dietary supplement

1. The wide assortment of minerals , vitamins , and sundry herbs that are taken as nutritional supplements to regular food.

Notes

There has been a rapid increase in the use of supplements since the early 1990s, leading to debates over whether or how tightly such supplements should be regulated by the FDA . (At this writing, because they are not medicines, they need not pass the stringent tests that medicines must undergo).

Example Sentences

This dietary supplement originates in China and has been reported to enhance cognitive ability in healthy individuals.

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Williams was trying to promote Anatabloc, a dietary supplement developed by his company.

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They ended up going with MSM (a dietary supplement for your joints), which Balon crushed and bagged.

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