Safety of Nutritional Supplements

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Treating Nutritional Deficiencies

Nutritional Emergencies

Nutritional Assessment

• Nutrition Assessment
  Are you at risk of being nutritionally deficient?
  • NICE guidelines
  • Simple dietary assessment
  • Risk factors for nutritional deficiency
• Prevalence of Nutritional Deficiencies
  • Britain – NDNS, National Diet and Nutrition Surveys
  • Other British Nutritional Surveys
  • Worldwide – World Health Organisation
• Risk Factors for Nutritional Deficiency
• The Four Uses of the Essential Nutrients
• How Deficiencies Develop
• Deficiency Symptoms and Signs
• Nutritional Tests
• Treating Nutritional Deficiencies
  • Food Fortification
  • Supplementation
  • Education
  • Disease Control
• Healthy Eating
• Dietary Sources of Essential Nutrients
  • Energy and Protein
  • Vitamins
  • Minerals
  • Essential Fatty Acids
• Guide to Nutritional Supplements
• Nutritional Emergencies
  • Unintentional Weight Loss
  • Persistent Vomiting
  • Vomiting in Pregnancy
  • Prolonged Diarrhoea
  • Alcohol Excess
  • Acute Thiamine Deficiency
  • Vitamin B12 Deficiency
  • Severe Anaemia
• Safety of Nutritional Supplements
• Reports on the Adverse Effects of Supplements
  • Safe Upper Levels for Vitamins and Minerals (UK) - EVM
  • Review of Dietary Advice on Vitamin A (UK) - SACN
  • Cochrane Review of Antioxidant Supplements (International)
• Are Your Supplements Safe for You?
• Major Contraindications in more detail
• The Response of Industry to Safety Issues
• How to Report an Adverse Reaction
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