Comments on: The Truth About Vitamins

By: Rolands Jaunzems

Rolands Jaunzems — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:42:00 +0000

If you would have studied toxicology , you would understand how lame your thought is.

By: melissa

melissa — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 03:35:00 +0000

It would be interesting to see a side-by-side comparison of the toxic side effects reported of prescription drugs compared to those of vitamins. I think I’ll take my chances with my vitamins, thank you. I have a feeling there are far fewer reports on the long history of all vitamin c supplements than on the relatively new drug Tamiflu for example. Just a thought.

By: B-Rich

B-Rich — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:33:00 +0000

There is a documentary called The Quest for Nutrition you may find useful.

By: Paul Salmas

Paul Salmas — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:13:00 +0000

I was hoping to learn more about the industry behind vitamin supplements. This just talked about vitamin C, E, and A, and some of the effects they have. Vitamins are vital to great health – when taken from fruits and vegetables. Taking vitamins from pills (drugs) is something completely different.

Where do the minerals and vitamins in supplements come from? How are they made? What else is in them? Where does the vitamin C in “Emergen-C” come from? The calcium and vitamin D that’s fortified in pasteurized milk? What are the sources of the “minerals added” in bottled municipal water?

I heard manufactured vitamin C is only a chemical clone of real vitamin C, and is manufactured from coal tar. I’d like to know if this is true, and what other vitamins and minerals are manufactured from industrial waste. I also heard that Flintstones Vitamins have Aspartame and food coloring. Toxic!! (Watch the documentary on Aspartame (Sweet Misery), and Google “Underground Wellness Podcast Aspartame”). What else is surprising and hidden? http://www.blogtalkradio.com/undergroundwellness/2009/09/24/leave-the-aspartame-and-msg-alone-1

If anyone has a link to any REAL documentaries about manufactured vitamins (and mineral), please share. This documentary is a joke.

By: Charles Laff

Charles Laff — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:09:00 +0000

i think it’s a shame that poeple need to be told what to eat.we evolved as a specie for 50000 years with no one to guide us but our instinct,i think it’s time for us to trust our instinct again.the solution to all our problems lie within us. do yoga,open up your chakras and eat what feels right and everything will be just fine…

By: Timay

Timay — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 02:15:00 +0000

Vitamin in pill form is unbalanced and dangerous. In food form for example Vitamin C has thousands of chemicals, oxidants, antioxidants that balance it out. In the pill form scientists have not been able to extract all the chemicals with it. Genetically modified food has been enriched and fortified with vitamins and minerals lost during the processing. Vitamins are MICRO nutrients. 1 small bowl of total cereal gives you 100% what you need for the entire day for example. Pharmaceutical companies that sell vitamins are the ones that are filling your head with the simple lies about you not getting enough vitamins. On average people overeat, vitamins on top of that can only cause harm.

By: mikey

mikey — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 06:30:00 +0000

of course it doesnt outright ban xyz supplement, it just makes it so expensive to produce, it indirectly removes xyz supplement from the shelf.None of these borrowed E.U laws outright ban anything that the people support they all are done indirectly. yes they all say the standards are to portect hapless consumers. Well they dont give a rats ass, why cause even though some vitamins do kill people they are nowhere near the numbers that modern drugs kill.These bought stooges dont ban drugs. Every last drug kills people, even asprin and gravol otc meds kill way more than vitamins do. In addition, who wrote these laws? the big pharma companys.WHO is just a big pharma stooge.Conspiracy theorys made into laws are not theorys they have become reality.Reality is that big pharma drug dealers want no alternative competition to their cartels.Oh answer this who are the people bringing these E.U laws to the west anyhow?

