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How to Live Longer and Feel Better
A Thirtieth anniversary edition of Pauling's seminal work on the role of vitamins and minerals in preventing disease and achieving optimal health.
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First published January 1, 1986
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September 13, 2016
This is a great book. I came away from reading it with a lot of respect and admiration for Linus Pauling and his work. The world would be a far better place with more people like him in it.
At the start of the book, Pauling gives a simple guide to how to live a healthier life. It's so simple, practical and inexpensive and makes so much sense. One wonders how much disease could have been prevented, and could be prevented now, if more of us followed these simple guidelines. My guess is A HUGE AMOUNT!
(Looking at M.E. specifically, one wonders how many of us could have avoided becoming severely ill by following this guide both pre- and post-illness...I wish so much I had had this guide in the early days of my illness, or before I became ill. I strongly suspect I would not be anywhere near as ill as I am now and I am mad that this basic advice about vitamins is so seldom given by the mainstream media or by doctors. WHY? When it's so safe, cheap and effective?? It's such a waste.)
This is a slightly paraphrased version of Pauling's basic regimen for a healthy life:
* Take 6 - 18 g of vitamin C daily
* Take 400 IU, 800 IU or 1600 IU of natural vitamin E daily
* Take 1 - 2 B vitamin supplements daily
* Take 25 000 IU of vitamin A daily
* Take a multimineral tablet daily
* Keep your intake of sugar low
* Eat what you like in moderation, but avoid sugar. Meat and eggs are good, and fruit and vegetables are good. Don't eat too much of any one food and don't eat so much that you become overweight.
* Drink plenty of water
* Keep active, but do not severely overexert yourself physically.
* Drink alcohol in moderation only
* DO NOT SMOKE CIGARETTES
* Avoid stress, work at a job you like, be happy with your family.
This is just such a great and simple list, I had to type it out for those who can't read/afford the book. (Note that Pauling comments that the amounts given for supplements are for healthy people, and that those suffering serious illness may need higher doses of some of these, including vitamin C to bowel tolerance.)
It's appalling that more than 20 years after this book was published, the same old scaremongering (ie. lying!) about the safety of vitamins and their effectiveness is still going on, and people are still being told vitamins are not safe, helpful or necessary and that all that is needed is a balanced diet. (A nice story, but one that isn't based on fact.) Sadly, the same old nonsense that Pauling describes, where vitamin studies are set up to fail by those who want to prove that vitamins don't work, is still happening; doses much smaller than would be effective are used, the time periods are too short to allow the vitamin to actually work, and so on.
Pauling had high hopes that all this was about to start changing and that soon vitamins would become far more accepted and used in mainstream medicine. To some extent that has happened, but for the most part little has really changed. It's quite depressing.
The first few chapters of the book are the best, they talk about this simple regimen and also about the dangers inherent in mainstream medicine and why any consult or procedure should be carefully evaluated, as they each carry significant risk. (Mainstream medicine practices being the 10th biggest killer in countries such as the USA!) The rest of the book talks in detail about what evidence we have to support the use of high dose vitamin C and E and niacin, and how negative reports on these vitamins have twisted the facts and are not motivated by science. Many different studies are quoted in a lot of detail, thus Pauling's arguments are very convincing.
Many other books provide more detailed overviews and practical advice about treating specific diseases and the role of many different vitamins and their dosage, toxicity such as `The vita-nutrient solution' and `Orthomolecular medicine for everyone' and so on. But this book is highly recommended for those who are very interested in this topic and would like to do some extra reading on top of these more basic texts, and to learn more about Linus Pauling and the history of mega-vitamin therapy advocacy and research.
Jodi Bassett, The Hummingbirds' Foundation for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
At the start of the book, Pauling gives a simple guide to how to live a healthier life. It's so simple, practical and inexpensive and makes so much sense. One wonders how much disease could have been prevented, and could be prevented now, if more of us followed these simple guidelines. My guess is A HUGE AMOUNT!
