JAMA Forum: Given Their Potential for Harm, It’s Time to Focus on the Safety of Supplements

Aaron Carroll

August 15, 2018

Supplements, including vitamins, minerals, and herbal products, are a huge business in the United States. US consumers spend about $30 billion on them every year. Despite uncertain benefits and possible harm, their interest in supplement use, for children as well as adults, remains undeterred.

My latest at the JAMA Forum. Go read it!

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Aaron Carroll

Aaron E. Carroll, MD, MS is co-Editor-in-Chief of The Incidental Economist and tweets at @aaronecarroll. He is the Chief Health Officer at Indiana University. He is also a Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Dean for Research Mentoring at the Indiana University School of Medicine. In addition to contributing regularly to The New York Times and the Atlantic, he is the author of four books, most recently The Bad Food Bible.

JAMA Forum: Given Their Potential for Harm, It’s Time to Focus on the Safety of Supplements

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