Module 8: Complementary Nutrition

Question 1

What is:

Healthcare approaches that are not typically part of conventional medical care, OR that may have origins outside of usual Western practice
PLUS
If a non-mainstream practice is used TOGETHER WITH conventional medicine

Answer 1

COMPLEMENTARY NUTRITION

Question 2

What is:

Healthcare approaches that are not typically part of conventional medical care, OR that may have origins outside of usual Western practice
PLUS
If a non-mainstream practice is used IN PLACE OF conventional medicine

Answer 2

ALTERNATIVE NUTRITION

Question 3

What is:

Bringing conventional and complementary health care and wellness approaches together in a coordinated way. It is holistic, patient-focused, whole-person.

Answer 3

INTEGRATIVE NUTRITION

Question 4

What is DSHEA?

Answer 4

Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994

-it was passed with the goal of amending the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish standards with respect to dietary supplements

Question 5

What is:

a product intended to supplement the diet that bears or contains one or more of the following dietary ingredients: vitamin, mineral, an herb or botanical, AA, dietary substance used for by man to supplement the diet by increasing the total daily intake, or concentrate, metabolite, consituent, extract, or combinations of these ingredients

Answer 5

Dietary supplement (defined per DSHEA)

Question 6

Name the 4 major results of DSHEA.

Answer 6

1. Defined ‘dietary supplement’
2. Reclassified botanicals as dietary supplements, making them distinct from food or drugs
3. Allowed supplements available without a prescription and to carry ‘STRUCTURE-FUNCTION’ CLAIMS.
4. Requires specific components to be listed on the supplement label

Question 7

What is a Structure-Function Claim?

Answer 7

It outlines special regulatory requirements and procedures for using these structure function claims and 2 related types of dietary supplement labeling claims. IT CANNOT CLAIM TO PREVENT OR CURE SPECIFIC CONDITIONS.

1. May describe the role of a nutrient that is intended to affect the normal structure or functions of the human body
2. May also characterize the means by which a nutrient acts to maintain such structure
3. Must include disclaimer

Question 8

What 5 components are required to be labeled on dietary supplements?

Answer 8

1. Name of supplement
2. Ingredient information
3. Disclaimer
4. Supplement Facts Panel
5. Name & address of the manufacturer

Question 9

(TRUE/FALSE)

Dietary supplements are not subject to the same standards as prescription or over-the-counter drugs.

Answer 9

TRUE d/t DSHEA

Question 10

(TRUE/FALSE)

Manufacturers do have to prove their products are safe or effective before they put them on the market.

Answer 10

FALSE

They do NOT d/t DSHEA

Question 11

(TRUE/FALSE)

FDA can pull supplements proven to be dangerous at any time.

Answer 11

FALSE

FDA can pull them but only after the fact; it is up to the FDA to make its case that the supplement is dangerous d/t DSHEA

Question 12

What 2 FDA systems can be used to report possible adverse reactions to dietary supplements?

Answer 12

FDA Medwatch System

FDA Safety Reporting Panel