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Editorial: Vitamin Dependency
Dependency is a fact of life. The human body is dependent on food, water, sleep, and oxygen. Additionally, its internal chemistry is absolutely dependent on vitamins. Without adequate vitamin intake, the body will sicken; virtually any prolonged vitamin deficiency is fatal. Surely this constitutes a dependency in the generally accepted sense of the word.
Smoker's Scurvy: Orthomolecular Preventive Medicine in Cigarette Smoking
The best approach to the medical problems of cigarette smoking can be summarized in two words, "DON'T SMOKE." However, there will always be some who disregard the best of advice and pursue this noxious habit, in spite of the high risk of disease and early death. This paper is directed to this stubborn group in the hope that it will reduce these risks and overcome some of the great losses to our economy resulting from the chronic inhalation of tobacco smoke...
A Critique of Nutritional Recommendations
The traditional approach towards nutrition is illustrated by the influential Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA). In my opinion RDA also reflects widely accepted attitudes among people, who do not have any primary acquaintance with these recommendations. It seems reasonable to familiarize oneself with the basis for RDA to understand the limitations of the traditional approach...
Nutrient Interrelationships Minerals — Vitamins — Endocrines
Nutrient interrelationships are complex, especially among the trace elements. A mineral cannot be affected without affecting at least two other minerals, each of which will then affect two others, etc. Mineral relationships can be compared to a series of intermeshing gears which are all connected, some directly and some indirectly. Any movement of one gear (mineral) will result in the movement of all the other gears (minerals). The extent or effect upon each gear (mineral) will depend upon the gear size (mineral quantity), and the number of cogs in the gear (number of enzymes or biochemical reactions the mineral is involved in). This meshwork of gears goes beyond just the mineral relationships, extending to and affecting the vitamins, hormones and neurological functions...
Comparison of Traditional Indigenous Diet and Modern Industrial Diets and Their Link to Ascorbate Requirement and Status
Traditional indigenous diets contained liberal amounts of parts of animals such as internal organs, glands and other tissues in addition to edible insects and foraged wild vegetables. As a consequence, carbohydrate loads in traditional indigenous diets were much lower than modern diets of today...