Essays on Dietary Supplements

Potentially negative interactions between prescribed medications and dietary supplements, particularly herbal supplements, is a risk management consideration that has been mostly overlooked or disregarded within the mainstream medical community (Izzo & Ernst, 2009). In general terms, it presents as uncommon for physicians to question their...

Food supplements are nutrients with high concentrated sources of amino acids, fatty acids, vitamins and minerals that supplied to the body in the form of pills, tablets, capsules and liquids to compensate the decreasing of essential substances in the body as many people consume nutrients...

Prompt gamma-ray activation analysis (PGAA) is a valuable analytical method for a variety of fields including: geoscience, materials science,food science and medical applications. One such food science application is for the analysis of trace elements in foods, food supplements or food fortification. Every year, Americans...