This is, without a doubt, the most useful information I have ever seen on health and dietary supplements....
By Bob DeMarco
Alzheimer's Reading Room
The image below is a “balloon race”. The higher a bubble, the greater the scientific evidence for the effectiveness of a given supplement. Importantly, inside the bubble you get a list of the conditions for which the supplement is effective.
The infographic below shows the effectiveness of health supplements on the Y-axis (higher is better), and uses the size of the bubbles to illustrate the popularity of a particular supplement among US adults. Any supplement appearing below the “worth it line,” doesn’t have enough medical evidence to support its use, according to the creator's.
The author/ creators looked at data from over 1500 studies on both PubMed (US National Library Of Medicine) and Cochrane.org. The infographic is the best I have ever seen on health and dietary supplements.
If you are interested in or taking dietary or health supplements, I strongly suggest that you check out the interactive version, which lets you filter the supplements by function. To do that go here.
Tip of the hat to Information is Beautiful.
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Original content Bob DeMarco, the Alzheimer's Reading RoomBob DeMarco is the editor of the Alzheimer's Reading Room and an Alzheimer's caregiver. Bob has written more than 1,300 articles with more than 9,000 links on the Internet. Bob resides in Delray Beach, FL.
