The Real Story Emerges: How Quality Dietary Supplements Are Formulated, Manufactured And Regulated

“The need for this book has never been greater. You have taken on a task many others quaked at.” — Loren Israelsen, J.D., President United Natural Products Alliance The Real Story Emerges How Quality Dietary Supplements are Formulated, Manufactured and Regulated Marcia Zimmerman, CN The Real Story Emerges How Quality Dietary Supplements are Formulated, Manufactured and Regulated by Marcia Zimmerman, CN Author Info: C/O NOW Foods 244 Knollwood Drive Bloomingdale, IL 60106 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced without written permission. Every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this book is honest and accurate. This book is made available with the understanding that the publisher and the author shall have no liability or responsibility for any damages caused directly or indirectly by the information in this book. The opinions expressed in this book merely represent the research of the author and not the publisher. Copyright © NOW Health Group, Inc., 2016 Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi Dedication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix Part 1 – Protecting Your Right to Supplements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter 1 – The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter 2 – Provisions of DSHEA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Chapter 3 – Claims for Dietary Supplements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Chapter 4 – What’s in a Label?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Part 2 – Why Take Supplements?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Chapter 5 – Vitamins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Chapter 6 – B-Vitamin Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Chapter 7 – Antioxidant Vitamins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Chapter 8 – Growth Factor and Hormone Vitamins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Chapter 9 – Minerals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Chapter 10 – Other Useful Stuff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Part 3 – Ensuring Supplement Safety, Usefulness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Chapter 11 – Safety Record of Dietary Supplements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Chapter 12 – Trademarked and Registered Ingredients. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Chapter 13 – From Formulating to Storing Supplements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Part 4 – The Real Myth: That Dietary Supplements Aren’t Regulated. . . . 85 Chapter 14 – Regulation and Testing of Dietary Supplements . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Chapter 15 – How Dietary Supplements Are Regulated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Chapter 16 – Certification Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Chapter 17 – How to Choose a Quality Supplement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Part 5 – How Supplements are Made. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Chapter 18 – Anatomy of a Dietary Supplement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Chapter 19 – Everything You Need to Know About Manufacturing . . . . . . 105 Chapter 20 – Testing, Testing, Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .