More Organizations That Can Help You Evaluate Your Vitamin and Mineral Supplement Products

Medline Plus
Medline Plus is an extensive medical and health information resource that comes from the world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine.

They have a large section on vitamin and mineral supplements that can be accessed by typing "Dietary Supplements" into their search box at the top of their home page. You can go to the Medline Plus web site by clicking here.

The Dietary Supplement Education Alliance
The Dietary Supplement Education Alliance (DSEA) is an organization that was created to promote the responsible use of vitamins, minerals, herbs and specialty supplements.

The DSEA has a large list of every kind of vitamin, mineral, herb and nutriceutical you could imagine arranged in alphabetical order. You can scroll down this list, pick a choice such as Vitamin E and then be taken to comprehensive information about Vitamin E including what it is, what it does, reported uses, dosage info, toxicities, precautions and more. A great reasource.

This vitamins, minerals, herbs, etc. resource can be accessed by clicking on "About Supplements" on the top of the DSEA home page. You can go to the DSEA web site by clicking here.

Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN)
A good resource on nutrition is the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN). CRN is a Washington-based trade association representing ingredient suppliers and manufacturers in the dietary supplement industry.

CRN's mission is to improve the environment for member companies to responsibly market dietary supplements by enhancing confidence among media, healthcare professionals, decision makers and consumers.

The CRN web site has a good section titled "About Supplements". In this section they discuss areas such as vitamins and minerals, sports nutrition supplements, how to read a supplement label and other subjects. You can access the CRN web site here.