(Looking at M.E. specifically, one wonders how many of us could have avoided becoming severely ill by following this guide both pre- and post-illness...I wish so much I had had this guide in the early days of my illness, or before I became ill. I strongly suspect I would not be anywhere near as ill as I am now and I am mad that this basic advice about vitamins is so seldom given by the mainstream media or by doctors. WHY? When it's so safe, cheap and effective?? It's such a waste.)
This is a slightly paraphrased version of Pauling's basic regimen for a healthy life:
* Take 6 - 18 g of vitamin C daily
* Take 400 IU, 800 IU or 1600 IU of natural vitamin E daily
* Take 1 - 2 B vitamin supplements daily
* Take 25 000 IU of vitamin A daily
* Take a multimineral tablet daily
* Keep your intake of sugar low
* Eat what you like in moderation, but avoid sugar. Meat and eggs are good, and fruit and vegetables are good. Don't eat too much of any one food and don't eat so much that you become overweight.
* Drink plenty of water
* Keep active, but do not severely overexert yourself physically.
* Drink alcohol in moderation only
* DO NOT SMOKE CIGARETTES
* Avoid stress, work at a job you like, be happy with your family.
This is just such a great and simple list, I had to type it out for those who can't read/afford the book. (Note that Pauling comments that the amounts given for supplements are for healthy people, and that those suffering serious illness may need higher doses of some of these, including vitamin C to bowel tolerance.)
It's appalling that more than 20 years after this book was published, the same old scaremongering (ie. lying!) about the safety of vitamins and their effectiveness is still going on, and people are still being told vitamins are not safe, helpful or necessary and that all that is needed is a balanced diet. (A nice story, but one that isn't based on fact.) Sadly, the same old nonsense that Pauling describes, where vitamin studies are set up to fail by those who want to prove that vitamins don't work, is still happening; doses much smaller than would be effective are used, the time periods are too short to allow the vitamin to actually work, and so on.
Pauling had high hopes that all this was about to start changing and that soon vitamins would become far more accepted and used in mainstream medicine. To some extent that has happened, but for the most part little has really changed. It's quite depressing.
The first few chapters of the book are the best, they talk about this simple regimen and also about the dangers inherent in mainstream medicine and why any consult or procedure should be carefully evaluated, as they each carry significant risk. (Mainstream medicine practices being the 10th biggest killer in countries such as the USA!) The rest of the book talks in detail about what evidence we have to support the use of high dose vitamin C and E and niacin, and how negative reports on these vitamins have twisted the facts and are not motivated by science. Many different studies are quoted in a lot of detail, thus Pauling's arguments are very convincing.
Many other books provide more detailed overviews and practical advice about treating specific diseases and the role of many different vitamins and their dosage, toxicity such as `The vita-nutrient solution' and `Orthomolecular medicine for everyone' and so on. But this book is highly recommended for those who are very interested in this topic and would like to do some extra reading on top of these more basic texts, and to learn more about Linus Pauling and the history of mega-vitamin therapy advocacy and research.
Jodi Bassett, The Hummingbirds' Foundation for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
September 25, 2011
Linus Pauling was a great scientist. His book is loaded with information on vitamin C and the powerful impact this vitamin has on the human body. Many references and studies are cited. I particularly was impressed with the effect of Vitamin C on collagen.
One interesting passage:
"In December 1984 a panel of experts convened by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued a report that included the recommendation that adults thirty years old or older with total cholesterol levels 240 mg per deciliter or more....take steps to reducing the level, through changing the diet or by cholesterol-lowering drugs."
What caught my attention in this passage was the total cholesterol threshold of 240. I believe, as I write this today, that that threshold has dropped to a number closer to 220. He mentions that Vitamin C affects the cholesterol level. I began taking Vitamin C since reading this book and have noticed that my cholesterol levels indeed have dropped.
This is a must read for anyone interested in their health.
One interesting passage:
"In December 1984 a panel of experts convened by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued a report that included the recommendation that adults thirty years old or older with total cholesterol levels 240 mg per deciliter or more....take steps to reducing the level, through changing the diet or by cholesterol-lowering drugs."
