title: Nutraceuticals: miracle or meme?
abstract: Nutraceuticals, widely becoming adopted as a catchall term to refer to vitamins, minerals, herbs, and various other supplements, continue to gain popularity among large segments of the population, despite little proof of any benefit of most of these compounds.
authors.affiliation: markridinger@comcast.net
authors.forename: M H T
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Ridinger
mesh_terms: D003257:Consumer Product Safety; D019587:Dietary Supplements / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000191:economics; D017277:Drug Approval; D004345:Drug Industry / Q000191:economics; D004347:Drug Interactions; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration