Documentary Description
Vitamins without doubt are vital to our health. And it remains
possible that high dose vitamin supplements will one day be proven to
protect against illnesses like heart disease and cancer. But so far,
definitive evidence for these claims remains largely elusive. And as we
discover more about some vitamins, it is increasingly clear that in
large doses they can have unexpected, and sometimes dangerous
consequences.
Are vitamins doing us any good? Could they even be dangerous? Every
year we spend £300 million on vitamin supplements, but do they actually
do us any good? Some believe they offer the promise of preventing or
even curing some of the world’s biggest killers, such as heart disease
and cancer. Others claim that taking large doses of some vitamins may
in certain cases be harmful. So what are the facts?
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