Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2008
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Also, be sure to check the supplement label. In the early 1990s, the FDA introduced the consumer-friendly nutrition food label with its mini-nutrition guide to nutrient content, complete ingredient listings, and dependable information about how eating certain foods may affect your risk of chronic illnesses, such as heart
disease and cancer. The FDA’s new supplement labels must list all ingredients. The label for vitamin and mineral products must give you the quantity per nutrient per serving plus the %DV (percentage daily value), the percentage of the RDA.
Over time, all dietary supplements become less potent. Always choose the product with the longest useful shelf life. Pass on the ones that will expire before you can use all the pills, such as the 100-pill bottle with an expiration date 30 days from now. Even when you buy a product with the correct expiration date, it may be less
effective if you don’t keep it in the right place. Some supplements must be refrigerated; the rest you need to store, like any food product, in a cool, dry place. Avoid putting dietary supplements in a cabinet above the stove or
refrigerator.
In conclusion, one basically needs to simply weigh the pros and cons. Supplementation definitely has its advantages, but remember that health is the key. If attempting to obtain great nutrition becomes detrimental to one’s health, then supplementation is not worth it.
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Date: Monday, October 13, 2008
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As a result, the FDA has found it virtually impossible to take products off drugstore shelves even after reports of illness and injury. For example, supplements containing the herb ephedra are reported to speed weight loss and sports performance. More than 600 reports of illness and at least 100 deaths have been linked to the use of ephedra supplements. The herb is banned by professional football and college athletics in the U.S. and by the Olympics. However, the FDA didn’t act until February 2003, following the death of Baltimore Orioles pitcher Steve Bechler, who reportedly had been using ephedra products to control his weight. Bechler’s untimely death rang warning bells across the country, including in Washington, D.C., where the FDA ruled that every bottle of ephedra must carry strong warnings that the popular herb can cause potentially lethal heart attacks or strokes. In the sports world, ephedra was immediately forbidden in minor league but not major league baseball. Eventually the FDA banned all ephedra products (Ng).
So, there are so many good aspects but also drawbacks of supplements. One needs to focus on how to choose the safest, most effective products. Even though the FDA can’t require manufacturers to submit safety and effectiveness
data, a respected name on the label offers some assurance of a quality product. It also promises a fresh product; well-known brands generally sell out more quickly. The initials USP (U.S. Pharmacopoeia, a reputable testing organization) are another quality statement, and so are the words “release assured” or “proven release,” which mean the supplement is easily absorbed by your body (Webb 195).
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As a result, the FDA has found it virtually impossible to take products off drugstore shelves even after reports of illness and injury. For example, supplements containing the herb ephedra are reported to speed weight loss and sports performance. More than 600 reports of illness and at least 100 deaths have been linked to the use of ephedra supplements. The herb is banned by professional football and college athletics in the U.S. and by the Olympics. However, the FDA didn’t act until February 2003, following the death of Baltimore Orioles pitcher Steve Bechler, who reportedly had been using ephedra products to control his weight. Bechler’s untimely death rang warning bells across the country, including in Washington, D.C., where the FDA ruled that every bottle of ephedra must carry strong warnings that the popular herb can cause potentially lethal heart attacks or strokes. In the sports world, ephedra was immediately forbidden in minor league but not major league baseball. Eventually the FDA banned all ephedra products (Ng).
So, there are so many good aspects but also drawbacks of supplements. One needs to focus on how to choose the safest, most effective products. Even though the FDA can’t require manufacturers to submit safety and effectiveness
data, a respected name on the label offers some assurance of a quality product. It also promises a fresh product; well-known brands generally sell out more quickly. The initials USP (U.S. Pharmacopoeia, a reputable testing organization) are another quality statement, and so are the words “release assured” or “proven release,” which mean the supplement is easily absorbed by your body (Webb 195).
