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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Products containing the herb berberine offer only a few pounds of weight loss, while many dietary supplement weight loss products contain stimulants such as sibutramine and laxatives such as phenolphthalein, which increase the risk of heart attacks, strokes and cancer.
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C. Michael White / The Conversation, Quartz, 21 Oct. 2024
High demand is driving GLP-1 wannabes The dietary supplement market has sought to cash in on the GLP-1 demand with pills, teas, extracts and all manner of other products that claim to produce similar effects as the brand names at a much lower price.
—C. Michael White / The Conversation, Quartz, 21 Oct. 2024
Our team of medical experts reviews supplements according to our rigorous dietary supplement methodology.
—Willow Jarosh, Ms, Rd, Health, 18 Oct. 2024
High Demand Is Driving GLP-1 Wannabes The dietary supplement market has sought to cash in on the GLP-1 demand with pills, teas, extracts, and all manner of other products that claim to produce similar effects as the brand names at a much lower price.
—C. Michael White, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2024
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C. Michael White / The Conversation, Quartz, 21 Oct. 2024
High demand is driving GLP-1 wannabes The dietary supplement market has sought to cash in on the GLP-1 demand with pills, teas, extracts and all manner of other products that claim to produce similar effects as the brand names at a much lower price.
—C. Michael White / The Conversation, Quartz, 21 Oct. 2024
Our team of medical experts reviews supplements according to our rigorous dietary supplement methodology.
—Willow Jarosh, Ms, Rd, Health, 18 Oct. 2024
High Demand Is Driving GLP-1 Wannabes The dietary supplement market has sought to cash in on the GLP-1 demand with pills, teas, extracts, and all manner of other products that claim to produce similar effects as the brand names at a much lower price.
—C. Michael White, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 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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