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Office of Dietary Supplements

Strengthening Knowledge and Understanding of Dietary Supplements

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Before taking a dietary supplement, take a look at Dietary Supplements: What You Need to Know and talk to your health care providers.

Dietary Supplement Fact Sheets

The Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) fact sheets give a current overview of individual vitamins, minerals and other dietary supplements. ODS has fact sheets in two versions—Health Professional and QuickFacts. Both versions provide the same types of information but vary in the level of detail. QuickFacts are now available in Spanish. More Dietary Supplement Fact Sheets »

Featured Dietary Supplement Fact Sheets

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Vitamin A

Vitamin A is important for vision, the immune system, and reproduction. More »

Assorted multivitamin/mineral tablets.

Multivitamin/mineral Supplements

More than one-third of Americans take MVMs. More »