Nutrition Misinformation/Dietary Supplements Flashcards
Reliable information is generated by ______
Systematic research studies
science
Why is there so much nutrition misinformation?
- quick and easy solution
- sound scientific and reliable
- offer solutions to problems
- television and magazines
- FDA does not regulate
Can I trust the media to deliver nutrition news?
only if you have an educated eye
-Peer Reviewed
-Description of
research methods &
subject
-Presented in context
of previous research
Reputable journal for information
Where can you get valid information? (3)
- Credentials
- Reputable Institution
- Reputable Journal
Who meets the qualifications established by national and state regulations
Qualified Nutrition Professionals
-Registered dietitian (RD)
-Certified diabetes educator
These are apart of what organization
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
AND
Signed into law in 1994 to amend the former
regulatory framework for the safety and
labeling of dietary supplements.
DSHEA
places dietary
supplements in a special category under the
general umbrella of “foods,” not drugs, and
requires that every supplement be labeled a
dietary supplement.
Dietary Supplement Health
and Education Act (DSHEA)
What are dietary supplements?
pill, capsule, tablet, powder, or liquid
intended to supplement the whole food
diet by providing a combination of the
following nutritional ingredients:
Dietary supplements DO NOT need premarket
approval from the FDA before they
are marketed, except in the case of what?
new
dietary ingredients.
3 requirements that a dietary supplements must have?
- must be labeled dietary supplement
- “supplement facts” panel is required
- supposed to list all ingredients but they don’t always do that
Supplement Marketing is overseen by who?
Federal Trade Commission
Product endorsements
Athletes, movie stars, etc.
Supplement Marketing
Testimonials
Supplement Marketing
Claimed “scientific research” backing:
-Studies/data is unpublished
-Done in foreign country
Supplement Marketing
False or untested structure/function
claims
Supplement Marketing
Estimated __ billion in yearly sales in the US alone
$25
__-__% of collegiate and Olympic-level athletes supplement
with at least 1 ingredient.
70-90%
2005-2008 more than __% of US population used at least 1
dietary supplement.
50%
634 nonhormonal nutritional supplements: __% contaminated with banned substances or prohormones not
listed on the product and would have caused an athlete to
test positive during a doping test.
15%
60 dietary supplements: __% contained banned
substances not on label (anabolic steroids and ephedrine)
(Martello, Felli, and Chiarotti, 2007)
12.5%
-96% taking some form of a supplement
-Vitamin, energy enhancing products (e.g., Red
Bull), meal replacement bars/shakes, creatine
(males only), and weight loss supplements
(females only).
Student Athletes grades 9-12
-80-90% taking some form of a supplement
-Female: multivitamins, Calcium/Vit D
-Males: AA and protein supplements.
Collegiate Athletes
