Talking about dietary supplements
Talking about dietary supplements

Summary/Abstract: Nutritional deficiency that could occur during illness, eating disorders or hyponutritionfrom excessive physical training (in athletes) may be corrected through the intake of dietarysupplements. The proper diet of healthy people provides correctly balanced.nutritionalcomponents of daily intake of foods. Only in the event of some disorders or malnutritionthere is a need to correct the physiological or metabolic imbalance. Under special conditions,dietary supplements can be sometimes an alternative to ingesting intolerable quantitiesof food. In many countries a dietary supplements are define as foods, which complementsa diet with a healthy ingredients e.g. vitamins, minerals, amino and fatty acids, herbals and/or botanicals enzymes, and many other substances. These are defined as products composedof nutrients, treated as a supplement to usual diet, located on the market in a shape thatallows dosing. The form of dietary supplements, and pharmacy as a place of purchase, mayinsinuate a strong connection with a drug. Nevertheless, they are not drugs and are notused to treat or prevent diseases. These are food products intended to complement thediet. For this reason supplements are not subject to the same exact safety and effectivenessrequirements that medicines are. When the controlling organizations (such as FDA) affirmsthe drug, it must be manufactured under carefully monitored conditions and packaged withcomplete information on the best portion, way and schedule. The attached informationmust also include conditions the drug has been proven to cure, certain incidental effects,contraindications (special conditions under which using the drug should not be used becauseit would cause too much risk), and hazardous interplays with other consumed drugs. Suchinformation is not required in the case of supplements. However, it is very important that theconsumers, before buying dietary supplement, are informed by a competent person (doctoror other health care providers) in order to buy a safe and healthy product. Especially sinceconsumers take dietary supplements for a variety of reasons, commonly associated with theirhealth and improving the condition of the body.

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