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Office of Dietary Supplements

Strengthening Knowledge and Understanding of Dietary Supplements

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What Science Says About Dietary Supplements


Our mission is to support research about dietary supplements to help you make the best decisions about dietary supplement use.

Dietary Supplement Fact Sheets

The Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) fact sheets give a current overview of individual vitamins, minerals and other dietary supplements. ODS has fact sheets in two versions—Health Professional and QuickFacts. Both versions provide the same types of information but vary in the level of detail. QuickFacts are now available in Spanish. More Dietary Supplement Fact Sheets »

Featured Dietary Supplement Fact Sheets

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Iodine

The use of iodized salt is the most widely used strategy to control iodine deficiency. More »

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Multivitamin/mineral Supplements

More than one-third of Americans take MVMs. More »