Researching Dietary Supplement Ingredients

Reading labels

After hearing her story, you open up Mrs. Nguyen's bag and find the following bottles.

You start by reading the labels on the bottles. What do you do with all these bottles? How would you go about finding information about these supplements?

To gain skills on reading HDS labels view the slide presentation below.

For more information about on reading labels or the requirements for labels, please explore the resources below:

nccam.nih.gov/health/supplements/wiseuse.htm

www.fda.gov/Food/DietarySupplements/ConsumerInformation/ucm110567.htm

Now It's Your Turn!

See if you can identify the products on the next page.