According to the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994, in order to be identified as a dietary supplement, a product must: 1. “It is regulated, just very poorly.” Dietary supplements are jointly regulated by the Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission. From Carol Haggans, registered dietitian and consultant for the National Institutes of Health’s Office of Dietary Supplements: “It is possible to overdose. “For example, all women who might become pregnant should get 400 micrograms of folic acid a day from either fortified foods or dietary supplements,” she said. “These ingredients, generally undeclared in the labeling, can pose considerable dangers to consumers,” read a 2010 FDA letter to manufacturers of dietary supplements.

Source: Daily Sun June 26, 2017 09:00 UTC