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What about dietary supplements?

The FDA regulates dietary supplements as foods, and not as drugs. The FDA does not pre-approve dietary supplements on their safety and efficacy, unlike drugs. In contrast, the FDA can only go after dietary supplement manufacturers after they have put unsafe products on the market. However, certain foods (such as infant formula and medical foods) are deemed special nutritionals because they are consumed by highly vulnerable populations and are thus regulated more strictly than the majority of dietary supplements.

The claims that a dietary supplement makes are essential to its classification. If a dietary supplement claims in any way to cure, mitigate, or treat a disease, it would be considered to be a unauthorized new drug and in violation of the applicable regulations and statutes. As the FDA states it:

No, a product sold as a dietary supplement and promoted on its label or in labeling as a treatment, prevention or cure for a specific disease or condition would be considered an unapproved--and thus illegal--drug. To maintain the product's status as a dietary supplement, the label and labeling must be consistent with the provisions in the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) of 1994.

The only claims that a dietary supplement is allowed to make are structure/function claims. These are broad claims that the product can support the structure or function of the body (e.g., "glucosamine helps support healthy joints"). The FDA must be notified of these claims within 30 days of their first use, and there is a requirement that these claims be substantiated. Nevertheless, many critics claim that dietary supplements overstate their importance and their impact on overall health. Evidence of their benefits has yet to meet standard scientific criteria of credibility, based on large scale, double blind testing with statistically significant outcomes.
(The Better Brain Book)

The Better Brain Book

Carol Colman, David Perlmutter

Riverhead Hardcover, 2004-08

Price: $24.95

Keywords: Alternative Medicine, Health, Mind Body, Memory Improvement, Personal Health, Personal Transformation, Self-Help, Stress, Supplements

Reviews:

Better brains for all
As a practicing psychiatrist, I found Dr. Perlmutter's book full of well organized very usable information that I was able to take to my office and use as a reference as well as recommend to my patients.
Add This Book to your Anti-Aging Library! Doctor Recommended
Dr. Perlmutter does what only a small percentage of physicians today are doing. He goes beyond simply swallowing the "proprietary data" that pharmaceutical companies present to doctors every day at their offices and at every medical conference they attend until the vast majority believe it is the best we can do for our patients....give them prescription drugs to delay symptoms, and tell them that what can't be treated that way must be accepted as the normal pitfalls of aging. Some physicians can't accept that. They study nutrition, they study physiology, they search the medical literature for alternative treatments...research from all over the world that is available to any physician if he or she looks for it, but isn't promoted as the newest product by a pharmaceutical company. This is the kind of physician who wants to see his or her patients get well, or not become unwell in the first place. This kind of physician will continue to seach for answers always to the questions of what restores health safely, what prevents disease effectively, what causes a rapid decline in health in the first place. This book is an excellent and more thorough follow-up to Dr. Perlmutter's Brain Recovery.com and goes into more depth, and gives more practical advice to YOU, so that you can take action now to protect your brain from aging much more rapidly than it should. There are other physicians who have learned similiar things in other areas of health, and some are brave enough and generous enough to share them in this way. The American Medical System is designed to assist you in being unaware of how sick you are until you suddenly die, by simply treating your symptoms as they arise without teaching you the cause and helping you to regain your health and vitality. Most prescription medications relieve your symptoms only temporarily or mask the symptom but do not rejuvenate your body. Read Dr. Perlmutter's book if you are concerned about the health of your brain. If you enjoy thinking and want to keep doing it well as you age, you owe it to yourself!

Dr. Tedde Rinker, Anti-Aging Physician, Redwood City, CA www.stress-medicine.com
A Must Read for All Ages
Probably the best way to describe this innovative and helpful book is user-friendly. The author cuts to the chase and gives us easy, practical ways to maintain our healthy brains or to reverse deterioration of brain function. A side benefit is that the suggested regimens promote overall health as well. I heartily recommend this helpful adjunct to your personal well being.

The Better Brain Book- Real Tools, Real Answers
Dr. Perlmutter has changed the way I look at by diet, sleep, supplements and general quality of life.

The Better Brain Book offers, real, practical tools and answers that will improve my brain health and function.

I particulariy appreciated the Better Brain Diet and Dr. Perlmutter's recommendation of the brain training software-BrainBuilder from ABT-Advanced Brain Technologies. I tried the Test Your Brain Report on (www.brainbuilder.com)and learned there is a lot more I can do to train my brain!

Purchase this book for the people you care about. Reading it will make a difference in their lives.


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