What are "dietary supplements"?

What are "dietary supplements"?

Susan Silberstein & Marilyn Joyce (Health and Nutrition Educator & Heath Counselor) gives expert video advice on: What kinds of dietary supplements should I take? and more...

Nutritional supplements are what we add to our diet to supplement what we may be lacking. And a good dietitian will tell you that you should never have to supplement your diet, but the fact of the matter is in this day and age there are many reasons why you do. What we need to look for in supplements however, are things that actually have in them what they say they have in them, in the amounts they say they have in them. And also not to overdose or mega dose, because there's a lot of research today that's showing that higher dosages of one or two fractionated, isolated nutrients may not be good for you, and in fact may be hazardous. So you want a good nutritional product that has a good base of natural - a natural foundation. You know, the whole food base foundation.