Dietary supplement

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Dietary supplements are supplements used to restore or maintain health when the diet does not meet the needs of an individual.

Widespread vitamin use may drastically cut public health spendings.[1] [2]

References

  1. ↑ Bendich A, Mallick R, Leader S (May 1997). "Potential health economic benefits of vitamin supplementation". West. J. Med. 166 (5): 306–12. PMID 9217432. PMC 1304226. [e]
  2. ↑ Ames BN (November 2006). "Low micronutrient intake may accelerate the degenerative diseases of aging through allocation of scarce micronutrients by triage". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 103 (47): 17589–94. DOI:10.1073/pnas.0608757103. PMID 17101959. PMC 1693790. Research Blogging.
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