Dietary supplement

https://www.fda.gov/consumers/health-fraud-scams

First, go to this website https://www.fda.gov/consumers/protecting-yourself/health-fraud-scams. it’s about what health fraud scams are; the short video. Click on ‘health fraud news’ and some of the most current news about types of health fraud. Next, click on ‘resources for you’ and read about ‘how to spot a health fraud’ and ‘medication health fraud’; find some interesting facts.

Next, click on this website https://qualitymatters.usp.org/what-letters-usp-mean-label-your-medicine Links to an external site. and read about the 1994 DSHEA, and what the USP seal means on dietary supplements.

Then, click on this website http://www.nsf.org/consumer-resources/who-is-nsf-international and find out more about what the NSF seal means on dietary supplements.

Finally, choose a dietary supplement/multi-vitamin/mineral that you have heard of, have used, or know about. Using the information about health fraud, USP/NSF, and DSHEA, do some research on your chosen diet supplement to find out if it is USP/NSF designated. If it is not, what does that mean about the quality/potency/effectiveness of the product?