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Dietary Supplements
Talking Points
Local Resources
Student Wellness Office (765-494-9355) - Services: information and resources on dietary supplements; free nutrition counseling for Purdue students.
Fact Sheets
Dietary Supplements: Do you need them?
Calcium & Vitamin D: Essential Nutrients for Bone Health
The Truth about Dietary Supplements
Dietary Supplements: Facts vs. Fads
Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI’s): Recommended Intakes for Individuals
This website contains the Dietary Reference Intakes and Recommended Dietary Allowances for vitamins, macronutrients, and minerals.
Dietary Supplement Fact Sheets
Vitamin and Mineral Supplements
Vitamin and Mineral Supplements Fact Sheets
Data
Purdue Data
Student survey data from Spring 2007
Dietary Supplement Use by US Adults: Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2000.
Summary of data from the 1999-2000 National Health and Examination Survey are presented for dietary supplement use overall and in relation to lifestyle and demographic characteristics.
Recommended Readings
Dietary Supplements – A Framework for Evaluating Safety
Institute of Medicine
National Academic Press, 2005
Dietary Supplements: An Advertising Guide for Industry
Federal Trade Commission, 1998
Reviews the rules for advertising dietary supplements
Available for purchase at www.AbeBooks.com
Dietary Supplements for body-weight reduction: a systematic review.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2004; 79:529-536.
This study assessed the effectiveness of dietary supplements in reducing body-weight. The evidence found concluded that dietary supplements as aids in reducing body weight is not convincing. The researchers would not recommend the reviewed dietary supplements for over-the-counter use.
Adverse events associated with dietary supplements: an observational study.
Lancet. 2003;361:101-106
Adverse events may occur with the use of dietary supplements that include various levels of severity and age groups.
Encyclopedia of Dietary Supplements
Paul M. Coates, Marc R. Blackman, Gordon M. Cragg, Mark Levine, Joel Moss and Jeffrey D. White (editors)
This book provides detailed scientific information of over 75 dietary supplements including description and chemical composition, mechanisms of action, pharmacology, usage and dosage, safety and adverse effects and regulatory issue.
Tyler ‘s Herbs of Choice: Therapeutic use of Phytomedicinals. New York, NY. Haworth Herbal Press; 1999
JE Robbers, VE Tyler
The American Pharmaceutical Association Practical Guide to Natural Medicines. New York, NY; William Morrow & Co; 1999
A. Pierce
Vitamin and Mineral Supplement Use in the United States- Results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
Arch Fam Med. 2000 March;9:258-262.
Web Links
Go Ask Alice! - Anonymous Q&A site run by Columbia University; search archives for hundreds of answered questions about protein, vitamin and mineral supplements.
Computer Access to Research on Dietary Supplements (CARDS) Database - Database of federally funded research projects pertaining to dietary supplements.
Consumer Labs (subscription required) - This independent lab tests dietary supplements to determine whether a product contains the ingredients advised by the manufacturer on the ingredient label. This enables consumers to know whether what they are paying for is really what they are getting.
Dietary Supplements-U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Overview
FDA Guide to Dietary Supplements
Warnings, Safety and Label Information
International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS) Database - IBIDS is a database of published, international, scientific literature on dietary supplements that is available to the public free of charge. Scientists and the general public can browse this database to locate credible, scientific literature on dietary supplements. IBIDS is updated monthly and quarterly, depending on the publication frequency of the journals that are most frequently cited in IBIDS.
Mayo Clinic Drug Information and Supplement Information - Look up herb, vitamin and other supplement information from Natural Standard. Also provides articles for consumers.
MEDLINEPLUS for Dietary Supplements - Links, including the latest research, on dietary supplements from the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health
National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health - CAM is a subset of PubMed which offers free access to over 270,000 citations of journal articles related to complementary and alternative medicine research from the National Library of Medicine's MEDLINE database and other life science journals.
Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database (subscription required) - This database gives answers on herbal and dietary supplements complete with brand name searches and handouts. This database has been called the “scientific gold standard” by US News & World Report. Other good reviews have been provided by JAMA, and the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education.
Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS), National Institutes of Health- The ODS supports research and disseminates research results in the area of dietary supplements. Provides links for researchers, educators, and consumers on topics related to dietary supplements.