Natural Food Supplements
These are composed of, derived from or by-products of foods that provide health benefits.
Food supplements can be high in certain nutrients, active ingredients that aid digestive or metabolic processes or provide a combination of nutrients and active ingredients for example vitamins, minerals, fiber, fatty acids, and amino acids that are missing or are not in sufficient quantity in a person’s diet.
WHATS ON THE SHELVES
Food supplements come in many shapes and formed- tablets, capsules, powders, liquids, jellies, creams, biscuits, waivers, granules and more. Packaging depends on the nature of the food supplements composition.
The potency of these products is affected by the length of time they sit on the shelf or by the temperature at which they are kept.
Examples of food supplements are:-
Alfafa
Aloe Vera
Barley grass
Bran
Bee by products
Bee pollen
Bee Propolis
Brewer’s yeast
Chlorophyll
Co enzyme Q10
Fish Oil
Flax seed oil
Primrose oil
Garlic
Ginkgo Biloba
Ginseng
Green drinks
Green papaya
Honey
Kelp
Melatonin
Mucilage
Oat bran
Olive oil extract
Sea cucumber
Spirulum
Wheat grass
