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Article: HEALTH SPECIAL: TAKE WITH A PINCH OF SALT Whether you want to have more sex or more hair, there's now a supplement that promises to help. But should we swallow the manufacturers' claims?
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- The Independent on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- January 23, 2005
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The public's appetite for supplements is more voracious than ever,
with the market now estimated to be worth pounds 10bn a year
worldwide, and an astonishing 700,000 products jostling for position
on the shop shelves.
A list of Britain's biggest sellers would include vitamin C, St
John's wort, selenium, glucosamine, ginkgo biloba, black cohosh,
evening primrose, and flaxseed. But while the purpose of such well-
established supplements is largely preventative - to stave off
illness, or depression, or the ravages of age - our medicine cabinets
are now filling up with an increasingly exotic range of products.
Products which promise to enhance our lifestyles as well as keeping
us healthy.
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