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Dietary supplements are used either to increase the intake of dietary nutrients, such as vitamins, or to provide nutrients that are not usually found in foods, e.g. in the form of herbal extracts. Supplements in the form of vitamin pills have been known for decades. Supplements of non-essential nutrients are also widely available. The use of dietary supplements has become so widely accepted that they can be found in supermarkets alongside basic food items. Carotenoids are ubiquitous in a diet rich in fruits and vegetables. Thus, supplements containing carotenoids are intended either to boost carotenoid intake in individuals already well supplied with carotenoids from their diet, or to provide carotenoids to those whose diet contains only low amounts of them.
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Mortensen, A. (2009). Supplements. In: Britton, G., Pfander, H., Liaaen-Jensen, S. (eds) Carotenoids. Carotenoids, vol 5. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-7501-0_4
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