Supplements are a multi-billion dollar industry, but, unlike pharmaceutical companies, manufacturers of these products don't have to prove that their products are effective, only that they are safe - and that's for new supplements only. At least 29,000 kinds of new supplements have been brought to the market and approved by the FDA, and there are innumerable variations on them. We wanted to know which supplements are worth our attention (and money). So, in a piece for The Conversation, six scientists - experts in everything from public health to exercise physiology - to name a supplement they take each day and why they take it.
Turmeric: Simon Bishop, lecturer in public health and primary care, Bangor University Turmeric is more familiar as an ingredient in South Asian cooking, adding an earthy warmth and fragrance to curried dishes, but, in recent years, it has also garnered attention for its potential health benefits.
