Abstract

What You Need To Know About Dietary Supplements

Author(s): Tayaba Zafar *

A dietary supplement is a product, may be in the form of pill, in form of capsule, a tablet,powder or liquid, with the intention of fulfilling someone’s nutrition. These dietary supplements provide nutrition to body which may be extracted from food source or may be synthetically prepared. These nutrition include vitamins, minerals, fatty acids, fiber and amino acids. Dietary supplements also contain that substances which are not essential for life but have beneficial biological effects on our body (pigments or poly phenols). Some dietary supplements are made from animal source (collagen from fish or chicken). These nutrients may be combined or sold individually