
Thanks for that.. !!! What I do not understand at all is that currently your views are only on 210k.... everybody everywhere shoud watch this.. thanks again !!
should
It's not about some mass murderer!
Or popstar!
So beautifully filmed and presented. Thankyou.
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I have always had my suspicions about vitamin companies!
When the health official stated that he had a harder time taking on the supplement industry than big tobacco 😳. I have wisened up significantly now, however, at one point I spent a small fortune on seeing naturopaths and taking bucket loads of highly expensive supplements for chronic ailments. Perhaps I was fortunate to only lose money and waste my time. Dr Harriet Hall has an excellent series on debunking the anti-scientific elements of the wellness industry.
I take my Vitamins every day and they help me a lot. Without them I would no longer be able to function properly.
But cantaloupe is not the most vitamin c intense fruit. He should have used kiwi. 1 person can easily eat 5 kiwis...which would make 350mg of vit.c, so maybe the pill could be divided into 2 or 3 for daily use (if the person is eating fast food all day). But when someone is sick, doctors recommend 1000mg per day. Excess vit.c is taken out of the body with urine anyway.
*A doctor from a private and damn expensive clinic prescribed me vitamin D pills with 20. 000 iu per pill and he said I should take one twice a week. After 2 weeks I felt dizzy every time I stood up as soon as I stopped taking them the dizziness stopped. As soon as I started to take them again, the dizziness returned. So I knew that those vitamin D pills sure weren't good for me.*
18:42+ they worry about oxidize oil/lipids that can do harm. What do you think of boiling pots of oil for your french fries??? Or any frying you do in your house???
Find a good Nutritional Supplements you can trust. It only takes 3 months or 6 you should feel big improvements or even better... Got Better from your ailment.
Dr David Kessler needs to look at the Pharmaceutical company's.
So instead of showing something that doesn’t help,show us something that does help
Noble documentary, some minerals and vitamins in a high amount are a no no🐽
Wow! I am officially blown away. I never trusted vitamins in the first place as I questioned how replacing real food with a pill helps in any way, but I never expected this. Glad I don't take 'em.
Nobody is "replacing" food with vitamins. How do you know you are getting the needed nutrients which promote better health? Scurvy was a real problem, and still can be for lacking Vitamin C.
@@GeekBoy03: And yet, here I sit, 54 years old (in 45 mins) and the last time I got a flu was when I was 27. Never had a flu shot, don't take vitamins and rarely even eat oranges. I very rarely get a cold even and the last time I seen a doctor was 3-4 years ago. I used to be diabetic until I prayed about it and then went off all their medication and it went away. I obey GOD, I don't take pills, but I avoid the food HE tells me not to eat and do my best to obey the rest of His laws. How do you explain my good health? Hmmm...
@@NeilRoy can I know the food God gave you to overcome your diabetes and how to go about it. Thanks
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@@GeekBoy03 scurvy is caused by lack of aminoacids, not vitamin c.
the power of knowledge, good video. I have made my health worse by taking too many supplements. Get your nutrients from mother nature, good nutritious food
I've read loads of medical books, watched hours of medical documentaries, that sure don't qualify me to open someones heart up, of to make pills of any kind. Don' know what the law is in the US, but here in Ireland making pills of any kind without some sort of a license will end you up in a spot of bother.
I don't think that we get enough vitamins with food - iron, magnesium, calcium and vit. d deficiency are quite common among people I know.
If someone's level of any particular nutrient is low, it means that they're not consuming the food(s) which contain them, or they're not consuming enough of those foods; hence the reason our diet should be both balanced AND adequate.
but thats people who only eat take away and pizzas and fast food who are sick,,
@@Palmstreet-u7xNope. IF I just drink 2 cups of coffee, instead of 1, then in two days I will be magnesium deficient, and my muscles will go wild. Also in northern hemisphere vit. D deficiency is very common because of lack of sun. When did you last time check your levels?
@@Palmstreet-u7x You're wrong
@@magdalenaos8215 I drink four cups of coffee a day and my magnesium was checked and was optimal. Vitamin D is the only supplement I take and again my levels are good, above 100 nmol/L.
I know for a fact that Vitamin C can save lives. I wouldnt be here if it wasnt true... Also the New Zealand farmer who's son's tried Vitamin C at high doses. He also knows it saved his life too.
You need to take vitamin K to avoid calcification and guide the vitamin D appropriately through the body.
K2
Advertising is the art of arresting the mind for long enough to gain money from it.
Think about this before buying anything that is supposed to be "good for you".
Remember, advertising agents are experts in their field
Best way to stay healthy is to juice and blend fruits an veggies
I have very physical reactions to fresh fruits and raw vegetables. 😕
Processed food is worse for health, what is more processed than all these pills?
The drug industry is no better, prescription drugs cause just as much if not more harm.
They cause WAY more harm!!
Canadian government don't care if the product is real are not, as long as there get that tax revenue. sad
As the video pointed out, it's not that they don't care. It's that there is so much pressure on them from these companies and from regular people as well who have been duped by these companies' billion dollar campaigns.
