According to the 2002 Harris Poll, seven out of ten adults in the United States take vitamins, minerals, herbs, or other supplements (Schardt 2). Thanks to media advertising, dietary supplements are becoming more and more popular. Companies compete to have the best supplements. Forty percent of American adults are said to take vitamin supplements and over-the-counter products, totaling several billion dollars (Farley 2). While many supplements claim to be healthy and help you lose weight, the dangers are endless. Dietary supplements can be added illegally and are not safe. Therefore, it is necessary to introduce regulations on dietary supplements and their safety risks. For starters, the federal Food and Drug Administration doesn't have the power to regulate supplements like it does medications. Once a product is placed on the market, the FDA must prove that it is unsafe or contains illegal additives before it can be removed. The FDA targeted approximately seventy contaminated weight-loss products after learning that they had been mixed with undeclared stimulants, diuretics, and antidepressants (Trebilcock 2). The Federal Food, and Drug, Administration is responsible for ensuring that food manufacturers provide safe ingredients and the correct amount of dosages for their products. Furthermore, the agency is also charged with providing accurate labels without any misleading information (Farley 1 ). The DSHEA allows the sale of “natural” products without any evidence that the product is safe. “In 1994, Congress passed the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act, which permitted the use of supplements, broadly defined as vitamins, minerals, herbs, amino acids, and other products that contain no approved drugs and do not purport to treat… . ... middle of paper ...... low. It is important to take precautions in all aspects. With all the unregulated dietary supplements sold and recommended, our health insurance costs will continue to increase if the product causes serious side effects. , should no longer be allowed to be sold in stores. The only way to touch the minds of many people is to inform them of the dangers of consuming food supplements. It is important to eliminate all incorrect information in product labeling and ingredient lists. People need to recognize the flaws that plague many advertisements. Additionally, companies should promote safe products instead of the harmful ones they advocate. The United States Congress should consider regulating dietary supplements to maintain safety. If people were aware of the many lies in companies, then dietary supplements would be one less problem to worry about.