The Findings section of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) of 1994 includes the following:
*Congress finds that –
- (1) improving the health status of United States citizens ranks at the top of the national priorities of the Federal Government;
- (2) the importance of nutrition and the benefits of dietary supplements to health promotion and disease prevention have been documented increasingly in scientific studies;
- (5) preventive health measures, including education, good nutrition, and appropriate use of safe nutritional supplements will limit the incidence of chronic diseases, and reduce long-term health care expenditures;
- (7) there is a growing need for emphasis on the dissemination of information linking nutrition and long-term good health;
- (8) consumers should be empowered to make choices about preventive health care programs based on data from scientific studies of health benefits related to particular dietary supplements;
- (13) although the Federal Government should take swift action against products that are unsafe or adulterated, the Federal Government should not take any actions to impose unreasonable regulatory barriers limiting or slowing the flow of safe products and accurate information to consumers;
- (14) dietary supplements are safe within a broad range of intake, and safety problems with the supplements are relatively rare; . . .
See this page for the full list of 15 findings and more about DSHEA.