Medications & Nutrition Overview
Icebergs are an excellent metaphor for our knowledge of the effects of medications on nutritional health – we’re aware of their existence, but we don’t really know the size of the underwater or “hidden” component.
Medications can both affect our nutritional status and be affected by various foods, nutrients and our nutritional health. This overview will briefly address some of these aspects.
The terms “drugs”, “medicines” and “medications” are used interchangeably.