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A dietary supplement is a manufactured product intended to supplement a person's diet by taking a pill, capsule, tablet, powder, or liquid. [2] A supplement can provide nutrients either extracted from food sources, or that are synthetic (in order to increase the quantity of their consumption). The classes of nutrient compounds in supplements ...
Dietary supplements containing all eight are referred to as a vitamin B complex. Individual B vitamins are referred to by B-number or by chemical name, such as B 1 for thiamine, B 2 for riboflavin, and B 3 for niacin, while some are more commonly recognized by name than by number, such as pantothenic acid (B 5), biotin (B 7), and folate (B 9).
Dietary supplements were first regulated in by the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938. In 1941 the United States Food and Drug Administration proffered definitions for dietary supplementary foods which included minerals, vitamins and other specialized supplements. In the early 1970s the FDA tried to restrict the definition of dietary ...
Multivitamins contain multiple micro-nutrients, such as vitamins and dietary minerals. A multivitamin is a preparation intended to serve as a dietary supplement with vitamins, dietary minerals, and other nutritional elements. Such preparations are available in the form of tablets, capsules, pastilles, powders, liquids, or injectable formulations.
Spirulina is a biomass of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) that can be consumed by humans and animals. The three species are Arthrospira platensis, A. fusiformis, and A. maxima . Cultivated worldwide, Arthrospira is used as a dietary supplement or whole food. [1] It is also used as a feed supplement in the aquaculture, aquarium, and poultry ...
A. Acetylcarnitine. S-Adenosyl methionine. AHCC. Airborne (dietary supplement) Alanyl-glutamine. Algas calcareas. Glycerophosphorylcholine. Alternative treatments used for the common cold.
A protein supplement is a dietary supplement or a bodybuilding supplement, and usually comes in the form of a protein bar, protein powder, and even readily available as a protein shake. Usually made from whey, plant, and/or meat sources. Protein supplements are extracts or concentrates of high protein foodstuffs, used in bodybuilding and as a ...
Vitamin E is a group of eight fat soluble compounds that include four tocopherols and four tocotrienols. [1] [2] Vitamin E deficiency, which is rare and usually due to an underlying problem with digesting dietary fat rather than from a diet low in vitamin E, [3] can cause nerve problems. [4] Vitamin E is a fat-soluble antioxidant which may help ...