dietary supplement
noun
: a product taken orally that contains one or more ingredients (such as vitamins or amino acids) that are intended to supplement one's diet and are not considered food
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Grapefruit, a type of citrus fruit, can be consumed as food, juice, or a dietary supplement.
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Ross Phan, Pharmd, Bcacp, Bcgp, Bcps, Verywell Health, 1 Nov. 2024
The only potential downside to magnesium intake would come from a magnesium dietary supplement.
—Audrey Noble, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2024
Pure Body Extra is a dietary supplement featuring natural zeolite to support the body’s detoxification systems.
—David Gilbert, WIRED, 3 Oct. 2024
Products containing the herb berberine offer only a few pounds of weight loss, while many dietary supplement weight loss products contain stimulants such as sibutramine and laxatives such as phenolphthalein, which increase the risk of heart attacks, strokes and cancer.
—C. Michael White / The Conversation, Quartz, 21 Oct. 2024
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Ross Phan, Pharmd, Bcacp, Bcgp, Bcps, Verywell Health, 1 Nov. 2024
The only potential downside to magnesium intake would come from a magnesium dietary supplement.
—Audrey Noble, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2024
Pure Body Extra is a dietary supplement featuring natural zeolite to support the body’s detoxification systems.
—David Gilbert, WIRED, 3 Oct. 2024
Products containing the herb berberine offer only a few pounds of weight loss, while many dietary supplement weight loss products contain stimulants such as sibutramine and laxatives such as phenolphthalein, which increase the risk of heart attacks, strokes and cancer.
—C. Michael White / The Conversation, Quartz, 21 Oct. 2024
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dietary supplement
noun
: a product taken orally that contains one or more ingredients (such as vitamins, minerals, herbs, or amino acids) that are intended to supplement one's diet and are not considered food
The study is looking at whether taking daily dietary supplements of vitamin D3 or omega-3 fatty acids reduces the risk for developing cancer, heart disease and stroke.—Mary Brophy Marcus, USA Today
Mary Brophy Marcus, USA TodayA hormone produced by the pineal gland in the brain, melatonin also occurs naturally in some foods. It therefore may be sold as a dietary supplement in the United States under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994, without premarket approval from the FDA.—Lynne Lamberg, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Lynne Lamberg, The Journal of the American Medical Association… batches of a dietary supplement L-tryptophan that have been implicated in a mysterious disease were produced by a genetically engineered organism.—Leslie Roberts, Science
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