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Science SPM Chapter 10 Chemicals in Medicine and Health
10.4 Health Products
Active Ingredients in Health Products
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1. Health products are substances that
are used to maintain good health and
quality of life.
2. Examples of health products are
vitamins, minerals, herbal medicines
and probiotics.
3. An active ingredient is a specific Form 4
component in a health product which
has a healing or preventive effect
on a disease.
Figure 10.8 Example of active ingredient
in a health product
The Use of Health Products Available in the Market
1. Figure 10.9 shows the main reasons for taking health products.
To help maintain
To complement functions of
diet
body systems
Main To supplement
To prevent Reasons for body with
serious nutrients which are
diseases Using Health poorly absorbed
Products
with age
To supplement
body with nutrients To remove toxic
that are lacking substances
as a result of from body
an unhealthy
lifestyle
Figure 10.9 Main reasons for using health products
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