Dietary Supplements and Health

This book presents a careful, systematic, balanced and unbiased examination of data in a contentious field - scientific data that are available and/or needed to substantiate and evaluate the safety and efficacy of dietary supplements.

It uses a series of case studies that are illustrative of the types of scientific challenges that have been encountered in substantiating safety and efficacy for various product types and uses.

The chapters illustrate some of the successes, challenges and frustrations that have occurred in recent years.

Discussions among presenters and participants identify the lessons learned from these experiences and formulate ideas for improved approaches to identifying research needs and for enhancing the quality and relevance of the scientific evidence available for policy decisions.

It includes a comprehensive coverage of many different types of dietary supplements, including herbal 'alternative' medicines.

It addresses the public policy issues, which arise from the data on efficacy and safety of dietary supplements.

It provides a much needed evaluation of the efficacy of dietary supplements in a range of uses."Dietary Supplements and Health" is an invaluable resource for all nutritionists, biochemists, public health researchers, oncologists, toxicologists, and developmental biologists.