Dietary Supplements

Teens and young people receive hundreds of mixed messages every day, from multiple sources, on a plethora of topics. Help your readers look at divergent opinions about dietary supplements in context, which will help them focus on the essential facts. By reviewing more than one reasonable view point on each topic, readers will develop more intelligent opinions for themselves. Essays examine whether dietary supplements should be regulated, and whether vitamin and mineral supplements are beneficial. Essays explore whether weight-loss supplements and athletic supplements are beneficial. Readers will evaluate how well supplements treat different medical conditions. Essay sources include the Council for Responsible Nutrition, WalesOnline, Office of Dietary Supplements, San Francisco Natural Medicine, and Examine.com.