Dietary supplements usage in Adults and Elderly

Authors

  • Pragya Singhal Research Scholar, VMLG (PG) College, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Uma Joshi Associate Professor, VMLG (PG) College, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India

Keywords:

Dietary Supplements, Probiotics, Antioxidants, Health, lifestyle

Abstract

Dietary supplements are used worldwide and represent a broad category of ingestible products that are distinguishable from conventional foods and drugs. Dietary supplements are vitamins, minerals, herbs, and many other products. They can come as pills, capsules, powders, drinks, and energy bars. Supplements do not have to go through the testing that drugs do. Dietary supplement are very useful in present time. Many people use dietary supplements in the world, dietary supplement is preferred by all age group of people. Mainly adults used dietary supplements to stay healthy and fit, to fulfil the requirements of the unavailable nutrients and elderly used dietary supplements to cure diseases. The study was conducted on group consisted of 100 person 50 adult and 50 elderly in the age between 20 to 100 years. The objective of the study was to find out the role of dietary supplements in present scenario. In present time, life is running at fast pace so people do not care of their food. Thus, the food pattern has been changed; home cooked meals are replaced by packed food. People prefer fast food by which they do not focus on healthy food and the nutrients deficiencies precipitate. To complete the deficiency of nutrients they use dietary supplements. Thus adult use dietary supplements to stay healthy and elderly use dietary supplements to cure the deficiency of nutrients while they suffer from diseases and many a times. 

How to cite this article:
Joshi U, Singhal P. Dietary Supplements usage in Adults and Elderly . J Adv Res Food Sci Nutr 2022; 5(1): 1-4.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24321/2582.3892.202201

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Published

2022-11-14