However, supplements can provide you with extra nutrients when your diet is lacking or certain health conditions trigger a deficiency (such as cancer, diabetes, or chronic diarrhea). In most cases, a multivitamin/mineralsupplement will provide all the micronutrients your body needs.
A dietary supplement is a manufactured product intended to supplement the dietwhen taken by mouth as a pill, capsule, tablet, or liquid. A supplement can provide nutrients either extracted from food sources or synthetic, individually or in combination, in order to increase the quantity of their consumption