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Date: Sunday, October 12, 2008
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In 1994, Congress passed and President Clinton signed into law the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act, which limits the FDA’s control over dietary supplements. Under this law, The FDA can’t require premarket tests to prove that supplements are safe and effective, limit the dosage in any dietary supplement, end or restrict sales of a dietary supplement unless evidence shows that the product has caused illness or injury when used according to the directions on the package. In other words, if you experience a problem after taking slightly more or less of a supplement than directed on the label, the FDA can’t help you (Ng, 230).
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In 1994, Congress passed and President Clinton signed into law the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act, which limits the FDA’s control over dietary supplements. Under this law, The FDA can’t require premarket tests to prove that supplements are safe and effective, limit the dosage in any dietary supplement, end or restrict sales of a dietary supplement unless evidence shows that the product has caused illness or injury when used according to the directions on the package. In other words, if you experience a problem after taking slightly more or less of a supplement than directed on the label, the FDA can’t help you (Ng, 230).
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Date: Saturday, October 11, 2008
Time: 11 PM
Place: Kitchen
Lastly, if you’re often so rushed that you literally never get to eat a full, balanced meal, you may benefit from supplements regardless of your age.
The Food and Drug Administration regulates food and drugs. Before the agency allows a new food or a new drug on the market, the manufacturer must submit proof that the product is safe. Drug manufacturers must also meet a second test, showing that the drug and the dosage in which it’s sold will cure or relieve the condition for which it’s prescribed (Ng, 212).
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Lastly, if you’re often so rushed that you literally never get to eat a full, balanced meal, you may benefit from supplements regardless of your age.
The Food and Drug Administration regulates food and drugs. Before the agency allows a new food or a new drug on the market, the manufacturer must submit proof that the product is safe. Drug manufacturers must also meet a second test, showing that the drug and the dosage in which it’s sold will cure or relieve the condition for which it’s prescribed (Ng, 212).
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Date: Friday, October 10, 2008
Time: 11 PM
Place: Kitchen
Healthy people who eat a nutritious diet still may want to use supplements to make sure they’re getting adequate nutrition. Plenty of recent research supports
their choice. Taking supplements may reduce the likelihood of some types of cancer and other diseases. After analyzing data from a survey of 871 men and women, epidemiologists
at Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center found that people taking a daily multivitamin for more than ten years were 50 percent less likely to develop colon cancer (Ng 145). In addition, selenium supplements seem to reduce
the risk of prostate cancer, and vitamin C seems to lower the risk of cataracts.
As you grow older, your appetite may decline and your sense of taste and smell may falter. If food no longer tastes as good as it once did, if you have to eat alone all the time and don’t enjoy cooking for one, or if dentures make chewing difficult, you may not be taking in all the foods that you need to get the nutrients you require.
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Healthy people who eat a nutritious diet still may want to use supplements to make sure they’re getting adequate nutrition. Plenty of recent research supports
their choice. Taking supplements may reduce the likelihood of some types of cancer and other diseases. After analyzing data from a survey of 871 men and women, epidemiologists
at Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center found that people taking a daily multivitamin for more than ten years were 50 percent less likely to develop colon cancer (Ng 145). In addition, selenium supplements seem to reduce
the risk of prostate cancer, and vitamin C seems to lower the risk of cataracts.
As you grow older, your appetite may decline and your sense of taste and smell may falter. If food no longer tastes as good as it once did, if you have to eat alone all the time and don’t enjoy cooking for one, or if dentures make chewing difficult, you may not be taking in all the foods that you need to get the nutrients you require.
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Date: Thursday, October 9, 2008
Time: 11 PM
Place: Kitchen
Illness, age, diet preferences, and some gender-related conditions may put you in a spot where you can’t get all the nutrients you need from food alone. Digestive illnesses, unfriendly drugs, injury, and chronic illness
Certain metabolic disorders and diseases of the digestive organs interfere with the normal digestion of food
and the absorption of nutrients. Some medicines may also interfere with normal digestion, meaning you need supplements to make up the difference. People who suffer from certain chronic diseases, who have suffered a major
injury, or who have just been through surgery may
need more nutrients than they can get from food. In these cases, a doctor may prescribe supplements to provide the hard-to-get vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients.
