Food & Nutrition: Culinary Techniques, Diets & Metabolic Health

Nutritional health is achieved through the therapeutic use of whole foods, safe culinary preparation, and understanding the metabolic impacts of specific dietary frameworks and ingredients.

Diet and Nutrition

How to Dispose of Old Vitamins

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Melissa Scholten-Gutierrez

The Environmental Protection Agency does not recommend flushing expired vitamins or medications down the toilet. When vitamins, supplements and medications are flushed down the toilet, they pass through waste-water treatment plants and may enter the water supply of rivers and lakes.

Melissa Scholten-Gutierrez has been writing articles about health and wellness topics since 2008. She contributes to LIVESTRONG.COM, offering experience in a variety of physical and behavioral health venues, and specializing in women's health and behavioral therapies. She graduated with a Master of Social Work with a concentration in health care from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.