General Information and Resources
U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP)The United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc.
Independent, science-based public health organization and official public standards-setting authority for all prescription and over-the-counter medicines, dietary supplements, and other healthcare products manufactured and sold in the US.
Claims That Can Be Made for Conventional Foods and Dietary SupplementsDHHS. FDA. Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
Describes what health claims, nutrient content claims, and structure/function claims on labels are authorized by the FDA for foods and dietary supplements.
Common Dietary Supplements for Weight LossAmerican Academy of Family Physicians. American Family Physician.
November 2004 article. Also in PDF|144 KB.
Dietary Supplement Ingredient Database (DSID)
USDA. ARS. Nutrient Data Laboratory; DHHS. NIH. Office of Dietary Supplements.
Estimates levels of ingredients in a representative sample of adult multivitamin/multimineral supplements compared to content claimed on the ingredient label.
Dietary Supplement Use in the Elderly (Current Bibliographies in Medicine 2003-1)January 1997 through October 2002, 3445 Citations.
Dietary SupplementsUSACHPPM. Directorate of Health Promotion and Wellness.
Find resources targeted to US military personnel including fact sheets, posters, slide presentations, and internet resources.
Dietary Supplements Labels DatabaseDHHS. NIH. National Library of Medicine.
A product-based database that includes information on more than 2,000 brands of dietary supplements and their ingredients, uses, and manufacturers. Allows users to determine what ingredients are in specific brands and to compare ingredients in different brands.
Dietary SupplementsDHHS. FDA. Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
FDA's Dietary Supplement homepage provides links to regulatory information, warnings and safety issues, adverse event reporting, consumer education, industry information, label claims, and more.
National Council Against Health FraudNational Council Against Health Fraud.
Private nonprofit, voluntary health agency that focuses upon health misinformation, fraud, and quackery as public health problems.
Dietary Supplements Resource Lists
USDA. NAL. Food and Nutrition Information Center.
Dietary Supplements - A Consumer Guide (PDF | 205 KB)National Consumers League.
Consumer-focused brochure providing an overview of supplements.
Position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Nutrient SupplementationAcademy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Dietary Supplements: How to Know What Is SafeAmerican Cancer Society.
Information on the effects of supplements on cancer treatments and general information for understanding dietary supplements.
Office of Dietary Supplements
DHHS. NIH. Office of Dietary Supplements.
Mission is to strengthen knowledge and understanding of dietary supplements by evaluating scientific information, stimulating and supporting research, disseminating research results, and educating the public.
Overview of Dietary SupplementsDHHS. FDA. Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
Questions and answers about dietary supplements.
PubMed Dietary Supplement SubsetDHHS. NIH. Office of Dietary Supplements; National Library of Medicine.
Provides citations from a broad spectrum of dietary supplement literature including vitamin, mineral, phytochemical, ergogenic, botanical, and herbal supplements in human nutrition and animal models. Succeeds the International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS) database.
Responses to Questions about Codex and Dietary SupplementsDHHS. FDA. Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
Dietary SupplementsFederal Trade Commission.
Contains information on dietary supplements, safety, claims, and how to report problems.
Tips For The Savvy Supplement User: Making Informed Decisions And Evaluating InformationDHHS. FDA. Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
Look here for supplement information in Spanish.
Using Dietary Supplements WiselyDHHS. NIH. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.