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ForwardHazardous Supplements: Dietary Supplements and Their Interactions
This continuing education course will evaluate dietary supplements for their safety and efficacy, with a focus on supplements that claim to improve health. Identification of hazardous supplements and their origins, application, and potential interactions will be reviewed as well as regulatory gaps and adverse events.
Course content appeared as the CPE Monthly in the February 2024 edition of Today's Dietitian.
Learning Objectives
After completing this continuing education course, nutrition professionals should be better able to:
- Define the term “dietary supplement” per the FDA and explain the potential effects of regular usage.
- Distinguish five hazardous supplements and identify why they’re considered hazardous.
- Analyze current government oversight of dietary supplements in the United States.
Additional Information
Course content was written by Alexandria Hardy, RDN, LDN, a freelance writer based in Pennsylvania.
The faculty and planners for this activity have no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
An "ineligible company" includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
In support of improving patient care, Great Valley Publishing Company is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
This activity will also award credit for dietetics (CDR CPEU).
RDs and DTRs are to select activity type 102 in their Activity Log. Sphere and Competency selection is at the learner’s discretion.
Available Credit
- 2.00 CDR