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Summary: How to understand the difference between nutritional supplements and food; get expert tips and advice on integrating supplements and vitamins into your diet in this free personal health video.
Lisa Ann Jones, MA, RD, LDN, is a self-employed nutrition consultant specializing in lifestyle management, disease risk reduction, weight loss, diabetes, sports nutrition,...read more
"Hi I’m Lisa Jones on behalf of Expert Village. Today in this segment we will be talking about supplements versus food. Please feel free to visit my website at www.healthwisewithlisajones.com. In talking about supplements versus food, supplemental forms of vitamins and minerals are often not the same chemical form as those in foods because natural forms are often not shelf stable. In order to maintain the potency of supplements, a slightly different form of a supplement may be used. Unknown whether these shelf stable forms have the same health benefits as food based nutrients."
eHow Article: Nutritional Supplements vs. Food