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Introduction: The food supplements are products that contain a “dietary ingredient” which is intended to increase the nutritional value of the diet. According to the ingredients and the effects of every supplement they are divided into various categories and there are some people that necessarily need to include them in their diet. Specified tests are made to the food supplements before they release to the market. The utility and the side effects of many of them have already been determined. Purpose: The present study investigated the consumption of food supplements in the Greek population, and more specifically in Athens, Thessaloniki and Chios. Methodology: The study sample consisted of 1200 people aged over 15 years old, regardless of their socioeconomic status. They were given instructions for completing a questionnaire. Then we summarized all the answers and used the statistical program SPSS 20.0 to find the survey’s results. Conclusions: A statistically significant correlation was found a) between the income of the respondents and the individuals who recommended the food supplements, b) between the frequency of exercise of the respondents and the use of food supplements and c) between the diet followed by the respondents and the use of food supplements.