title: Vitamins, herbs, and supplements: tools of empowerment.
abstract: 1. Consumers who elect to use natural products are electing to do more than simply use a product. Their choice is an act of self-empowerment. 2. Education is necessary because these products most often are not being obtained in a professional, consultative setting but rather in chain discount department stores and supermarkets. 3. If consumers choose to address their health concerns using a natural-based treatment plan, consultation with a health care practitioner who shares this shift in perspective and who follows the literature is important. 4. A paradigm shift could be on the health care horizon, which when complete would make herbs and other natural products part of mainstream health care practice.
authors.affiliation: Podell Medical Center, 571 Central Avenue, Suite 106, New Providence, NJ 07974, USA.
authors.forename: E W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Skiba-King
mesh_terms: D019587:Dietary Supplements / Q000592:standards; D004335:Drug and Narcotic Control; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D008517:Phytotherapy; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014481:United States; D014815:Vitamins / Q000592:standards / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D014815:Vitamins