"The term 'dietary supplement' describes a broad and diverse category of products that you eat or drink to support good health and supplement the diet. Dietary supplements are not medicines, nor should they be considered a substitute for food." -From the Quality Supplements website . Dietary supplement ingredients can be one or a combination of any of the following: Vitamin Mineral Herb or other botanical Amino acid (the individual building blocks of a protein) Concentrate, metabolite, constituent, or extract Although some herbal and mineral compounds have been used for hundreds of years to treat health conditions, current dietary supplement manufacturers are not legally allowed to say their products cure, treat or prevent disease. Supplement makers are allowed to claim that products support health or contribute to well-being. Congress does not regulate dietary supplements the same way it regulates medicine. Except for new dietary ingredients, dietary supplement manuf...
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