Table 3

Dietary Supplements Most Often Covered in Major Medical Journals

Supplement
Number of Articles

Folate and other B vitamins
37
Coffee, green tea, caffeine
20
Calcium and/or Vitamin D
18
Iron
11
Omega-3 fatty acids
9
Multivitamins or multiple vitamin/nutrient mixtures
6
Lavender/tea tree
6
Vitamin A
5
Zinc
5

Other DS included probiotics, olive oil, antioxidants, garlic, Vitamins C, E, and K chondroitin, and black cohosh

Kemper and Hood BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2008 8:11   doi:10.1186/1472-6882-8-11