Please read the federal regulations regarding the contents mentioned in the questions and answer them . Please answer question number 1 the best way you can on your own. I will upload the worksheet .
Question 1. (Two-part question.) (A) Prior to your reading this chapter about dietary supplements, what were your beliefs and general understanding of dietary supplement products? (Point Value: 3 points) (B) After studying this chapter about dietary supplements, have your prior beliefs and general understanding changed? If so, how did they change? If not, why not? (Point Value: 3 points)
Question 2. Having read the regulations and regulatory controls that are in place of dietary supplement products, do you believe that the regulations and controls are sufficient? If so, provide information that justifies the success of the controls. If not, how can the regulations and controls be improved to better regulate the dietary supplement industry and its products? (Point Value: 3 points)
Question 3. The question of a dietary supplement’s “safety” is different than a food or color additive’s “safety.” Who has the responsibility to present information regarding a dietary supplement’s “safety?” Do you think this is an appropriate and “fool-proof” way to indicate that a dietary supplement is “safe?” If not, how could the procedure of “guaranteeing” the safety of a dietary supplement be improved? If so, what are some “issues” that still surround the procedure of presenting a dietary supplement as “safe?” (Point Value: 3 points)
Question 4. How does the current regulatory program encourage or discourage a dietary supplement manufacturer from investing in research to show a dietary supplement’s health value and safety? (Point Value: 3 points)
Question 5. (Three-part question.) (A) Do you think market forces can regulate the dietary supplement industry? Why or why not? (Point Value: 3 points) (B) What factors work for or against self-regulation of dietary supplements? (Point Value: 3 points) (C) Do you think third-party certification would allow the public to distinguish the “good” dietary supplement companies from the “bad” dietary supplement companies? Why or why not? (Point Value: 3 points)