Beyond Marketing Hype: 4 Key Reasons to Take SupplementsBeyond Marketing Hype: 4 Key Reasons to Take Supplements
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Beyond Marketing Hype: 4 Key Reasons to Take Supplements

With so many options, each promising a unique health benefit, knowing how to identify marketing hype has become essential to choosing quality supplements.
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In this series, we’ll explore the science behind some popular yet promising supplements to help you decide if they’re right for you.

The dietary supplement market is booming and probably won’t be slowing down anytime soon. Whether it’s to fill nutritional gaps in our diets or to manage a particular health issue, Americans continue to load up on pills, powders, liquids, gummies, and bars, hoping for better health.

This escalating interest has resulted in the industry’s exponential growth, to more than 90,000 products in 2019 from an estimated 4,000 in 1994. According to 2022 data, the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) reported that nearly 75 percent of Americans regularly use dietary supplements.