CAN DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS CURE DISEASES? (#biochemistry)(#dietsupplement)(#ipumusings)
CAN DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS CURE DISEASES?
Author: Manyata Gupta
WHAT ARE DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS?
Dietary supplements are products in the form of capsules, pills, liquids, powders or table used to add nutrients to your diet. A supplement either extracted from food sources or that are synthetic. Animals also can be a source of supplement ingredients, such as gelatine is derived from boiling hooves, stomachs, and other tissue linings, of pigs, cows and goats. It may be considered a food supplement or a therapeutic good, or potentially even a controlled substance.
Supplements aren't approved to be advertised for the reason of, diagnosing, treating, preventing, or curing sicknesses.
They cannot completely prevent diseases, as few vaccines can. However, a few dietary supplements are useful in decreasing the hazard of certain diseases.
For example, folic acid dietary supplements reduce the risk of birth defects of the spinal cord and brain. Folate is a B vitamin, pregnant women should consume 400 micrograms of folate on a daily basis, both from meals or dietary supplements, to safeguard against birth defects. It is needed to produce genetic materials, including DNA. It’s available in nutrients that may also contain helpful levels of iron and calcium. Folic acid allows your body to produce and maintain new cells and also helps prevent changes to DNA which could cause cancer.
For many health conditions, people use dietary supplements to improve their overall health
Herbal supplements treatment forbid illness and cure the infection. Some herbs and plant products have proven that they have the same effects that traditional medicines do, while others may haven't any impact or can be harmful. For example, Echinacea and Ginkgo prevent colds and to improve memory, respectively.
Omega-3 supplements are useful in many conditions, such as heart disease, lowering triglyceride levels, diabetes, depression, arthritis, and asthma. For consumption of omega-3, one can eat fatty fish(like salmon, tuna and sardines) and nuts and seeds (such as flaxseed). But if you can't take this food, you can have supplements(such as fish oil, cod liver oil, and algal oil). Omega-3 fatty acids actually have a positive effect on the membrane, each of your cells has a membrane around it. Omega -3 making it greater permeable and fluid so that nutrients can get into your cells.
The intake of vitamins in dietary supplements (A, E, and C) increased gradually with age. It was surveyed the majority of people consumed diets low in calcium, vitamin A, thiamine, and iron and did now no longer take dietary supplements of those nutrients .it is noted that many aged human beings are susceptible to nutrient deficiencies for reasons that include poor economic status, physiological decline, poor economic status, insufficient meal's intake, disease processes and medical treatments.
Large doses of vitamin dietary supplements like vitamin B3 (niacin) can help raise "good" high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, folic acid (vitamin B9) used to reduce the risk of a birth defect called spina bifida, Antioxidants, such as vitamin C and vitamin E, may reduce the poisonous impact of chemotherapy drugs, vitamin D supplements like vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol). Vitamin D3 is the one that is synthesised when the sun hits your skin and vitamin B12 supplement helps in absorption people who do not consume meat or who have a stomach or intestinal disorder that interferes with absorption may need to take a vitamin B12 supplement.
Proper amino acid ranges are essential for muscle improvement and strength. Supplementing your diet with essential amino acids may increase the delivery of nitrogen in your body. Some examples of supplements are Thorne Amino Complex, Designs for Health BCAA Powder with L-glutamine and Klean Athlete BCAA + Peak ATP
Coenzyme Q10 is naturally produced by the body, but with age, your body's delivery to this antioxidant may decline. Which leads to thyroid cancer and infection. In the range of 180 to 360 milligrams per day, a coenzyme Q10 supplement should be taken by people with most forms of heart disease can be a solution, Some studies have proved a benefit to taking a coenzyme Q10 supplement as a preventive for people who have had heart attacks.
REFERENCES
📌 Somsubhra Ghosh, Sandeep Pahari, Tathagata Roy. (2018), An updated overview on a food supplement, Asian Journal of Research in Chemistry (weblink)
📌 AOR: Natural Supplements VS Synthetic Supplements – Which One Is Better? (weblink)
📌 KnowYourOTCs: Dietary Supplements: Make Sure You Get the Benefits (weblink)
About the Author:
Manyata Gupta, a graduate student of University School of Chemical Technology, GGSIP University, Delhi. She is pursuing her degree in biochemical engineering. She wants to build her career in biopharma, dietary supplements and herbal medicines.
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