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Created with Fabric.js 1.4.5 The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994Was it helpful or harmful for consumers and distributors? By: Sarah Cusick Increased revenue Was DSHEA helpful? Was DSHEA harmful? The DSHEA defined for the first time the termdietary supplements as "a product (other than tobacco) intended to supplement the diet thatbears or contains on or more of the followingdietary ingredients" and lists a vitamin and a mineral as the first two examples (Dietary Supplements and Health Education Act, Ch 1,Section 3, 1-4).The Act requires manufactures to inform the FDA of any serious adverse effects to any oftheir products (Stephen Barrett, How the Dietary Supplement and Health Education Act of 1994Weakened the FDA, quackwatch.org, 2 Feb 2007).The Act allows more freedom to manufacturersand distributors to market virtually any productthey want as long as they say it is not FDA approved and do not make overly false claimsabout the results of taking the given product. In 2010, supplement sales increased by 7%, generating $28.7 billion in revenues. Vitamin D Supplement use from 1988-2006 44.0%38.1%23.7% 56.3%49.7%29.7% Male (60 and over):2003 - 2006:1999 - 2002:1988 - 1994:Female (60 and over):2003 - 2006:1999 - 2002:1988 - 1994: The DSHEA does not require products to be FDAapproved before the hits the shelves resulting inmany products containing potentially harmful ingredients (Stephen Barrett, How the Dietary Supplement and Health Education Act of 1994Weakened the FDA, quackwatch.org, 2 Feb 2007).The FDA can no longer manage the supplementsmarket because of the regulations and no one wants to change them because of how much revenue is made off of them.Vitamin supplements that make claims to curecertain illness or help alleviate symptoms areoften false.Although the market and revenue skyrocketed,the quality of the products suffered resulting inmultiple studies done about their negative sideeffects instead of their positives. Works Cited and Image CitedBarrett, Stephen, M.D. "Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA)." Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA). Quackwatch, 2 Feb. 2007. Web. 30 Mar. 2014."Chapter I - Dietary Supplement Health And Education Act of 1994." Chapter I - Dietary Supplement Health And Education Act of 1994. U.S Department of Health and Human Services, 1994. Web. 30 Mar. 2014.Image 1: "Vitamin Supplement Clipart." fotosearch.com. 30 Mar. 2014. WebImage 2: "Supplement Sales." http://sos-side-effects.com/all_details.php?id=11. 30 Mar. 2014. WebImage 3: "Vitamin D Statistics" http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db61.htm. 30 Mar 2014. Web.
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