Food Supplements

Course Description

COURSE CONTENT

• Food supplements definition, classification and specificity; food supplements pyramid and its interpretation
• Food supplements and their health influence. Who and when needs the food supplements; legislation which refers to food supplements declaration
• Vitamins as food Supplements
• Minerals as food Supplements
• Other kinds of food supplements
• New scientific researches in the field of food supplements

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• define distribution of the  food supplements according to their composition
• identify the benefits and risks of using food supplements
• define the main reasons for taking food supplements
• recognize and discuss the difference between dietary and health claims
• recommend adequate food supplement according to the individual nutritional supplements in individual condition
• describe requirements related to composition, legislation, declaration  and placing on the market that food supplements have to satisfy