Black Sea Journal of Health Science

Yazarlar: Deran DALBUDAK SANSAR, Burcu YAVUNÇ YEŞİLKAYA

Konular:Beslenme ve Diyetetik

DOI:10.19127/bshealthscience.937628

Anahtar Kelimeler:Dietary,Health,Supplements,Nutrient,Disease

Özet: Vitamins, minerals, herbs and amino acids are called as dietary supplements. They are widely used worldwide. Across all major categories overall dietary supplements use has increased year by year. By definition, they should maintain nutrients otherwise that may not be consumed in adequate amounts. So much dietary supplements are simply taken for healthy life, but some are used for reduce and modulate risk factors for chronic diseases, like cancer, heart diseases and birth defects. The others are used for benefits such as management of sleep, improving physical performance or weight management. They are not drugs and therefore they are not intended to diagnose, prevent, mitigate, treat or cure diseases. Nevertheless, there are so much dietary supplements selled as self-medication substances that promotes health related issues. But some of them may cause poisonous reactions, interact with pharmaceuticals or other supplements and they may have been contaminated with heavy metals or do not contain the anticipated amount of ingredients. Also redundant of several nutrients may cause increasing of cancer risk. Generally, if there is no deficiencies or special conditions, there is no need to take supplements. In this review article, the purpose was to examine biological availability by giving studies about not too toxic supplements like glutathione, pycnogenol, resveratrol, quercetin, chlorella pyrenoidosa, beta-glucan, α-lipoic acid, bromelain which are called as special dietary supplements.

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