Are Vitamin Supplements and Dietary Supplements the Same Thing?

Corporate Secretary Service Indonesia – Dietary supplements are products used to complement the nutritional needs of food, which contain one or more ingredients in the form of vitamins, minerals, amino acids or other ingredients (of plant or non-plant origin) that have nutritional value and / or physiological effects in concentrated amounts.

Food supplements are prohibited from containing drugs, narcotics or other psychotropic substances. Supplements can be in the form of tablets, capsules, keel capsules, powders, candies, and liquids. Food supplements in the form of liquid per oral are prohibited from containing ethyl alcohol with a level of more than 5%. The BPOM regulation states the maximum daily usage limit of each vitamin, mineral, and amino acid.

Example of Supplements

1. Vitamins

Fat Soluble: Vitamin A, D, E, K

Water Soluble: B, C, H (biotin)

2. Minerals

Calcium, Iron, Phosphorus, Potassium, Chromium, Magnesium, Manganese, Copper, Iodine, Zinc

3. Amino acids

Glutamine, L-Arginine, Leucine, lysine, Inositol

4. Other Ingredients

Bioflavonoids, chitosan, glucosamine, caffeine

Supplement Benefits

• Maintain health
• Meet nutritional needs

Who Needs Supplements?

Pregnant women

People who are on special medication. In European studies, many people today do not eat healthy foods, so many people are deficient in vitamin c, d, folic acid, calcium, and in some adolescent women experience iron deficiency.

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Risks of Supplement Use

• May interact with other drugs and foods
• May affect lab results
• May affect surgery

Effects May Occur When

• Combination of multiple supplements
• Combination of supplements and medications
• Taking too many supplements
• Preferring supplements over medicine

Regulation

Dietary supplements produced and distributed in Indonesia must have a distribution license from BPOM (Food and Drug Administration). Marking on supplements must include at least:

• The words “Food Supplements”
• The name of the product, which can be a generic name or trade name
• Name and address of the manufacturer or importer
• Size, content, net weight
• Composition in qualitative and quantitative terms
• Alcohol content, if any
• Uses, mode of use and dosage
• Contraindications, side effects and warnings, if any
• Distribution license number
• Batch number / production code
• Expiry date
• Other information related to safety or quality or origin of certain materials in accordance with applicable regulations.

Tips for Taking Supplements Safely

• Communicate with health workers, especially for patients who routinely consume drugs
• Consume according to the rules of use listed on the packaging
• Do not replace medicine or healthy food with supplements
• Do not assume that the composition “labeled” natural has no effect
• Use vitamins that have been researched
• Pay attention to claims on vitamins: information that is objective, complete and not misleading.

Conclusion

Vitamins are different from supplements. Not all vitamins are supplements, some vitamins are included in drugs, because the dose exceeds the maximum limit of the supplement. Pay attention to tips for choosing supplements.

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