Transcript Dietary supplements

What is Dietary Supplement?
o Regulation issues
o Lack of clinical effectiveness
o Side effects
o Relatively high cost compared to natural
food
o Enforcing stricter regulations
o Passing laws to impose heavier penalty for
manufacturers using illegal ingredients
o Reducing misleading advertisements and increasing
transparency
o Raising taxes on dietary supplements
o Raising taxes cause problems for the people who
legitimately need the vitamins.
o The FDA is limited in regulation dietary supplement
because it is not a drug.
o Manufactures may have scientific evidence to
advertise their products.
1. Take various foods to obtain different nutrients
2. Choose nutrition supplements based on doctors’
recommendation.
3. Avoid weight loss, meal replacement and energy
boosting products.
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