Nutrients, supplements safety and toxicity

Abstract

Obtaining adequate amount of essential nutrients at different stages of life is critical to normal development and health maintenance. The feeling of inadequacy, however, is pervasive even in affluent societies. This sentiment has spawned the exponential use of dietary supplements (including nutrients, nutraceuticals and herbal products) worldwide. Such consumer behaviour perhaps precipitates from the views that science has not fully unveiled needs of the human body and that if something is good, more are better. When it comes to inadequate intake of essential nutrient(s), the positive benefits of ...