Health foods are more closely related to "medicine". Doctor: Sometimes it has the opposite effect

Dietary supplement (including health foods, herbs, etc.), also known as nutrients, created a 40 billion yuan merchant machine last year, which is highly respected by many people. However, Walter Tsang, a specialist in urinary tumors at Redlands Community Hospital in Southern California, said at a speech held at the Civic Medical Center on the 27th that nutrients are not elixirs. Even if products rich in "anti-Oxidants" are taken in the wrong situation, they will have the opposite effect.

Zeng Huayi suggested that it was not that the nutrients were not good, but that they should be selected after evaluating their own situation under the instructions of the doctor to ensure safety without any risk.

Zeng Huayi said that there are more than 50,000 nutrients on the market now. The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of In 1994), nutrients are more considered "food" rather than "medicine". But he believed that nutritional products are more similar to "pharmaceuticals". Before taking health care products, they should first confirm with the doctor whether they are suitable for themselves, or whether they will have conflicts with other drugs taken.

Zeng Huayi pointed out that the most common health food certification marks in North America, including GMP, USP, etc., will verify the purity, quality, ingredients, efficacy of nutrients, and can be seen in product outsourcing. But even with these stamps, it does not mean that they are completely safe, because the research on these nutrients is usually done in the laboratory. Some ingredients are effective for animals, but they are not effective for humans. The efficacy of medicine will also be different for different races, sample sizes, statistical methods, etc.

In addition, it is more important to note that there are problems such as incomplete nutritional products, decoctions, and being infected. From 2007 to 2016, the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigated a total of 746 brands of nutrients, such as sterols added to muscle-building health products. In addition, many nutrients may contain heavy metals and slaughter agents. In October 2013, the FDA pointed out that up to 12% of imported spices were stained, including stools, stools, rats or human hair. Dr. Zeng said that an estimated 20,000 people are sent to emergency clinics every year due to nutrition-related conditions, and the government often intervenes in and removes the shelves "after an accident."

Before taking nutrients, the doctor suggested that it would be necessary to see if there would be conflicts with other drugs taken. For example, Ginkgo biloba, which has anticoagulant and lowered blood sugar effects, is not suitable for people who are taking diabetes medicines, because both of them can lower blood sugar, and taking them together may lead to low blood sugar. Many health products contain antioxidants, but people who are doing radiotherapy, chemical treatments, etc. may not be suitable for taking them, which will reduce the effectiveness of cancer treatment drugs.