What caught my attention in this passage was the total cholesterol threshold of 240. I believe, as I write this today, that that threshold has dropped to a number closer to 220. He mentions that Vitamin C affects the cholesterol level. I began taking Vitamin C since reading this book and have noticed that my cholesterol levels indeed have dropped.
This is a must read for anyone interested in their health.
January 12, 2022
Linus Pauling gained two unshared Nobel Prizes, the only person to have done so.
This book is about how to obtain optimal health “through proper intake of vitamins and other nutrients”. Pauling was an expert on C-vitamin and wrote several books about it.
I found the book fascinating but a bit too scientific to be easily readable.
The author tells us about Dr. Szent-Gyorgyi who first isolated ascorbic acid. The latter stated that one can take any amount of ascorbic acid without the least danger.
In the first chapter, we are informed that we should take 6 to 18 g Vitamin C, 400, 800 or 1600 IU Vitamin E and one or two super-B tablets, a 25,000 IU Vitamin A tablet and a mineral supplement, every single day.
We should reduce the amount of sugar we take and not add it to tea or coffee, and avoid soft drinks. Otherwise we should eat what we like; eggs and meat are good foods. Pauling does say, however, that is not a good idea to eat large amounts of meat. (I do not agree with Pauling about the value of eggs and meat. Medical Medium Anthony William tells us that viruses feed on eggs so they should be avoided. Dr. Vernon Coleman informs us that it is officially accepted that meat-eating causes cancer.)
The book is from 1986, so the author provides us with basic information that we now all are familiar with: we should eat some vegetables and fruits, drink plenty of water, take exercise, drink alcohol only in moderation, do not smoke cigarettes, avoid stress and work at a job we like.
Pauling tells us that milk is good food and provides us with calcium, whereas in my view milk is not good and in fact it has been found that we don’t actually absorb any calcium from it.
He tells us that we should take at least 1 g day to prevent getting a cold, but if you find you develop two or three colds during the winter season you should try taking a larger quantity.
I can’t say how much Vitamin C I take since at present I have to take large quantities of powder because of a bronchial complaint that my doctor can’t diagnose, probably asthmatic bronchitis, but I can state that since I began to take Vitamin C 44 years ago (I can’t remember how much), I have not had a cold or the flu. Thus, I do not expect to catch the present Covid-19 virus.
I can’t remember what it is like to have a cold.
Doctors continue to ignore the evidence about the value of the optimum uptakes of vitamin C and other vitamins. Just 5 mg per day of Vitamin B3, either niacin or nicotin amide, is enough to prevent the deficiency disease pellagra, which 70 years ago (he states) caused hundreds of thousands of people to suffer from diarrhea, dermatitis and dementia and die.
Both Vitamin B3 and Vitamin C are totally lacking in toxicity.
It was Pauling who coined the term “orthomolecular”.
Persons deficient in B12 usually become psychotic before they become anemic. (My own father had pernicious anemia and was bed-ridden for a time before it was discovered he needed B-12 injections, but, luckily, he was not psychotic.)
The author states that injections of the optimum amount of Vitamin C (which amount is not stated) “probably lies in the range of twenty-five years of well-being, with an additional increase from the optimum intake of other vitamins”.
He quotes several doctors as asserting the mistaken notion that there is no evidence for stating that taking Vitamin C will avert the common cold.
When he investigated previous studies regarding the power of Vitamin C in relation to the cold, the author found that the amounts used in these studies were extremely small, e.g. 200 mg a day. But even then fewer days of illness were reported in those taking this amount than in the control group.
The author states that in an epidemic (as in our current pandemic of 2020-2021) it is not the viruses and bacteria we are exposed to that kills us but something else. He believes that it is too little Vitamin C.
Yet, strangely enough, in this current pandemic, no governments or other authorities inform us of how we would be protected by reasonable amounts of Vitamin C and an intake of Vitamin D, zinc, or other vitamins and minerals. We have heard nothing at all of the absolute protective value of vitamins, so only those individuals already in the know can protect themselves, and engage in ordinary contact with others as before.
