Dietary supplements are medicines which are positioned as mix of biologically active agents, minerals, vitamins. Are used for equilibration of amount of the substances necessary for human health, also in the form of addition for a basic course of treatment. The term appeared in 1989, after the conference of fund of innovations in medicine, from the chairman the term was heard as the description of food and pharmaceutical production. Researches on selection of substances, necessary for the person, and development of new dietary supplements the science a mikronutriyentologiya is engaged. Medicines are made in the form of capsules, tablets, teas, chewing posted, powders, are divided into three subgroups:
- Parapharmaceutical action – those which use as addition to the main therapy.
- Nutrifarmatsevtichesky type – for saturation of the chemical composition of food.
- Eubiotichesky look – the containing living organisms.
What is dietary supplements whether they are useful to health and than are harmful?
It is a subject it is eternal as the world, a reason for disputes of physicians and scientists with adherents and dietary supplements producers. All problem is that unfair producers often produce dietary supplements, without respecting the rules and requirements, breaking structure, and offer products as medication which dietary supplements are not still happens it that replace expensive components, with starch or other cheap components. Also, because of incorrectly picked up doses and structure of components in the content of medicines, there can be an overdose by vitamins and minerals that it is also dangerous as their shortcoming, everyone can have a reaction of an organism to intake of dietary supplements the.
From a different perspective, it is possible to give the positive answer to a question – whether dietary supplements are useful?
It concerns only the certified and checked medicines made by serious producers.
- The natural structure, vegetable components is the first positive quality of dietary supplements.
- The second advantage is amount of the contained vitamins which are capable to fill shortage in an organism all necessary. The result will be successful if it is picked up the correct dosage corresponding to physiological requirement depending on a case.
- Dietary supplements are capable to improve regulatory and metabolic processes in a human body.
Considering all pros and cons in use of dietary supplements, everyone has the right to solve for himself, to accept them or not. And let they do not treat medicines, consultation at the competent doctor will be not superfluous.
If to speak about harm of dietary supplements, then it is possible to allocate several highlights:
- First, quite often poor quality and, respectively, low efficiency.
- Secondly, the arising psychological dependence on dietary supplements, in particular at the people considering intake of additives a certain panacea.
- The third, the most dangerous, inclusion in composition of dietary supplements of the components of toxic and poisonous character which are harmful influencing a human body. As a rule, such components can be present at not certified dietary supplements therefore you should not get them "from hands" or through doubtful Internet resources.
- It is necessary to refuse intake of dietary supplements also at individual intolerance of components.
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