Actually, we have it a lot better than the USA where each state is in charge of its laws and regulations. We have had caring health ministers and the laws and regulations are there. However, you are correct in that the govt has to come down on those who sell non-real foods. I'd like junk food heavily taxed. If the cheapest small bag of chips (about $1.50) were $3 by weight (~55gr), the larger bags would be prohibited in price for those with common sense. A small bag now and then isn't so bad.
Call it a health tax.
That's so depressing!
Like practically every country in the world
Does anyone know any organization or third-party site of some sort that has information/research regarding the quality/composition of specific brands?
Is all about money to make and alot of greed plus lack of conscience here. Love this show, well documented. Kudos.
You guys at CBC are just awesome. Thanks so much for this - so enlightening.
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This vid has been debunked and CBC has actually apoliged for it. This as based on the fact that when they tested the products the tested Wrong. They tested for whole products and many are in a Standardised Extract form. Some caught were indeed correct. So far rhe CBC gas refused to take this vid down.
@Samba Global why are you replying to alot of comments with the same statement?
@@Cassiee102 Most of this vid is BS as CBC had the lab(s) do the wrong tests and lave deleted it from their real TV library, Plus did apologize later publicly
This is such a hatchet job on nutrients. I take a full regiment of vitamins/nutrients and it has resolved all my health issues although I will say it is much better to take naturally concentrated vs synthetic vitamins they are not the same.
Wow Mr. Dr. . Newmaster im from Guelph as well. Thank you for your research..
My goodness, Vitamin D, it only takes a 30 to 40 minutes walk in the sun per dia from early in the mornings or later on in the evening. Like your reportss. Good job!!!
sun in canada during winter..?? right!!!
That's why I do take the sunshine vitamin D when the dark season comes along. Did see a docu or story about the Russians. They had these reclining chairs that tilted the body to the proper angle to get a bit more of the sunshine vitamin. I thought that sounded like a good idea.
Well maybe you are blessed to live in Florida or somewhere, but in Canada the sun isn't strong enough for many months a year! And it's cold and we are covered head to toe.
Science doesn't have back it, real life reviews for all those many years are what's needed.
The Ad I saw before this vid was for Vitamins!! :D
4:05 - a chemist that went into Chiropractic. Oh, my, gosh! Why would you study real science and then go into quackery and anti-science? Was it a money thing?
Although it does happen, I highly doubt there would be enough anabolic steroids from this type of contamination (equipment wasn’t cleaned well enough) to cause clitoral enlargement (which occurs after long-term steroid use) and for there to be growth of male breasts when vitamin intake is stopped (due to the higher levels of estrogen produced naturally in response to an exogenous supply of testosterone). Anabolic steroids also do not necessarily make you aggressive, not to the point of causing you to get kicked out of school. Contamination is a big issue, especially for athletes who are subjected to tests, and people on anti-depressants and birth control. However this seems to be really exaggerated, which they’d have an interest in doing if they’re suing the manufacturer of the tainted pills.
Jr
A very honest, enlightening and informative commentary for all who did not know. I am thankful that we can live healthy lives through foods that nature has provided for us.
I believe in the medicinal properties of plants. But i know that a lot of herbal companies are taking advantage of our trust and they cut costs by barely adding the medicinal properties needed to reap any benefit.
And/or just adding the cheap ones..
Looked at some protein supplements' labels in the store. About 80% Pea protein. Then pea starch is listed next..
Might as well just eat the peas! Lol..
Excellent program! I had no idea that most health food products are only spinning a yarn for the fairy tale we want to believe of these products efficacy and if only we take them we will be 200% healthy and live to be at least a hundred years old!
Everything you know about everything is brought to you by ADVERTISING. The strategy to separate consumers from their money.
Fear tactics through health concerns generate more than vanity product's.
The first to reap the millions was the old Listerine ads of the 60's.
"You probably suffer halitosis but nobody's going to tell you" campaign was the first to discover that frightening people with a made up disease makes millions.
This woman who did the Vitamin D did not take in to consideration the importance of taking k2 with it and drinking a lot of water to prevend kidney stones. i been taking 10000iu and sometimes 20k iu without issues for months.
I would be very interested in you doing a documentary on prescription drugs - but I think you probably would choose not to for fear of loosing your cushy job
tony torok plenty of such documentaries out there
Its canadian...were not influenced by pharma...we wont even let them advertise on tv!! ...
This documentary is of a quality.
I have developed kidney stone, believed to be linked with use of calcium supplements, never in my life had this issue. I take few vitamins, D, C, fish oil & glucosamine, after my experience with the kidney stone I'll rethink about continuing with these supplements.
Never done and never will. Im 55 so i was brought up buying in the market or growing some vegetables, cooked food at home and i keep doing It.
