HISTORY155 - Dietary Supplements
Once again, Pat suggested this topic for a blog. Recently she pointed out to me the many Costco aisles and shelves that were packed with vitamins and other dietary supplements, and we wondered how that happened, i.e., how did they come to be, and what could they all be for. So, this blog will be about the development history of dietary supplements. After an introduction, I will identify the different types (categories) of dietary supplements, and then discuss the development history and marketed benefits of the supplements in each category. I will finish with a discussion of how dietary supplements are regulated, and the future of dietary supplements. As usual, I will list my primary sources at the end. After completing this article, I realize that it’s much too detailed for the casual reader. So, I suggest some readers might want to use parts of the article as a source of information - now or later as the need or interest arises. I...