There is a chapter about proteins, fats, carbohydrates, and water.
Most adult Americans ingest two or three times the recommended amount of protein.
He contends that coronary disease, including angina pectoris, may be related to a high consumption of sugar, and not animal fat.
Some African tribes have a high consumption of animal fat, but very little heart disease. With increasing consumption of sugar, the black population in South Africa is experiencing an increasing incidence of coronary disease.
He warns us against the intake of diet sodas in which sucrose is replaced by toxic artifical sweeteners (like aspartame – my comment).
At one point Pauling states that using Vitamin C to prevent colds may slow down the aging process. This is good news for me since I’ve been taking enough Vitamin C to prevent colds and flu for many years.
The dose of Vitamin C should be determined for each subject by the bowel-tolerance limit. A person’s bowel-tolerance intake of Vitamin C is “the amount of Vitamin C taken by mouth that is a little less than the amount that has a troublesome laxative effect”.
He believes that every person can protect himself or herself from the common cold. “Catching a cold and letting it run its course is a sign that you are not taking enough Vitamin C”.
Vitamin C protects not only against viruses but also against bacteria.
It prevents against infectious hepatitis, which may be caused by viruses or bacteria.
High intake of Vitamin C protects the liver in several ways, also against damage from cigarette smoking and overindulgence in alcoholic drinks.
Many years ago, I used to smoke up to 40 cigarettes a day (I know, terrible!) and developed bronchitis. Eventually, of course, I stopped smoking but until I did I greatly mitigated the bronchitis by taking large amounts of Vitamin C.
The value of Vitamin C in promoting wound healing was recognized in the 1930s; Pauling tells us that if we are injured or have to have a surgical operation, we must insist on being given the optimum amount of Vitamin C.
Peptic ulcers are associated with a deficiency of Vitamin C and so are pressure (bed) sores.
Also Vitamin E and other vitamins in large doses have much value in the treatment of burns.
Re cholesterol, it has been known since 1970 that restricting its intake does not reduce the cholesterol level in the blood.
Regarding heart disease, the emphasis on the intake of fats and cholesterol during the last thirty years has been “misguided and fruitless”. The work of John Yudkin has shown that it is the increase in the consumption of the sugar sucrose that has brought on the pandemic of heart and circulatory disease in the industrial countries.
“The level of ascorbic acid in the leucocytes of cancer patients is usually so low that the leucocytes are not able to carry out their important function of phagocytosis, of engulfing and digesting bacteria nd other foreign cells, including malignant cells in the body.”
Large doses of Vitamin C should be administered to cancer patients over as long a period of 18 months.
Cancer incidence in large population groups is inversely related to average daily ascorbate intake.
Pauling has worked together with the Scottish doctor Ewan Cameron and together they have written “”Cancer and Vitamin C”.
It has been shown that even children with Down’s Syndrome can benefit from “ an increased intake of important nutrients”. They can obtain an increase in IQ of 20 points or more. Their mental ability and behaviour improve to such an extent that they are able to hold jobs and support themselves.
This is the first time I have heard that vitamins and minerals can benefit those with genetic diseases.
Also, the administration of 5g of niacin and 5g of Vitamin C daily to schizophrenics gives striking improvement . This orthomolecular treatment of schizophrenics has not yet been generally accepted (not in Pauling’s time and probably not in our present time either). Though Pauling does state there are now many orthomolecular psychiatrists. He concludes that improved nutrition should be part of the treatment of every person with mental problems.
There are chapters on allergies, arthritis and rheumatism and the eye, the ear and the mouth that I did not have time to peruse properly, but rest assured that Vitamin C can help in those areas too.
There is also a chapter on aging.
Here Pauling examines the deleterious effects of smoking and excessive drinking, and the positive effects og exercise.. Nothing new here, then.
Some of what Pauling touches upon is common knowledge nowadays, but much is not: I found that the book, though dated, makes a valuable contribution to our knowledge of nutrition, particularly the value of Vitamin C and niacin supplementation. Highly recommended.
