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The Problem with Supplements

Exploring Health

The Truth Behind Your Daily Supplements The lack of federal regulation over supplements prevents them from maximizing patient benefit By Ananya Dash Micronutrients such as vitamins and minerals are essential for normal functioning of humans, regardless of sex. Nutrition becomes a sub note among the more pressing concerns.

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With RFK Jr. in Charge, Supplement Makers See Chance To Cash In

KFF Health News

health official, Robert F. said the Trump administration would liberate Americans from the FDA’s “aggressive suppression” of vitamins, dietary supplements, and other substances ending the federal agency’s “war on public health,” as he put it. Last fall, before being named the senior U.S.