Health and Medical Guide to Complementary and Alternative Therapies Dietary Supplements Health information topics about Dietary Supplements: Clinical Trials 1. ClinicalTrials.gov: Dietary Supplements National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/intervention=dietary+supplements&recruitin... Directories 1. Find a Nutrition Professional American Dietetic Association http://www.eatright.org/Public/PublicDietitianDisclaimerAdvanced.htm Law and Policy 1. Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 199 Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/dietsupp.html 2. Claims That Can Be Made for Conventional Foods and Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/hclaims.html 3. Responses to Questions about Codex and Dietary Sup Food and Drug Administration http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/dscodex.html 4. 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International Bibliographic Information on Dietary National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements http://ods.od.nih.gov/health_information/ibids.aspx 5. Dietary Supplements: General Resources for Consume Food and Nutrition Information Center http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/pubs/bibs/gen/dietsupp.html Organizations 1. Food and Nutrition Information Center http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/ 2. National Center for Complementary and Alternative http://nccam.nih.gov/ 3. National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary S http://dietary-supplements.info.nih.gov/ 4. Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/list.html Overviews 1. What Are Dietary Supplements? Iowa State University, University Extension http://www.extension.iastate.edu/nutrition/supplements/ Related Issues 1. Choosing the Right Nutritional Supplement Cleveland Clinic Foundation http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/2600/2653.asp?index=... 2. 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