This book is about how to obtain optimal health “through proper intake of vitamins and other nutrients”. Pauling was an expert on C-vitamin and wrote several books about it.
I found the book fascinating but a bit too scientific to be easily readable.
The author tells us about Dr. Szent-Gyorgyi who first isolated ascorbic acid. The latter stated that one can take any amount of ascorbic acid without the least danger.
In the first chapter, we are informed that we should take 6 to 18 g Vitamin C, 400, 800 or 1600 IU Vitamin E and one or two super-B tablets, a 25,000 IU Vitamin A tablet and a mineral supplement, every single day.
We should reduce the amount of sugar we take and not add it to tea or coffee, and avoid soft drinks. Otherwise we should eat what we like; eggs and meat are good foods. Pauling does say, however, that is not a good idea to eat large amounts of meat. (I do not agree with Pauling about the value of eggs and meat. Medical Medium Anthony William tells us that viruses feed on eggs so they should be avoided. Dr. Vernon Coleman informs us that it is officially accepted that meat-eating causes cancer.)
The book is from 1986, so the author provides us with basic information that we now all are familiar with: we should eat some vegetables and fruits, drink plenty of water, take exercise, drink alcohol only in moderation, do not smoke cigarettes, avoid stress and work at a job we like.
Pauling tells us that milk is good food and provides us with calcium, whereas in my view milk is not good and in fact it has been found that we don’t actually absorb any calcium from it.
He tells us that we should take at least 1 g day to prevent getting a cold, but if you find you develop two or three colds during the winter season you should try taking a larger quantity.
I can’t say how much Vitamin C I take since at present I have to take large quantities of powder because of a bronchial complaint that my doctor can’t diagnose, probably asthmatic bronchitis, but I can state that since I began to take Vitamin C 44 years ago (I can’t remember how much), I have not had a cold or the flu. Thus, I do not expect to catch the present Covid-19 virus.
I can’t remember what it is like to have a cold.
Doctors continue to ignore the evidence about the value of the optimum uptakes of vitamin C and other vitamins. Just 5 mg per day of Vitamin B3, either niacin or nicotin amide, is enough to prevent the deficiency disease pellagra, which 70 years ago (he states) caused hundreds of thousands of people to suffer from diarrhea, dermatitis and dementia and die.
Both Vitamin B3 and Vitamin C are totally lacking in toxicity.
It was Pauling who coined the term “orthomolecular”.
Persons deficient in B12 usually become psychotic before they become anemic. (My own father had pernicious anemia and was bed-ridden for a time before it was discovered he needed B-12 injections, but, luckily, he was not psychotic.)
The author states that injections of the optimum amount of Vitamin C (which amount is not stated) “probably lies in the range of twenty-five years of well-being, with an additional increase from the optimum intake of other vitamins”.
He quotes several doctors as asserting the mistaken notion that there is no evidence for stating that taking Vitamin C will avert the common cold.
When he investigated previous studies regarding the power of Vitamin C in relation to the cold, the author found that the amounts used in these studies were extremely small, e.g. 200 mg a day. But even then fewer days of illness were reported in those taking this amount than in the control group.
The author states that in an epidemic (as in our current pandemic of 2020-2021) it is not the viruses and bacteria we are exposed to that kills us but something else. He believes that it is too little Vitamin C.
Yet, strangely enough, in this current pandemic, no governments or other authorities inform us of how we would be protected by reasonable amounts of Vitamin C and an intake of Vitamin D, zinc, or other vitamins and minerals. We have heard nothing at all of the absolute protective value of vitamins, so only those individuals already in the know can protect themselves, and engage in ordinary contact with others as before.
There is a chapter about proteins, fats, carbohydrates, and water.
Most adult Americans ingest two or three times the recommended amount of protein.
He contends that coronary disease, including angina pectoris, may be related to a high consumption of sugar, and not animal fat.
