Nutrition Dietary Supplement

23 May

What is a dietary supplement?

Congress defined the term “dietary supplement” in the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) of 1994. A dietary supplement is a product taken by mouth that contains a “dietary ingredient” intended to supplement the diet. The “dietary ingredients” in these products may include: vitamins, minerals, herbs or other botanicals, amino acids, and substances such as enzymes, organ tissues, glandulars, and metabolites. Dietary supplements can also be extracts or concentrates, and may be found in many forms such as tablets, capsules, softgels, gelcaps, liquids, or powders. They can also be in other forms, such as a bar, but if they are, information on their label must not represent the product as a conventional food or a sole item of a meal or diet. Whatever their form may be, DSHEA places dietary supplements in a special category under the general umbrella of “foods,” not drugs, and requires that every supplement be labeled a dietary supplement.This has lead to many new dietary supplements, for example:

•herbs and other botanicals
•amino acids
•extracts from animal glands

Nutrition Dietary Supplement Fact Sheet: Vitamin D

Prolonged exclusive breastfeeding without the AAP-recommended vitamin D supplementation is a significant cause of rickets, particularly in dark-skinned infants breastfed by mothers who are not vitamin D replete. Additional causes of rickets include extensive use of sunscreens and placement of children in daycare programs, where they often have less outdoor activity and sun exposure. Rickets is also more prevalent among immigrants from Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, possibly because of genetic differences in vitamin D metabolism and behavioral differences that lead to less sun exposure.

Herbal Nutrition dietary Supplement, Vitamins and Minerals are so important in our world where pollution and stress are impossible to avoid. Years ago we were suffering from Iodine deficiencies that caused Gouta and lack of Vitamin C caused scurvy.Today more and more we are living to short and dying too long from chronic degenerative diseases like cancer,heart disease,stroke,diabetes,etc.There are approximately 80-90 of these diseases we can put into this catagory and we know for a fact that Vitamin Supplements & Nutritional Supplements can help dramatically,so why has this come about. Whats changed ? Well to start with the Nutritional value of our modern sugar and fat rich foods is so low to non existent our bodies can’t cope with it.

To take a nutrition supplement as safely as possible:

•Tell your doctor about any dietary supplements you use
•Do not take a bigger dose than the label recommends
•Stop taking it if you have side effects
•Read trustworthy information about the supplement