The documentary was named "The truth about vitamins":
Part 1: Vitamin C
Every year there are £300 million spent on vitamin products. Some people believe vitamin products can help to prevent or even cure some extremely fatal diseases such as heart disease and cancer. Others, especially some scientists, insists that taking in large quantity of these may be harmful to human body.
Every year there are £300 million spent on vitamin products. Some people believe vitamin products can help to prevent or even cure some extremely fatal diseases such as heart disease and cancer. Others, especially some scientists, insists that taking in large quantity of these may be harmful to human body.
Linus Pauling, a great scientist who won the Nobel Prize twice, claimed in the 20th century, that by taking huge amount of vitamin C people could prevent and cure the common cold/flu.
He predicted that if everybody practiced his suggestion, the common cold could even be completely wiped out. Many scientists did not believe in his theories as there were no proof or evidences, and thus his statement could not be supported.
He predicted that if everybody practiced his suggestion, the common cold could even be completely wiped out. Many scientists did not believe in his theories as there were no proof or evidences, and thus his statement could not be supported.
However, many people appreciated this idea and thus an industry surrounding vitamin products was started. Nevertheless, none of us are perfect and latest evidence proves that the world renowned scientist was wrong: Vitamin C can help one recover once he/she caught a cold, but for most people it does nothing to help prevent catching one to start with.
Even if large doses of vitamin C do not prevent the common cold, some claim that it can still offer a much longer-termed benefit. There is one group of vitamins called anti-oxidants that some believe can prevent illnesses such as cancer, Alzheimer's and heart disease.
Part 2: Vitamins in general
In 2004, scientists in the United States stated that people could be missing out on the benefits of taking one of the best anti-oxidants in the world, Vitamin E, because their bodies might not be absorbing it.
"While most safety experts believe that vitamins C and E can be taken safely even in quite large doses, there is worrying evidence that one form of another common vitamin, vitamin A, could be linked to osteoporosis, a debilitating bone disease.
If the theory is right it means that a person's diet, or some supplements that they take every day to improve their health, could actually be slowly and silently weakening their bones "
Reflections and Ideas:
After watching the documentary I learnt the benefits of taking in vitamins on a regular basis and the harms of taking in too much vitamins.
I feel that there is not really a need to spend so much money on the vitamin projects when the most direct source of obtaining various source of vitamins is to eat a healthy and balanced meal as natural vitamins are cheaper, better absorbed by the human body, and healthier compared to the vitamin products on the market.
In addition, taking vitamin in great quantity is not always good for the body, I did some research after watching the documentary and understood that there are "deficiency diseases" (not enought) and "overdose diseases" (too much) for each type of vitamin.
In conclusion, the intake of vitamins is vital for us to maintain healthy, and the best way to achieve that is to take in sufficient natural vitamins, and at an acceptable quantity on a regular basis.
Self Research:
I was inspired after watching the documentary and went on to research about different vitamins' functions, what happens if you don't take enough of each kind, and what happens if you take too much.
I made my results into a powerpoint as a Part B of my Science ACE, I feel that these two projects should be related yet not counted as the same.
The second part of my ACE project is here:
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