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 - A dietary supplement is a product that contains a vitamin, mineral, herb, or other plant product, an amino acid, or a dietary substance that *supplements* the diet by increasing total intake.
 - The **Dietary Supplement and Health Education Act of 1994** allows manufacturers to classify nutrient supplements and herbal products as foods.
 	- They do not undergo rigorous testing before being marketed
+- Most foods *do not contain toxic levels of vitamins and minerals*.
+	- A megadose is an amount of vitamin or mineral that is very high, generally at least 10 times the recommended amount of the nutrient. 
+	- When taken in high amounts, many vitamins have unpleasant side effects.
 
+# Malnutrition
+- Malnutrition is a state of health that occurs when the body is *improperly nourished*. This includes *both* **undernutrition** and **over nutrition**.
+- Nutritionally inadequate diets may be selected because of
+	- Lack of knowledge
+	- Low or fixed income
+	- Eating disorders
+	- Alco
 
 # Definitions
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