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Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) represents an array of health-care approaches with a history of use, or origins outside of conventional medicine, as explained by the US National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM). According to NCCAM, the most frequently used CAM approaches are natural products. There are numerous diet-based therapies, dietary supplements, and herbal extracts with proven or sometimes only supposed beneficial effects.
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Tataru, A., Boca, A.N. (2015). Vitamins and Nutritional Supplements. In: Katsambas, A.D., Lotti, T.M., Dessinioti, C., D’Erme, A.M. (eds) European Handbook of Dermatological Treatments. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-45139-7_153
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