Scientists had only just discovered that the vitamans exist ed and were important for our bodies a few decades earlier. There wasn't a clear sense of where they belonged in this new stricter set of laws, like were they food, or were they drugs, or what? So as a result, vitemens kind of wound up falling into this weird gray area, like middle ground, in between food and drugs. And then came the 19 60 and 70. The counterculture movement swept through the country and led to a huge explosion dietarys uplmon.
Millions of Americans take dietary supplements — everything from vitamins and minerals to weight loss pills and probiotics. But because supplements are loosely regulated in the US, their makers don't have to prove that they work, or even that they are safe.
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