DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS: BE AWARE THAT THE TERM NATURAL DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN SAFE.
There is no doubt that the challenges of our daily activities do not allow us to actually plan our diets to reflect all the essential nutrients that our body requires on daily basis. Research findings shows that our plates are lacking in a number of essential nutrients, including calcium, potassium, magnesium, and vitamins A, C, and D. It’s no wonder that so many people are turning to dietary supplements to augment. According to David Lariviere, a contributor in Forbes Magazine, the nutritional supplement or more broadly known as Vitamins, Minerals and Supplements, or VMS market is today one of the fastest growing industries in the world. Producing about $32 billion in revenue for just nutritional supplements alone in 2012, it is projected to double that by topping $60 billion in 2021 according to the Nutritional Business Journal. The United States of America Food and Drug Administration (FDA) explained that dietary supplements include vitamins, minerals, and other less fami...