Chapter 10: Lesson 1

Question 1

Dietary supplement

Answer 1

A product (other than tobacco) intended to supplement the diet that bears or contains one or more of the following dietary ingredients: vitamin; mineral; herb or other botanical; amino acid; substance used by man to supplement the diet by increasing the total dietary intake; or concentrate, metabolite, constituent, extract, or combination of any previously described ingredient.

Question 2

Essential nutrient

Answer 2

Must be obtained in the diet, as the body is incapable of producing the nutrient on its own.

Question 3

Toxicity

Answer 3

When too much of a vitamin or mineral accumulates within the body, resulting in illness or other symptoms.