By: mikey

mikey — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 06:15:00 +0000

unfortunately your figures are wrong synthetic vitamins are responsible for many more deaths than you think.Candied Iron supplements for children are just one example. All synthetic vitamins are toxic ie vitamin a retinol causes liver necrosis and death. Vitamin c prevents platlet aggregation=death.There are more examples but im not here for this reason.MY reason is to mention that eating food supplements that are highly nutritious such as wheat, barley grass is the best thing one can do. Non toxic no side effects.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 22:29:00 +0000

I don’t need to watch this to know it’s crap. Watch the documentary Food Matters. Think about it. The daily recommended amount that we should get of these nutrients in the form of supplements is pretty low. Most people are not getting the amount of vitamins and minerals that they need from their genetically modified, fast food, processed, canned, t.v. dinner diets made from crops that are being grown on over depleted soil. We need more vitamins than we are even taking now to make up for this. Ideally, we should get what we need from foods, raw organic superfoods but this just isn’t the case for most of us. There have only been 10 alleged (not even proven) deaths attributed to vitamins in the past 23 years and over 200,000 related to pharmaceutical drugs that were used properly as prescribed and were intentionally prescribed by a doctor to fix these problems that our body can fix on its own when it is detoxified and running on proper fuel.

By: fasffeaf geamna

fasffeaf geamna — Fri, 20 May 2011 07:45:00 +0000

Although I didn’t watch this video I’d like to mention a little something on this subject, and that is the fact that vitamins make many people become nauseous and throw up, especially pregnant women because pre-natal women’s vitamins are so much more concentrated. Our body doesn’t digest the rock form of vitamins it digests the vitamins in food!! The greatest misconception of vitamins is the B vitamin myth, our body makes these vitiamins in our gut from bacteria!! Thats why we are all so low is because of anti-biotics our b level of vitamins drops 50% after a course of anti-biotics!

By: Filipe Vilaça

Filipe Vilaça — Mon, 16 May 2011 17:15:00 +0000

Well i just wanna say that it true that vitamin a in high doses are not good for you. But betacarotene i dont believe is bad for you in anyway, they just should tell if they informed the people that was on the study if they were taking suplements to prevent lung cancer because if they did it normal that people without doing on purpose smoked more.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:21:00 +0000

I would be cautious to make claims that what we know now (scientifically) is all there is to know. Humans have always made this mistake, only to make new discoveries decades later that overturned the accepted thinking. Scientists are just starting to revisit the value of vitamin D, and are finding that larger doses of this can help prevent MS, Lupus, and maintain bone health. I just read that article and that is why im here. Who knows what else we will find in the years to come? One thing I agree though; vitamins shouldn’t become a replacement for a balanced diet and regular excersize.

By: Jeremy King

Jeremy King — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 15:09:06 +0000

It is appalling that people believe sincerely in all sorts of magic potions, based on research that hardly spans one lifetime, to escape aging and the ultimate consequence of that. Consider spending your time in contributing to society within the time that you have, rather than being self-centred, trying all sorts of potions that may do more harm than good. Rather than waste time and energy struggling with the same question day-in and day-out, accept the fact that you are going to die and that nothing you do will change that. Eat what your ancestors have been eating for countless generations. Take up activities like growing our own food with your own hands and not devices, playing with your children and your pets, walking around your neighbourhood talking to neighbours, and last, but not least, regular sex. The effort spent is all you need.

By: Mr. Paranoid

Mr. Paranoid — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 05:16:09 +0000

You guys really need to chill out on the conspiracy theories… Codex Alimentarius don’t have a ‘scheme’ to popularize the world by taking away supplements. Also, we’ve been living and surviving without supplements, which were only introduced a couple decades ago. We don’t need them to survive so long as we have a balanced diet.

Taken from their site:

The text does not seek to ban supplements, but subjects them to labeling and packaging requirements, sets criteria for the setting of maximum and minimum dosage levels, and requires that safety and efficacy are considered when determining ingredient sources. The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Health Organization (WHO) have stated that the guidelines are “to stop consumers overdosing on vitamin and mineral food supplements.” The Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) has said that the guidelines call “for labelling that contains information on maximum consumption levels of vitamin and mineral food supplements.” The WHO has also said that the Guidelines “ensure that consumers receive beneficial health effects from vitamins and minerals.” http://goo.gl/7z6vj

By: Dina

Dina — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 09:07:07 +0000

@Tony: I’m so happy I made you happy! :)) Actually, we have the same life story! I also listened to Cold water music in high school, it was the time when I discovered drum and bass! Good times! But I didn’t know the title, so I sent a link of this documentary to a great DJ and he finally told me the name of the song! I was exhilarated! I recommend the whole album, it’s pretty awesome! Kisses!