dietary supplement
noun
: a product taken orally that contains one or more ingredients (such as vitamins or amino acids) that are intended to supplement one's diet and are not considered food
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That list included Office Depot; Staples; Petco; PacSun; vitamin and dietary supplement chain GNC; and Fabletics, the athletic-wear brand owned by actress Kate Hudson.
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Annie Palmer, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2024
The sale includes Infowars’ website, studio equipment, online dietary supplement store and social media accounts, which are followed by millions of users.
—Hadas Gold, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not evaluate or approve dietary supplement ingredients, labeling, quality, or safety before the product reaches the market.
—Kirstyn Hill, Pharmd, Mph, Health, 20 Nov. 2024
Grapefruit, a type of citrus fruit, can be consumed as food, juice, or a dietary supplement.
—Ross Phan, Pharmd, Bcacp, Bcgp, Bcps, Verywell Health, 1 Nov. 2024
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Annie Palmer, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2024
The sale includes Infowars’ website, studio equipment, online dietary supplement store and social media accounts, which are followed by millions of users.
—Hadas Gold, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not evaluate or approve dietary supplement ingredients, labeling, quality, or safety before the product reaches the market.
—Kirstyn Hill, Pharmd, Mph, Health, 20 Nov. 2024
Grapefruit, a type of citrus fruit, can be consumed as food, juice, or a dietary supplement.
—Ross Phan, Pharmd, Bcacp, Bcgp, Bcps, Verywell Health, 1 Nov. 2024
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dietary supplement
noun
: a product taken orally that contains one or more ingredients (such as vitamins, minerals, herbs, or amino acids) that are intended to supplement one's diet and are not considered food
The study is looking at whether taking daily dietary supplements of vitamin D3 or omega-3 fatty acids reduces the risk for developing cancer, heart disease and stroke.—Mary Brophy Marcus, USA Today
Mary Brophy Marcus, USA TodayA hormone produced by the pineal gland in the brain, melatonin also occurs naturally in some foods. It therefore may be sold as a dietary supplement in the United States under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994, without premarket approval from the FDA.—Lynne Lamberg, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Lynne Lamberg, The Journal of the American Medical Association… batches of a dietary supplement L-tryptophan that have been implicated in a mysterious disease were produced by a genetically engineered organism.—Leslie Roberts, Science
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