Horizon · SEASON 55
Vitamin Pills: Miracle or Myth?
Episode 11 · 2018-10-25

- Documentary
Episode overview
Nearly half of us take a vitamin or mineral supplement every day, but what are these pills sold on every high street actually doing? Digging deeper than the eye-catching words on the packaging, Dr Giles Yeo investigates who really needs a supplement by putting our diets to the test.
60 minutes
Season 55 episodes
1. My Amazing Brain: Richard's War2018-02-05
2. Teenagers vs Cancer: A User's Guide2018-06-26
3. How to Build a Time Machine2018-07-10
4. Spina Bifida & Me2018-07-26
5. Jupiter Revealed2018-08-07
6. Stopping Male Suicide2018-08-22
7. A Week Without Lying - The Honesty Experiment2018-08-29
8. The Placebo Experiment: Can My Brain Cure My Body?2018-10-04
9. Body Clock: What Makes Us Tick?2018-10-11
10. Avalanche: Making a Deadly Snowstorm2018-10-18
11. Vitamin Pills: Miracle or Myth?2018-10-25
12. Diagnosis on Demand? The Computer Will See You Now2018-11-01
13. The Contraceptive Pill: How Safe Is It?2018-11-21