Videos
Ten Things About Vitamins
Vitamania presenter Dr Derek Muller (Veritasium) speaks with journalist and...
Do vitamin experts take vitamins?
We asked some of the world’s leading vitamin experts whether they take...
SONG – MEET THE VITAMINS
LYRICS Hey hey, I’m Vitamin A, the first vitamin on display When you open...
SONG – BIRTH OF A WORD
LYRICS It must have been some flash of inspiration Rendered scientifically...
SONG – I AM NOT A MEDICINE
LYRICS Let’s talk about the U.S. government of 1938 And the burgeoning...
VITAMINS: HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH?
We know that vitamins are essential for our health and we’ve heard we can...
ANIMATION – HOW TO BUILD A VITAMIN
In this animated clip we look at some of the ways synthetic or man-made...
Animation: Vitamin A & Carrots – A Complex Molecular Dance
Dr Derek Muller explains how we get vitamin A from a carrot and why it’s...
THE FOOD MATRIX: GOOD NUTRITION IS SO MUCH MORE COMPLEX THAN WE THINK
Have you ever thought mindfully about what you are eating? Enjoying every last...
BONUS SCENE – HOW TO MAKE A SYNTHETIC VITAMIN
Dr Derek Muller takes us behind the closed doors of a vitamin manufacturing...
VITAMIN D: KNOW YOUR NUMBER
Unlike most other vitamins, our body can make it’s own vitamin D when skin is...
ANIMATION – VITAMIN D: THE SUNSHINE VITAMIN
Kick back, relax, and learn how rays of sunshine are synthesised into...
ANIMATION – THE FORTIFICATION OF FOOD
Our food is often enriched with synthetic vitamins, Dr Derek Muller tells us...
Articles
Multivitamins and athletic performance
Athletes and performance-enhancing substances Athletes have used many...
MEET THE VITAMINS
What are vitamins? What exactly is a vitamin? While we have all heard of...
VITAMIN SUPPLEMENT REGULATION IN AUSTRALIA
In Australia, products containing vitamins, minerals, Western herbal medicine,...
VITAMIN SUPPLEMENT REGULATION IN AUSTRALIA – AN INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE
Did you know that Australia is a global leader in the regulation of vitamins...
EXPERIMENT – MAKING VITAMIN D IN A LAB
Vitamin D is the only vitamin that we are able to get naturally from a source...
LANDMARK STUDY ON DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS THROWS CURRENT REGULATIONS INTO DOUBT
In 2015 the New England Journal of Medicine published a landmark study by CDC...
FAT FANTASIES
We’ve seen headlines proclaiming — ‘Butter is back’, ‘Bacon for...
HEALTH CHECK: FOUR MYTHS ABOUT VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTS
People take vitamin supplements for all kinds of reasons, from maintaining...
ARE SUPPLEMENTS THE ANSWER?
There’s a huge and highly profitable market for supplements. Vitamins and...
SEE YOUR WAY TO A HEALTHY DIET
Sight is precious, most people would rather die earlier or lose a limb than...
CLOSING THE GAP: HOW FOLIC ACID FORTIFICATION IMPACTED INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS
CLOSING THE GAP The neural tube closes very early in pregnancy – it is...
Resources
QUIZ – HOW HEALTHY IS YOUR DIET?
Dietitians and researchers at the University of Newcastle have...
BOOK – THE DIET MYTH: WHY THE SECRET TO HEALTH AND WEIGHT LOSS IS ALREADY IN YOUR GUT
The revealing new book that shows the key to health and weight loss isn’t...
BOOK – VITAMANIA: HOW VITAMINS REVOLUTIONIZED THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT FOOD
In Vitamania, award-winning journalist Catherine Price takes readers on a...