I take a few supplements but after watching this show I wonder how much of a benefit they are. The politician who stood up and said "Government should not get involved." What a hypocrite he is. Didn't we vote him in to protect citizens and go after companies who are doing wrong by false advertising? Goes to show how a lot of these politicians will never go after the mega rich. You know they are padding their pockets with $'s based on lies and more lies.
Now day they will try to stop me ..just about thinking 🤔..(politica)…but can’t getting involved in health problems!?
Supplements can never replace meal planning and dieting. Neither can meal planning and dieting replace supplements. Supplements are important for good health.
How come since ive been taking vitamins ive gotten sick way less and when i do get sick the duration is alot shorter?
Jordan Turner Simple, the placebo effect.
Confirmation Bias
My little brother too and me also.. No it’s Not Placebo, my Vitamin D Level is from 10 to 100 now and them it’s like I‘m a New Person.
You found a good combination of supplements for your body?
Precisely. That is what the "placebo effect" explains. People believe they are taking something that is efficacious when in fact it is not, meaning the perception of efficacy is psychological, not physiological.
This is scary(love ND desperation of money) maybe they should study the medical medicines antibiotics etc we are consuming too.
Excellent video about supplements. Best to eat variety of foods n nuts fresh fruit n vegetables. I also use lots different types herbs in my soup. Also garlick.ginger n turmeric
All our fruits and vegetables are Nutrient Deficient because of Soil Depletion, so it doesn't matter how much you use, you will still be deficient.
I guess I cannot take Health Canada seriously. They seem to have an agenda. And the Canada Food guide is still pushing "grains" as a basic food group, when there is a clear link between eating simple carbs and metabolic disorders within the Canadian population. You can get the carbs you need from eating vegetables, so why should grains get their own food group?
There has also been a complete failure of the Canadian health authorities to publish a maximum recommended sugar intake, despite the fact that there are a whole host of health problems associated with sustained high sugar consumption.
I am happy to read research from independent sources about various supplements, but the government watchdogs are simply not trustworthy, so I do not consider them an authoritative source on anything. I note that these reporters did not ask Health Canada where and when they came up with their numbers.
Whole grains are good source of carbs, minerals and vitamins.
Almost nothing is whole grain any more, but even if it were, minerals and vitamins are much more abundant in fruits and vegetables, and unlike grains, these are _not_ full of dangerous levels of carbohydrate (arguably your could overdose on fructose if you ate enough jack fruit, or something, I suppose). The amount of vitamins and minerals bio-available in the non-processed (whole) versions of the most commonly available grains (wheat, corn, rice) is negligible, and when these are processed the vitamins and minerals are virtually non-existent.
However, I see Health Canada has slipped legumes into their grains category (based on commercial definitions, apparently, not scientific ones) just to help them justify their grain-flogging campaign.
If they were concerned about health, they would specify which "grains" are healthy, and which should be limited to a minimal level of consumption. And as the documentary points out, they fail to certify that consumer products actually contain what they claim to, giving fatuous excuses like "we are not sure DNA testing is reliable."
But their agenda is clearly not the health of Canadians, so I do not consider them a health authority. I would greatly prefer to get my information from independent researchers, but frankly I am more willing to listen to even anecdotal information from disinterested sources than anything this bloated, underachieving bureaucracy has to say.
where do you get whole grains from?
Japan is on the top spot, Canada on 12th, the difference in lived lives 1,5 years. No big deal.
It's all about greed.
but we are teach that overdosing vitamins in secoundary school. so everyone should know that its possible.
Actually helped us alot specially this covid pandemic. We are taking NAC, vitaC, Vita D, zinc and glucosamine chontroidin.
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So the only thing i read got from this is the the government's should really be focusing on the purity of a product, leave the rest up to us the peaple.
This is a hard issue, though science could not really proof whether they are working or not. For me, a regular upplement of fish oil helps my good cholestorol level a bit, and I just take a small dose that my physician recommended.
Well, to my knowledge, get in touch with a real doctor of your health condition, as they have better knowledge of how human body works, and what nutritions makes what organs function. Get a checkup, follow the prescription, and follow up with your doctor of your condition. You should always get advise from a doctor (a few, actually).
Yet another counter-argument against pilled vitamins and supplements is that they have no cumulative effect, i.e., they're working as long as you're taking them; you stop for a month, and all the good work is undone. So, basically, you're hooked for life, to the joy of the manufacturing companies :))
... I think supplements are good if there is something one isn't getting enough of in one's diet. It's not that they're magic, it's that the human body needs some things to work properly... and that's it. No more than that. E.g. I take iron because I had apparently developed iron deficiency anemia, and about a year later, I'm apparently healthy. I don't feel much difference, but maybe because it's been so long :/.
I think you are on the right track, Helen. Study is what it takes.
A big problem today is the foods people eat. Vitamins and minerals are actually used up to a point in digestion of food; the wrong junk foods may use up what little they get from the few natural goods they eat.
Helen McCoy Thank you. The voice of reason. :-)
I have taken supplements for 25years no side effects not like pharmaceutical drugs