Some African tribes have a high consumption of animal fat, but very little heart disease. With increasing consumption of sugar, the black population in South Africa is experiencing an increasing incidence of coronary disease.
He warns us against the intake of diet sodas in which sucrose is replaced by toxic artifical sweeteners (like aspartame – my comment).
At one point Pauling states that using Vitamin C to prevent colds may slow down the aging process. This is good news for me since I’ve been taking enough Vitamin C to prevent colds and flu for many years.
The dose of Vitamin C should be determined for each subject by the bowel-tolerance limit. A person’s bowel-tolerance intake of Vitamin C is “the amount of Vitamin C taken by mouth that is a little less than the amount that has a troublesome laxative effect”.
He believes that every person can protect himself or herself from the common cold. “Catching a cold and letting it run its course is a sign that you are not taking enough Vitamin C”.
Vitamin C protects not only against viruses but also against bacteria.
It prevents against infectious hepatitis, which may be caused by viruses or bacteria.
High intake of Vitamin C protects the liver in several ways, also against damage from cigarette smoking and overindulgence in alcoholic drinks.
Many years ago, I used to smoke up to 40 cigarettes a day (I know, terrible!) and developed bronchitis. Eventually, of course, I stopped smoking but until I did I greatly mitigated the bronchitis by taking large amounts of Vitamin C.
The value of Vitamin C in promoting wound healing was recognized in the 1930s; Pauling tells us that if we are injured or have to have a surgical operation, we must insist on being given the optimum amount of Vitamin C.
Peptic ulcers are associated with a deficiency of Vitamin C and so are pressure (bed) sores.
Also Vitamin E and other vitamins in large doses have much value in the treatment of burns.
Re cholesterol, it has been known since 1970 that restricting its intake does not reduce the cholesterol level in the blood.
Regarding heart disease, the emphasis on the intake of fats and cholesterol during the last thirty years has been “misguided and fruitless”. The work of John Yudkin has shown that it is the increase in the consumption of the sugar sucrose that has brought on the pandemic of heart and circulatory disease in the industrial countries.
“The level of ascorbic acid in the leucocytes of cancer patients is usually so low that the leucocytes are not able to carry out their important function of phagocytosis, of engulfing and digesting bacteria nd other foreign cells, including malignant cells in the body.”
Large doses of Vitamin C should be administered to cancer patients over as long a period of 18 months.
Cancer incidence in large population groups is inversely related to average daily ascorbate intake.
Pauling has worked together with the Scottish doctor Ewan Cameron and together they have written “”Cancer and Vitamin C”.
It has been shown that even children with Down’s Syndrome can benefit from “ an increased intake of important nutrients”. They can obtain an increase in IQ of 20 points or more. Their mental ability and behaviour improve to such an extent that they are able to hold jobs and support themselves.
This is the first time I have heard that vitamins and minerals can benefit those with genetic diseases.
Also, the administration of 5g of niacin and 5g of Vitamin C daily to schizophrenics gives striking improvement . This orthomolecular treatment of schizophrenics has not yet been generally accepted (not in Pauling’s time and probably not in our present time either). Though Pauling does state there are now many orthomolecular psychiatrists. He concludes that improved nutrition should be part of the treatment of every person with mental problems.
There are chapters on allergies, arthritis and rheumatism and the eye, the ear and the mouth that I did not have time to peruse properly, but rest assured that Vitamin C can help in those areas too.
There is also a chapter on aging.
Here Pauling examines the deleterious effects of smoking and excessive drinking, and the positive effects og exercise.. Nothing new here, then.
Some of what Pauling touches upon is common knowledge nowadays, but much is not: I found that the book, though dated, makes a valuable contribution to our knowledge of nutrition, particularly the value of Vitamin C and niacin supplementation. Highly recommended.
October 27, 2013
This is not an easy book to read. You have to put the time into it but if you do you will be hugely rewarded. Linus Pauling is a genius.
March 18, 2011
Take Vitamin C supplements!
February 18, 2013
If you are only interested in the "how-to" part, Chapter 2 of this book would be enough.
