Many people prescribe to themselves vitamin complexes, minerals, cleansing and sedative preparations. Why is this practice dangerous, and what are the consequences of the uncontrolled use of dietary supplements, explained the St. Petersburg doctor Boris Shelyapin.
“You have to understand that dietary supplements were originally invented for people who are in difficult conditions,” he said. – And now we live in sufficient comfort – in apartments, private houses. The average person these days eats two to three times the amount they need. Pay attention – nowhere are there any advertisements “I will cure from exhaustion”, everywhere only – “I will help to lose weight”. So even if there are some errors in nutrition, they are more than compensated for. “
According to him, this is not only a Russian, but also a global problem. “Dietary supplements do not require certification – thorough research, like medicinal substances. They pass the register according to a simplified scheme, the doctor said. For comparison, it takes 5 to 15 years for a medicinal product to enter the market, and 6 to 12 months for a dietary supplement.
At the same time, he added that there are bona fide supplement manufacturers who are trying to make an “honest” product.
“The point is not that dietary supplements are an unambiguous evil. There are examples of quality supplements. But there are also those manufacturers who can completely uncontrollably add to dietary supplements something that not only does not benefit, but can also cause harm, ”concluded Shelyapin.
Source: Rosbalt
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