Caffeine, Creatine, Diet-Nutrition, Diet-Vegan, Echinacea, Folic Acid, Garlic, Ginkgo, Ginseng, Glucosamine/ Chondroitin, Herbals, Lecithin, Lycopene, Magnesium, Rhodiola Rosea, Saw Palmetto, St. John's Wort, Vitamins

The most commonly used vitamins and herbals

These data are from a telephone survey of more than 2500 randomly sampled noninstitutionalized Americans, which was published in 2002. The tables can also be found here.

Vitamins

  • Multivitamin 26%
  • Vitamin E 10%
  • Vitamin C 9%
  • Calcium 9%
  • Magnesium 3%
  • Zinc 2%
  • Folic Acid 2%
  • Vitamin B12 2%
  • Vitamin D 2%
  • Vitamin A 2%
  • Any vitamin/mineral 40%

Herbal/Supplement

  • Ginseng 3.3%
  • Ginkgo 2.2%
  • Garlic 1.9%
  • Glucosamine 1.9%
  • St. John’s Wort 1.3%
  • Echinacea 1.3%
  • Lecithin 1.1%
  • Chondroitin 1.0%
  • Creatine 0.9%
  • Saw Palmetto 0.9%
  • Any herbal/supplement 14%

7/30/06 18:51 JR