I wanted way more than that and this book did not fail my expectation. It is of course more than a standard "review article". It combines introductory biochemistry, reviews of scientific reports, Dr. Pauling's personal assessment on the logical rigor of the cited works and his criticisms on US health authorities.
This book teaches me how misleading second-hand information can get and why it is very important to seek details in the first-hand studies.
Dr. Pauling is famously known as an advocate of vitamin megadose. His opinion might be biased (that I need further studies to tell) and some of the cited studies might be dated. As a result, I am giving it 4 stars despite the fact that I really like this book.
I wanted way more than that and this book did not fail my expectation. It is of course more than a standard "review article". It combines introductory biochemistry, reviews of scientific reports, Dr. Pauling's personal assessment on the logical rigor of the cited works and his criticisms on US health authorities.
This book teaches me how misleading second-hand information can get and why it is very important to seek details in the first-hand studies.
Dr. Pauling is famously known as an advocate of vitamin megadose. His opinion might be biased (that I need further studies to tell) and some of the cited studies might be dated. As a result, I am giving it 4 stars despite the fact that I really like this book.
August 15, 2011
This book is really interesting but too hard for me to read. In my first go-around with grad school, I always skipped the very medical/neuroscience-y stuff because I just couldn't wrap my head around. That being said, I enjoyed what I did read of this book (four chapters). I'd heard about Linus Pauling through "Food Matters" and was really interested in megadosing. I had a cold while reading this book and decided to take 1,000mg of vitamin C every hour I was awake until I felt better. Honestly, I've never felt better so quickly! I think this would be a great read if I committed myself to it. I hope that I'll be able to integrate some of the things I learned in this book along with my regular health-seeking behaviors.
August 7, 2022
There is already an excellent and detailed review of this book that includes the specific vitamin recommendations from the book.
Please note the Linus Pauling website includes a number of summaries of studies of specific vitamins, minerals and other over the counter medicines and their impact on various conditions, cholesterol, arrhythmia, cardiovascular disease and many many others.
I’m so glad this book was written and very disappointed with the medicinal establishment as a whole and how doctors will only prescribe harmful drugs making great profits for those with patents at the expense of cheaper, effective and safer alternatives.
Please note the Linus Pauling website includes a number of summaries of studies of specific vitamins, minerals and other over the counter medicines and their impact on various conditions, cholesterol, arrhythmia, cardiovascular disease and many many others.
I’m so glad this book was written and very disappointed with the medicinal establishment as a whole and how doctors will only prescribe harmful drugs making great profits for those with patents at the expense of cheaper, effective and safer alternatives.
October 3, 2019
Key take way is Vitamin supplement are VERY important even may not as important as author described (some of them are seem not approved even today like it could cure cold). But as it said how body works from molecules level, I’m pretty much convinced.
December 12, 2019
Muito Bom o livro. Todos deveriam ler.
April 13, 2021
The Bible for nutritionists.
July 24, 2023
Dude vitamin c lmao
January 6, 2016
Easy to read. I am convinced that Pauling offers great advice based on scientific knowledge and so far I barely get sick and can recuperate faster. Many questions are answered about vitamins and since he spent the latter part of his life exploring the effects of Vitamin C in the lab, his opinion is well researched and referenced. I am aware his work has been highly criticized but his advice has work great for me. It is a good read for anyone interested in a well rounded knowledge of health literature. Worldwide, according to United Nations World Population Prospects 2012 Revision, the average life expectancy at birth was 71.0 years (68.5 years for males and 73.5 years for females) over the period 2010–2013. Since 3 out of 3 goes, he was able to depart at 93 in 1994!
July 10, 2010
Got me on lots of Vit C many years ago!
March 16, 2011
in sentence fragments. evidence undeniable. integrity of author speaks volumes alone. worth a try. still considered quackish ideas. will serve as excellent reference.
April 4, 2017
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February 11, 2018
Lots a great information in this book. What I love is all of it is backed by studies that are shown in the book. He gives good recommendations on supplements and how much should be taken
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