Cheat sheet: health benefits of food supplements

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There are many books, magazines, blogs etc, which discuss health benefits of various food supplements. There are hundreds of food supplements and each of them might have positive effects on various health conditions. How to get acquainted with effectiveness (or ineffectiveness) of food supplements?

Snake Oil? Scientific evidence for popular health supplements displays benefits of food supplements as a “balloon race”. A balloon represents a combination of a supplement and a health condition. The higher the balloon is the greater a scientific evidence and the food supplement if effective for the given health condition. There are about 170 balloons of the picture. Some balloons contain the same supplement. However, they differ in health condition. For example, omega 6 has proven positive effect on heart health. Therefore, the ballon with omega 6 + heart health is high. Another balloon for omega 6 is close to the bottom. It represents efficiency of omega 6 in preventing cancer.

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