After completing this assignment, you should be able to:

Understand the complexity of the supplement industry in the number of products available and how they are marketed to individuals.

Be able to find reliable research information on the use of a particular product.

Be able to discuss the product and say whether it may be useful, harmful, or not harmful, be of questionable harmful benefit.

Decide if the cost / benefit ratio is desirable.

Instructions :

Choose just one supplement. Don't choose a multivitamin. It can be a vitamin, mineral, herbal supplement, or other nutrition-related substance. IE vitamin E, or Niacin, etc.

Find an article in a professional / scholarly journal or on the WEB that supports or denies the use of this product.

Make a report illustrating all of this.

Iron supplement

Article : Efficacy of iron supplementation on fatigue and physical capacity in non-anaemic iron-deficient adults: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials

In this article, it is discussed here the effects of iron supplementation on fatigue and physical capacity of IDNA. The target age range in this study are adults ( >18 years old) who were iron-deficient but non-anemic. Enrolling 1170 patients and included 18 different trials and 2 companion papers. Interventions included oral, muscular and intravenous iron supplementation; and all therapy doses, frequencies and doses are all included. The primary outcome measures self-reported fatigue and objective measures of physical activity. Secondary outcomes included the incidence of anemia, change in hemoglobin concentration and serum ferritin and the incidence of adverse outcomes including iron toxicity, constipation, diarrhea, gastrointestinal intolerance and nausea. Results showed that iron supplementation to IDNA adults significantly increased serum hemoglobin concentration and serum ferritin. In conclusion of the study, iron supplementation is associated with reduced subjective measures of fatigue but no significant on objective physical capacity. Given the Given the global prevalence of both iron deficiency and fatigue, patients and practitioner could consider consumption of iron-rich foods or iron supplementation to improve symptoms of fatigue in the absence of documented anemia.