Sharon R. Akabas, PhD is an associate professor of nutrition in pediatrics, director of the Master of Science in Nutrition Program and associate director for educational initiatives at the Institute of Human Nutrition at Columbia University in New York City. She is the author or coauthor of numerous scientific papers in Advances in Nutrition, Journal of the American Dietetic Association and other medical journals.
When you buy a dietary supplement, you assume that it contains what the label says and the ingredients aren’t harmful.…