Topic Dietary Supplements

Topic: Dietary Supplements

Background: Complementary and alternative medicine is a group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not currently considered to be part of conventional medicine. Many of these treatments have not been scientifically demonstrated to be safe and effective for the purposes for which it is intended.

Assignment: Discuss the following questions:

What is meant by the term “Dietary Supplement”?

The Dietary Supplement health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA) is the federal law regulating dietary supplements.

Discuss how this act may not protect consumers of dietary supplements.

What is your opinion…should dietary supplements be regulated like medications?

Requirements: Use the following guidelines to format your essay response.

Times New Roman, 12 pt. font

Proper grammar, and spelling

Double-spaced with proper indentation

Word count of at least 250 words

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