Dietary supplements: use and abuse

Abstract

Every day we want to look well trying a lot of ways to achieve it. A dietary supplement is one of this way that would help us. In some cases it gives good results, in others doesn‟t. So my speech is about use and abuse of the dietary supplements. A dietary supplement, also known as food or nutritional supplement, is a preparation intended to provide nutrients, such as vitamins, minerals, fatty acids or amino acids that are missing or are not consumed in sufficient quantity in a person‘s diet. Some countries define dietary supplements as foods, while in others they are defined as drugs. Dietary supplements include a broad range of products, whether in tablet, capsule or liquid form. By law, these products must be labeled as dietary supplements.