An Introduction to Nutritional Health Supplements
Dietary
supplements, also known as nutritional health supplements, are used by
an increasing number of people every day. The reasons for taking
these supplements are numerous: for better health, to enhance
performance in a sport, to build muscle, to lose weight, to boost
mental performance, to boost energy, to stop or slow the aging
process, and the list goes on.
They are the subject of much
controversy and debate in many countries, as they are generally not
regulated in the same way that prescription drugs are. For that
reason, many feel that the nutritional health supplement industry is
potentially a very dangerous one. In the United States, the Dietary
Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 spells out the definition
of what a dietary supplement is.
According to the act, such a
nutritional supplement is a product intended to supplement a natural
diet which contains one or more of the following dietary ingredients: a
mineral, vitamin, amino acid, or herb and must be as such labeled as a
dietary supplement.
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