Information on dietary supplements

Dietary supplements are based on vitamins, minerals, and extracts with relatively clear constitutive relationships as the main ingredients, which are taken orally to supplement essential nutrients and bioactive substances to improve body health and reduce the risk of diseases. The following is a detailed introduction to dietary supplements.

 

Here is the content list:

l Theoretical basis

l Health Claims

l Ingredients

l Shape

l Nutrition and functional foods

 

Theoretical basis

Dietary supplements are theoretically based on modern nutrition, preventive medicine, and evidence-based medicine. By adjusting the intake of various nutrients or bioactive substances in people's diets, dietary nutritional interventions are used to enhance health, improve functions, balance metabolism and reduce the risk of diseases.

 

Health Claims

Health food approved by the state authorities can only claim the specific health functions approved, and the advertisement release needs to be approved by the State Food and Drug Administration, while the nutrient supplements in health food can only claim to supplement (specifically) nutrients. A small number of dietary supplements of general food identity (excluding special dietary foods) exist in the market, can follow the requirements of the General Guidelines for Nutrition Labeling of Prepackaged Foods (GB28050), and label the product with nutrition claims or functional claims of nutrients.

 

Ingredients

The raw materials used in dietary supplements are mainly taken from natural species, but there are also safe and reliable substances produced by chemical or biological technology, including plant and animal extracts, vitamins, minerals, amino acids, dietary fibers, etc. Generally speaking, the active substances contained in them are not only the most important ingredients but also the most important ones. Generally speaking, the physical and chemical properties of the active substances contained in them are relatively stable, the chemical structure is clear, the mechanism of action has been scientifically proven to a certain extent, and their safety, functionality, and quality control meet the management standards.

 

Shape

Dietary supplements mainly exist in the form of measurable concentrations similar to drugs, and the dosage forms used mainly include: hard capsules, soft capsules, tablets, oral liquids, granules, powders, etc. Packaging forms include bottles, barrels (boxes), bags, aluminum-plastic blister plates, and other pre-packaged forms.

 

Nutrition and functional foods

"Nutrition and functional foods" is a term commonly used in China's academic community, the meaning is: the use of nutrients, bioactive ingredients, probiotics or medicinal substances produced by the same source, or the addition of the above-mentioned edible products; and change the initial nutritional composition of natural foods; consumption of such supplements to obtain health benefits as necessary The purpose of consuming such supplements is to obtain health benefits necessary for a specific group of people to balance nutritional intake and regulate body functions, and not to treat diseases; the nutritional or functional claims are usually indicated on the product label. The most fundamental marker that distinguishes them from general foods is their unique food value, i.e., their role in maintaining and enhancing health through dietary intervention.

 

 

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