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  2. Debunking 5 common supplement myths - AOL

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    Taking St. John's wort supplements can also cause some pretty nasty side effects, like confusion, increased blood pressure, rapid heartbeat, dizziness, swelling, stomach complaints, fatigue, and ...

  3. The 5 best supplements for healthy aging, according to a ...

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    Vitamin D for immunity (and bone strength) Speaking of healthy bones, your body can only absorb calcium when vitamin D is present. In addition, vitamin D has anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and ...

  4. The FDA doesn't test dietary supplements before they ... - AOL

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    Drugs undergo rigorous safety testing before the FDA lets them become available to the public. Meanwhile, dietary supplements include ingredients in the food supply, like vitamins, minerals, and ...

  5. Dietary supplement - Wikipedia

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    A dietary supplement is a manufactured product intended to supplement a person's diet by taking a pill, capsule, tablet, powder, or liquid. A supplement can provide nutrients either extracted from food sources, or that are synthetic (in order to increase the quantity of their consumption).

  6. Christopher D. Gardner - Wikipedia

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    Stanford University. Website. https://med.stanford.edu/nutrition.html. Christopher David Gardner (born July 13, 1959) is an American nutrition researcher. He is the director of nutrition studies at the Stanford Prevention Research Center and the Rehnborg Farquhar Professor of Medicine at Stanford University .

  7. Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994

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    The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 ("DSHEA"), is a 1994 statute of United States Federal legislation which defines and regulates dietary supplements. Under the act, supplements are regulated by the FDA for Good Manufacturing Practices under 21 CFR Part 111 . [2]

  8. Multivitamins are the most commonly taken supplement. Here’s ...

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    The benefits of taking multivitamins. Most multivitamins contain vitamins A, D, E, K, C, B, calcium, magnesium, iron, zinc, selenium, manganese, and chromium, explains Jamie Lee McIntyre, RD. That...

  9. Dietary Supplements (database) - Wikipedia

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    Dietary supplements were first regulated in by the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938. In 1941 the United States Food and Drug Administration proffered definitions for dietary supplementary foods which included minerals, vitamins and other specialized supplements. In the early 1970s the FDA tried to restrict the definition of dietary ...

  10. Vitamin E - Wikipedia

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    Vitamin E. Vitamin E is a group of eight fat soluble compounds that include four tocopherols and four tocotrienols. [1] [2] Vitamin E deficiency, which is rare and usually due to an underlying problem with digesting dietary fat rather than from a diet low in vitamin E, [3] can cause nerve problems. [4]

  11. Regulation of food and dietary supplements by the U.S. Food ...

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    The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 is a 1994 statute of United States Federal legislation which defines and regulates dietary supplements. Under the act, supplements are mainly unregulated, without proof of effectiveness or safety needed to market a supplement, as well as dietary supplements being classified as foods ...