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What is the difference between drugs and supplement? Drugs Introduction: ✓ Drugs are substances that are used to treat or prevent diseases. They are also used to relieve pains, to help control mental or physical ailments, and even to help diagnose illnesses. ✓ Drugs include (1) A medicine for the internal or  external use of human beings or  animals (2) Any substance intended to be  used for or in the diagnosis, cure,  mitigation, treatment or prevention  of disease in human beings or animals;  (3) Any article, other than food,  intended to affect or influence in  any way the structure or any organic  function of the body of human  beings or animals;  (4) Any article intended for use as  a component of any medicine,  ...

What are Drugs, Dietary Supplements & Cosmetics? To be well informed it is essential to understand the basic definitions of the phrases being used in the health and wellness industry. What is a Drug? A drug, broadly speaking, is any substance that, when absorbed into the body of a living organism, alters normal bodily function. In pharmacology, a drug is “a chemical substance used in the treatment, cure, prevention, or diagnosis of disease or used to otherwise enhance physical or mental well-being.” The term DRUGS is defined under Sec 3(b) of The Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 as medicine for the internal or external use of human beings or animals and any substances intended to be used for, or, in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease in human beings or animals. It also includes any article other than food, intended to affect or influence in any way the structure or any organic function of the body of human beings or an...

Why do we need Dietary Supplements? Did you know that the food you eat is only as healthy as the soil it’s grown in? It is important to know that good farming methods are used to create the products you present to yourself and others. An unfortunate setback to the freshness of your food is the amount of time it takes to get them delivered to you. The fruits and vegetables that we buy off the shelves may be well over a week old by the time we eat them. The nutritional values of our foods diminish quickly in that time, even if stored correctly. What is the purpose of dietary supplements? Many times, fruits are picked before they are ripe (for faster crop turn over) and then sprayed with chemicals to make them ripen when needed. In some cases, foods are transported from far away places andpreservatives (chemicals) are heavily used to make sure that the food does not rot (or appear  rotten) before they reach the stores that  we purchase them from. Have...

          What is lifestyle diseases? Over 61 percent of all deaths in India attributed to lifestyle or Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) – says Body Burden, the latest state of the nation’s health report released here today by CSE More than one.73 million new cancer cases likely to be recorded each year by 2020; air pollution , tobacco , alcohol and diet change are primary triggers Every 12th Indian a diabetic -- India ranks second in the list of countries with highest diabetes patients Every third child in Delhi has impaired lungs ; India had 35 million chronic asthma patients in 2016. Indian Council of Medical  analysis  (ICMR) and  different  Institutes conduct studies on  lifestyle  diseases. According to ICMR  Asian nation  State-Level  illness  Burden Study report “India: Health of the Nation’s States”, the  calculable  proportion of all deaths  because ...