The Supplemented Life
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Dietary Supplements & Botanicals
If you are like me, you are fighting the aging and physical health battle which means that dietary supplements are a part of your life. It seems like many of us battle with sleep, high cholesterol, energy, lack of sun exposure, weakening bones, heartburn, anxiety and even pain. Chances are that this morning, after you brushed your teeth, you took a supplement. In fact, here are some statistics:
The Dietary Supplement Health & Education Act (DSHEA) and the Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
Have you ever taken a fish oil capsule or a multi-vitamin? Chances are that you have. You may have never considered why a typical consumer is allowed to purchase these items from a store shelf and ingest them with no medical prescription. After all, they are health supplements that we choose to put into our bodies almost every day. Shouldn’t that mean that they are all approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)? The answer is “no.”