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2. Nutraceuticals Are More Than Supplements. Here's What They ...

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   Here's what a nutraceutical is, where to find them in food and supplements, plus the dangers and benefits. Nutraceuticals are a health and wellness buzzword. Here's what a nutraceutical is, where ...

3. Micronutrient - Wikipedia

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   In varying amounts supplied through the diet, micronutrients include such compounds as vitamins and dietary minerals. [3] [6] For human nutrition, micronutrient requirements are in amounts generally less than 100 milligrams per day, whereas macronutrients are required in gram quantities daily. [6]

4. Dietary supplement - Wikipedia

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   The classes of nutrient compounds in supplements include vitamins, minerals, fiber, fatty acids, and amino acids. Dietary supplements can also contain substances that have not been confirmed as being essential to life, and so are not nutrients per se, but are marketed as having a beneficial biological effect, such as plant pigments or polyphenols.

5. Nutrition - Wikipedia

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   Macronutrients are the primary substances required by an organism, and micronutrients are substances required by an organism in trace amounts. Organic micronutrients are classified as vitamins, and inorganic micronutrients are classified as minerals. Nutrients can also be classified as essential or nonessential, with essential meaning the body ...

6. Vitamin - Wikipedia

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   In some cases, vitamin supplements may have unwanted effects, especially if taken before surgery, with other dietary supplements or medicines, or if the person taking them has certain health conditions. [73] They may also contain levels of vitamins many times higher, and in different forms, than one may ingest through food.

7. Mineral (nutrient) - Wikipedia

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   Dietary supplements can be formulated to contain several different chemical elements (as compounds), a combination of vitamins and/or other chemical compounds, or a single element (as a compound or mixture of compounds), such as calcium (calcium carbonate, calcium citrate) or magnesium (magnesium oxide), or iron (ferrous sulfate, iron bis ...

8. Why you need to talk to your doctor before you start taking ...

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   “Certain supplements may contain excessive amounts of vitamins and minerals, and if taken every day they can accumulate into toxic levels,” says Allie Hosmer, MS, RDN, a dietitian in ...

9. Spirulina (dietary supplement) - Wikipedia

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   An amount of 100g of spirulina in supplement form as a dried powder supplies 290 kilocalories (1,200 kJ) and is a rich source (20% or more of the Daily Value, DV) of numerous essential nutrients, particularly protein, B vitamins (thiamin, riboflavin, and niacin, providing 207%, 306%, and 85% DV, respectively), and dietary minerals, such as iron ...