Vegetarians should also focus on supplementation to fill in nutritional gaps. Vitamin B12 is found only in food from animals, such as meat, milk, and eggs. Without these foods, vegans — vegetarians who don’t eat any foods of animal origin — almost certainly have to get their vitamin B12 from supplements or fortified foods.
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Illness, age, diet preferences, and some gender-related conditions may put you in a spot where you can’t get all the nutrients you need from food alone. Digestive illnesses, unfriendly drugs, injury, and chronic illness
Certain metabolic disorders and diseases of the digestive organs interfere with the normal digestion of food
and the absorption of nutrients. Some medicines may also interfere with normal digestion, meaning you need supplements to make up the difference. People who suffer from certain chronic diseases, who have suffered a major
injury, or who have just been through surgery may
need more nutrients than they can get from food. In these cases, a doctor may prescribe supplements to provide the hard-to-get vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients.
Vegetarians should also focus on supplementation to fill in nutritional gaps. Vitamin B12 is found only in food from animals, such as meat, milk, and eggs. Without these foods, vegans — vegetarians who don’t eat any foods of animal origin — almost certainly have to get their vitamin B12 from supplements or fortified foods.
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Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Time: 11 PM
Place: Kitchen
A healthful diet provides sufficient amounts of all the nutrients that your body needs. The question is, how much is enough? Today, three sets of recommendations provide the answers. The first, and most familiar, is the RDA, or Recommended Dietary Allowance. The second, originally known as the Estimated Safe and Adequate Daily Dietary Intakes (ESADDIs), now shortened to Adequate Intake or simply AI, describes recommended amounts of nutrients for which no RDAs exist. The third is the DRI, or Dietary Reference Intake. It is like an umbrella that includes RDAs plus several more categories of nutrient recommendations (Webb 39).
Given busy lifestyles, who has the time and energy to study so many guidelines? Popping a supplement seems like an easy way to avoid the headache. Many people consider vitamin and mineral supplements a quick and easy
way to get nutrients without so much shopping and kitchen time and without all the pesky fat and sugars in food. Others take supplements as “nutritional insurance.”
And some even use supplements as substitutes for medical drugs. In general, nutrition experts, including the American Dietetic Association, the National Academy of Sciences, and the National Research Council, prefer that you invest your time and money whipping up meals and
snacks that supply the nutrients you need in a balanced, tasty diet. Nonetheless, most experts admit that in certain circumstances, supplements can be a definite plus.
Time: 11 PM
Place: Kitchen
A healthful diet provides sufficient amounts of all the nutrients that your body needs. The question is, how much is enough? Today, three sets of recommendations provide the answers. The first, and most familiar, is the RDA, or Recommended Dietary Allowance. The second, originally known as the Estimated Safe and Adequate Daily Dietary Intakes (ESADDIs), now shortened to Adequate Intake or simply AI, describes recommended amounts of nutrients for which no RDAs exist. The third is the DRI, or Dietary Reference Intake. It is like an umbrella that includes RDAs plus several more categories of nutrient recommendations (Webb 39).
Given busy lifestyles, who has the time and energy to study so many guidelines? Popping a supplement seems like an easy way to avoid the headache. Many people consider vitamin and mineral supplements a quick and easy
way to get nutrients without so much shopping and kitchen time and without all the pesky fat and sugars in food. Others take supplements as “nutritional insurance.”
And some even use supplements as substitutes for medical drugs. In general, nutrition experts, including the American Dietetic Association, the National Academy of Sciences, and the National Research Council, prefer that you invest your time and money whipping up meals and
snacks that supply the nutrients you need in a balanced, tasty diet. Nonetheless, most experts admit that in certain circumstances, supplements can be a definite plus.
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