Information On Dietary Supplements

Botanical remedies, herbal supplements, alternative treatments

Dietary supplements - Traditionally, dietary supplements referred to products made of one or more of the essential nutrients, such as vitamins, minerals, and protein. But the Dietary Supplements Health and Education Act broadens the definition to include, with some exceptions, any product intended for ingestion as a supplement to the diet. This includes vitamins; minerals; herbs, botanicals, and other plant-derived substances; and amino acids (the individual building blocks of protein) and concentrates, metabolites, constituents and extracts of these substances.

Take That Supplement - Some doctors have thought that herbal supplements were so ineffective that they wouldn?t hurt you. They assumed that these substances would not help but thought there was no cause for concern if a patient wanted to take them. Now we're seeing that in fact these substances do have activities within the body. Something that could have a positive effect could potentially have a down side, too, says Mary Hardy, M.D., medical director of the Integrative Medicine Medical Group at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Acidophilus Amino Acids

Bee Pollen Beta-Carotene Beta Hydroxy-Beta-Methylbutyrate Borage Oil Bromelain

Cartilage (Bovine/Shark) Chlorophyll Chondroitin Sulfate (CSA) CLA Cobalamin Cod Liver Oil Copper Creatine Monohydrate Curcumin Cyancobalimin Calciferol (Vitamin D )

Enzymes EPA

Fiber Flavonoids Flaxseed Oil Fumaric acid

Grape Seed Extract

HCA Histidine HMB Hydrochloric Acid Hydroxycitric acid

Inosine Iodine Isoleucine

Lactase Leucine Linseed Oil Lipase Lutein Lycopene

Malic Acid Methylsulfonylmethane (MSM) Multi-Vitamin/Mineral

N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC)

Octacosanol Oligomeric Proanthocyanidins (OPCs) Omega 3 Fish Oils Ornithine

Pancreatin Pantothenic Acid Papain Phosphatidyl choline Phosphatidyl serine Procyanidins (PCO's) Progesterone Proline Protein (Soy) Protein (Whey) Pycnogenol Pyruvate

Q10 Quercetin

Resveratrol Royal Jelly Rutin

Serine Shark Cartilage Silicon Sulfur

Taurine Threonine

Ubiquinone

Valine Vanadium

Wheat Germ Oil (Octacosanol) Wheatgrass Whey Protein

Yeast (Brewer's)

Zinc

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