Test Your Supplement Savvy
Posted May 29th, 2007 at 8:30 AM by Bridget Sullivan
Section: Nutrition, Supplements
The following quiz was written by the Federal Trade Commission so that you can find out how much you know (or don’t know) about using dietary supplements safely.
Advertised throughout the media, displayed in grocery stores and pharmacies, and promoted widely on the Internet, dietary supplements look like just another consumer product on the shelf. But are they? Take this quiz to find out how much you know about using dietary supplements safely.
1. A supplement labeled “natural” means that it also is:
1. mild
2. without any risk of side effects
3. safe to use with other medications
4. none of the above
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Tags: American Cancer Society, Arthritis Foundation, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, National Institutes of Healths Office of Dietary Supplements, natural supplements, St. Johns Wort, supplement, supplement quiz, supplement safety
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