1. VITAMINS, HERBS & SUPPLEMENTS ARE THEY A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR CONSPIRACY?

2. Overview Vitamins Herbs Supplements Educational Resources Summary

3. Vitamins What are they Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) Types Fat soluble Water soluble Quality food sources

4. Overall Health Dietary Preferences Healthy eating habits Positives Deficiencies Diseases Stress Dietary Preferences Mega dose or Overdose Negatives VITAMINSVITAMINS

6. Herbs What is an herb? Medicinal uses Advantages Disadvantages

8. Dietary Supplements What are supplements? Claims Types Third party checks Supplements & medicine

9. Disadvantage s Expensive Creates expensive waste Toxicity Medication interactions Buyer beware market Advantages Dietary deficiencies DIETARYDIETARY SUPPLEMENTSSUPPLEMENTS

11. Where to Look ODS: http://ods.od.nih.gov/http://ods.od.nih.gov/ NCCAM: http://nccam.nih.gov/health/herbsataglance.htmhttp://nccam.nih.gov/health/herbsataglance.htm USDA: http://fnic.nal.usda.gov/dietary-supplements/herbal-informationhttp://fnic.nal.usda.gov/dietary-supplements/herbal-information FDA: http://www.fda.gov/food/guidanceregulation/guidancedocumentsregulator yinformation/dietarysupplements/default.htm http://www.fda.gov/food/guidanceregulation/guidancedocumentsregulator yinformation/dietarysupplements/default.htm Nutrition.gov: http://www.nutrition.gov/dietary-supplementshttp://www.nutrition.gov/dietary-supplements

12. Where to Look Books Williams’ Essentials of Nutrition and Diet Therapy (10 th ed.) Mosby’s Handbook of Herbs & Natural Supplements (4 th ed.)

13. Summary Defined vitamins, herbs, and dietary supplements Advantages verse disadvantages Where to find more information

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