BACKGROUND The use of alternative therapies like herbs and dietary supplements is very common among hypertensive and diabetic patients all over the globe. Hypertension is a silent disease that causes increase in cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, renal morbidity and mortality whereas diabetic complications cause heart attack, stroke, blindness and kidney disease. These are serious and chronic met...

OBJECTIVE Half the US population takes dietary supplements, but surveillance systems available to regulatory and public health authorities to determine whether specific dietary supplements present a risk are inadequate and numerous severe injuries and deaths have occurred from their consumption. Uniformed military personnel regularly use dietary supplements and are more likely to use potentiall...

Commercial dietary supplements are marketed as a panacea for the morbidly obese seeking sustainable weight-loss. Unfortunately, many claims cited by supplements are unsupported and inadequately regulated. Most concerning, however, are the associated harmful side effects, often unrecognized by consumers. Garcinia cambogia extract and Garcinia cambogia containing products are some of the most pop...

AMA Kobiałka J, Giordano U. THE NEED TO STANDARDIZE VITAMIN D DOSAGE IN DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS. Health Problems of Civilization. 2023. doi:10.5114/hpc.2023.129445. APA Kobiałka, J., & Giordano, (2023). https://doi.org/10.5114/hpc.2023.129445 Chicago Jakub, and Ugo Giordano. "THE SUPPLEMENTS". Harvard MLA Jakub et al. SUPPLEMENTS." Civilization, Vancouver

The objective of this study was to understand the usage patterns of dietary supplements among professional athletes in Saudi Arabia. The survey consisted of sixteen questions divided into four categories: use of supplements, reason for consumption of supplements, personal beliefs about supplements, and behavior. The questionnaires were given to the three teams residing in Riyadh: Al Hilal, Al N...