There are many dietary supplements on the market to prevent dementia and age-related cognitive decline. And it turns out that in the US about one in four adults over 50 takes a supplement to maintain or improve brain health. In 2016 alone, about $3 billion was spent globally on supplements for brain health. But what do we really know about the effectiveness of these products? In a previous post about
I’m one of the nearly 3/4 of adults in the US taking at least one dietary supplement. Dietary supplements include vitamins, botanicals, herbals, and other substances that are extracted from food sources or made synthetically to mimic chemicals contained in foods, and are intended to increase the quantity consumed in the diet. So, does that mean that if we all ate a well-balanced diet, we wouldn’t need to use supplements? Well,
Finding a non-prescription medicine for a cough or other minor ailment is pretty straightforward. You just go to the correct aisle in the pharmacy shelf and start reading labels. The label for each non-prescription medication will describe what symptoms it treats and the correct dose to use. It’s not that simple with dietary supplements. Because they are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as nutritional products rather than