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Nutrtional supplements are used by people in everyday life to compliment and enhance their dietry intakes.
Nutritional and dietary supplements are defined under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994:
1. It is intended to supplement the diet and bears or contains one or more of the following dietary ingredients:
• a vitamin,
• a mineral,
• an herb or other botanical (excluding tobacco),
• an amino acid,
• a dietary substance for use by man to supplement the diet by increasing the total daily intake (e.g., enzymes or tissues from organs or glands),
• a concentrate, such as a meal replacement or energy bar, or
• a metabolite, constituent, or extract.
2. It is intended for ingestion in pill, capsule, tablet, or liquid form.
3. It is not represented for use as a conventional food or as the sole item of a meal or diet.
4. It is labeled as a "dietary supplement".
Through proper nutrition and diets it is not always possible to intake the right amount of vitamins and minerals. However through supplementation we can better control what our body is receiving.
It is important to note nutritional supplements are not considered drugs by the FDA, and are purely there to help aid with our dietary needs.
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