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about dietary supplements
Headline
news: In-depth reportage about events in the headlines
Editorials:
Opinions on controversies and policy questions about supplements,
their safety, and regulation
Interviews:
Interviews with supplement researchers and industry leaders
Testing:
News about independent testing of supplements, certification programs,
and plant inspections
Research:
News about research initiatives
News
bites: Summaries of recent news stories
Cautions:
Safety guidelines, cautions, warnings, and potential hazards,
including specific supplements and products
Issues
related to quality of dietary supplements
Health
benefits: Standard terminology for supplements, what constitutes
scientific evidence for a health benefit claim, and how to evaluate
scientific research
Safety:
Concerns about contamination of supplements, their toxicity and
safety, reporting of adverse events (side effects), and industry
initiatives on tracking adverse events
Reading
labels: New rules for dietary supplement labels, kinds
of health benefit claims companies can make, label information
about ingredients and dosages, expiration dates, dissolution and
bioavailability, and certification claims
Ask
the supplier: Description of supply chain from raw ingredients
to retail shelves, and questions about quality you can ask the
manufacturer or supplier
Standards
& Regulations: Creating a quality model, different
types of standards, pros and cons of standards, competing standards,
testing products for quality, dosage recommendations, good manufacturing
practices, self-regulatory quality standards, Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) safety monitoring, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and advertising
claims, state laws, health benefit claims, RDA and recommended
intake values, funding of research at the NIH, possible future
regulations from FDA and CODEX
Links
to additional sources of information about supplements
For
consumers
About
scientific research
Industry
organizations & publications
Government
laws & regulations
Ask
the expert:
Questions and answers about dietary supplements
About
DSQI:
History and goals of Dietary Supplement Quality Initiative
Bookstore:
Recommended reading from herbalists, doctors, and other experts
on dietary supplements
Glossary:
Brief definitions of terms commonly used
Disclaimer:
Content on this website is not a substitute for advice from a medical
or alternative health practitioner
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