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title: Dietary Supplements | IFIS Publishing
description: Food experts explore the topic 'Self Prescribing a Legal Dose or Duped into Deficiency? Should Dietary Supplements Regulations Be Changed to Avoid Health Adversities?'
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# 'Dietary Supplements' whitepaper

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Melissa M. Card J.D. (Associate Director and Instructor of the Institute for Food Laws and Regulation at Michigan State University) and John F. Abela B.S.Ed. (Secondary Education Science Educator) explore the topic **'Self Prescribing a Legal Dose or Duped into Deficiency? Should Dietary Supplements Regulations Be Changed to Avoid Health Adversities?'**

### Contents:

- Background information, looking at the history, definition and deregulation
- Analysis - toxicity, deficiency, United States Pharmacopeia
- Potential solutions
- Conclusion

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