Scienceline
April 11, 2016
A walk down the supplement aisle of your local health food store can be daunting. There is an incredible array of choices, from the bottles claiming to boost your immune system to the capsules full of exotic herbs. Online, there are countless websites recommending dietary supplements to cure whatever ails you. And Americans are acting on these recommendations; the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) estimates they spent more than $36 billion on dietary supplements in 2014.