Continuing the conversation about drugs and biologically active food supplements would like to pay special attention to components that are part of the BAA. With drugs all clear, manufacturers use only substances that have passed the certification and registration of it as a substance for the production of medicines. But the raw material for the production of dietary supplements can be very diverse ... Tell me, professor! Judging by the official publications, and drugs, and biologically active additives to food, by definition, is produced from vegetable, animal and mineral resources, as well as chemical and bio-technological methods. What then is their difference? A difference is that the raw material for the production of dietary supplements may be informal. For example, plants which are used in folk medicine, but not listed in the State Pharmacopoeia (collection of standards, containing the indicators and methods of quality control), and as such are. These plants are no clinical trials for them does not fix the state standard of conformity, that is, they are not raw material for production of medicines. In this connection should not trust those producers BAA, which first have a basic framework - pharmaceutical manufacturing, and secondly, provide a certificate of clinical trials (and the responsibility of major manufacturers are always carried out similar studies), and third, not known decades, fourthly, there are entire clinical institutions, struggling over an issue, the result of research and which are BAD. Of course, buying any dietary supplement is only in the pharmacy, which enjoys your confidence. Networking and separate large pharmacies operating on the market for several years, will not risk their reputation by putting on their shelves defective goods. Chemical or natural? The most common myth about dietary supplements - their naturalness. But! Notice in the dietary supplement, by definition, can be identical to natural substances obtained by chemical synthesis. It is necessary to understand in order to dispel the myth of "natural and safe" dietary supplement. Of course, if the composition of dietary supplements claimed plants, consumer vigilance may be euthanized, but the use of dietary supplements, consisting of herbs with a high content of active substances without a clearly defined dose and clear knowledge of the mechanisms of action may lead to the development of pathological changes in the body. Individual human response to plant components can vary up to extremely negative (eg, in the presence of allergies or weakened immunity). There are many herbs that are not used in medicine, then there are the "people's means." Of course, the recipes of traditional medicine tested for centuries, but in an age of modern technology and medicine, herbs should be treated still experienced phyto-therapists, in whose hands the most common medicinal plant is the strongest medicament. Typically, a variety of plant extracts are introduced into the means for losing weight, but said the effect does not always live up to expectations. Why? It is trite but true to the truth is that the components of the slimming fees "- only laxatives, the effect of which is terminated immediately after the abolition of BAD. With regard to the exceptional naturalness of these funds - it can be to question, because it is impossible to verify. If we talk about drugs, then for each substance is a qualitative chemical reaction, and is carried out in analytical laboratories for confirmation of the substance. And with regard to dietary supplements - by law they belong to ... food, because they check in the analytical laboratory can not. It checks only the existence of the certificate and registration certificate. So stay alert, trust well-known manufacturers! Plus there!? Of course, dietary supplements have several advantages. It is a quality dietary supplement. They can serve to correct the diet - on doctor's prescription in combination with drugs and other methods of therapy. Supplements can effectively restore the intestinal flora, to fight certain types of hypovitaminosis, to provide immune protection for prolonged use, its prophylactic use can support the body in certain conditions. But beware of the doctor, who appoints the BAA as the sole remedy against the disease! Once again: Supplements - only a means of enriching the diet a person, not a drug!