Micro-sidewalk in the streets of Paris: a schoolboy, a waiter, a vegetable saleswoman, a passerby and a truck driver say what they know and give their opinion on vitamins.
Dermatologist Marie BEJOT talks about the importance of vitamins E and F on the beauty of the skin and then explains the difference between polyvitamin and beauty vitamins. According to her, women gain 10 years of age by taking these vitamin supplements. The interview with Marie BEJOT is interspersed with a filmed sequence showing a young woman being photographed in Paris. Each photo inscribed on the screen a vitamin and its virtues.
On the plateau of "Vivre au présent" devoted to winter diseases, a doctor answers a letter from a viewer concerning the virtues of cod liver oil. This one aquiesce by explaining that the vitamin D contained in this oil is useful in winter because of the lack of sun at this time of the year. It also advises vitamin D in other forms.
At a symposium on vitamin C and its applications, a doctor explains the virtues of ascorbic acid on the human body. However, he does not think that vitamin C heals colds but helps improve immunity. According to him, taking vitamin C in high doses is not a health hazard.
Michel HAUTECOUVERTURE, head of endocrinology at the Saint Joseph Hospital in Paris, talks about the importance of vitamins for health. He talks about hemeralopia, retinal disease due to a lack of vitamin A and vitamin C essential to recover from, among other things, an infectious disease. In a pharmacy in the 5th arrondissement in Paris, a pharmacist explains the success of vitamin sales in self-medication.
Micro-sidewalk in the streets of Paris: two women booksellers, a French fries saleswoman and a lottery ticket saleswoman say what they know and give their opinion on vitamins.
Pham-Quang CHAU has designed a computer program to make a diagnosis based on the information entered in the software. Thanks to this program of computerization and classification of foods, vitamins and trace elements, it is able to prescribe a diet that will fill the deficiencies of the patient. He demonstrates it on the set. Jean Bernard VITIELLO asks Pham-Quang CHAU for his opinion on how to feed the French. The doctor replied: "I will say without exaggerating that we are not better nourished than an industrial pig, unfortunately".
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