Recommended Web Sites

What's In the Bottle? - The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine explains dietary supplements.

Dietary and Herbal Supplements - The NCAM (National Center for Alternative and Complementary Medicine) has created many fact sheets on herbs and special dietary supplements.

Dietary Supplements - The Food and Drug Administration has created this fact sheet.

USP Verified - The US Pharmacopeia certifies some dietary supplements, read more about it with this brochure.

Vitamins and Minerals: What You Should Know - The site FamilyDoctor.org offers this information.

Calcium - The National Institutes of Health explain what calcium is and why it is important.

Dietary Supplement Fact Sheets - The Office of Dietary Supplements has created these great fact sheets.

Folate - The National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements offers this information on folate.

Food and Nutrition Information Center: Dietary Supplements and Herbal Information - The Food and Nutrition Information Center is located at the National Agricultural Library, part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service. Links to valuable information on dietary supplements can be obtained at this site.

Getting to Know "Friendly Bacteria" - Find out about probiotics from the National Institutes of Health Complementary and Alternative Medicine newsletter.

HerbMed - HerbMed® is an interactive, electronic herbal database which provides hyperlinked access to the scientific data underlying the use of herbs for health. It is an impartial, evidence-based information resource provided by the nonprofit Alternative Medicine Foundation, Inc.

Herbal Supplements: What to Know Before You Buy and How They Can Interfere With Surgery - The Mayo Clinic gives a thorough description of who regulates herbal supplements. See the side bar on the page for related articles.

Herbs and Supplements - The National Library of Medicine provides this information.

MayoClinic.com: Drugs and Supplements - MayoClinic.com gives you access to the experience and knowledge of the more than 2,000 physicians and scientists of the Mayo Clinic. One will find the facts regarding vitamins and minerals at this site. Additional topics from MayoClinic.com includes:

MEDLINEplus: Dietary Supplements - Developed by the National Library of Medicine, this consumer health site directs the user to selected online resources.

National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements - This government site provides fact sheets on dietary supplements, safety notices, dietary reference intakes, and recommended dietary allowances. Portions of this site are in PDF format and requires an Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing.

Selected Vegetables/Sun's Soup - The National Cancer Institute provides this fact sheet on a particular supplement.

TeensHealth: Dietary Supplements, Facts vs. Fads - This site was created by the Nemours Foundation's Center for Children's Health Media and aims to provide the best children's health information on the Internet. The information found here is written specifically for teenagers.

Tips for the Savvy Supplement User - The Food and Drug Administration has issued this handy reference page.

U.S. Food & Drug Administration Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition: Dietary Supplements - The FDA's mission is to promote and protect the public health by helping safe and effective products reach the market in a timely way, and monitoring products for continued safety after they are in use. General information, warnings and safety information, as well as a question and answer page can all be found here.

United States General Accounting Office: Food Safety - This government report will discuss the improvements needed in overseeing the safety of dietary supplements and functional foods. An Adobe Acrobat Reader is required for viewing.

Use Caution Buying Medical Products Online - The FDA offers this information.

Wellness Letter.com: Wellness Guide to Dietary Supplements - The Wellness Letter relies on the expertise of the School of Public Health and other researchers at UC Berkeley, as well as other top scientists from around the world. This site spotlights a different supplement every month but also includes links to all of the supplements they have published articles on in the past.

What Dietary Supplements Are You Taking? Does Your Doctor Know? - The FDA tells you why it is important to let your health provider know what you are taking.

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