Question

While watching an infomercial on TV, you hear a so-called nutrition expert make claims for a substance that he or she claims to be a vitamin. What questions would you ask the expert to ascertain whether the substance truly is a vitamin?

Answer 1

Often when you watch television, advertisements claim their products to be a vitamin. For instance, there are umpteen advertisements trying to sell their orange juice and claim it to be pure. However, the ingredients on the packaging suggest additives. It is very important to know what you are consuming. The questions that could be asked to an expert to ascertain whether the substance truly is a vitamin are;

• Asking them whether the product contains natural, whole foods or synthetic added substances. For instance, ask whether the orange juice contains whole orange pulp and juice only or does it have other synthetic colors added. Is it orange essence which is added to replicate the orange flavour?
• Asking them what ingredients go into the product. If it is only whole orange without sugar. Whether it is organic or not. It is important to understand the ingredients that go into the product.
• It is also important to ask for one's knowledge about what the product does to the body. There must be enough research in order to know how effectively do the 'vitamins' in the product get absorbed by the body? Does it have the same effects on the body as freshly squeezed orange juice has?

Thus, these questions would give a person a better understanding of the product which possibly could be a fad.