Micronutrient Research: Little Miracle Workers

One of the more interesting websites I have seen is the Linus Pauling Institue website. One would not like this site unless one is interested in science, but i am very interested in science. In medicine science is a life & death matter. It can determine whether you get a cataract or not. It can determine whether you get a heart attack or not. The same is true of cancer. In the future it may determine whether you get mental illness or not, and it may tell you how to treat it once you get it. Right now there are murky waters in psychiatry.

The Linus Pauling Institute

This is located at Oregon State University, where Pauling was their most famous alumnus. They claim that there a flu fighters "in your food". They are interested in cancer, aging, the immune system, and other health issues. Pauling died in 1994.

Pauling

Pauling's life almost spanned the 20th century. He taught at Cal Tech in the 1930s. In 1954 he won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Pauling was always controversial, but his controversies changed. In his earlier days he was concerned about pollution from testing nuclear weapons. He was frowned upon by the US government for this.

As he got older, he switched his interest to orthomolecular medicine. Although he had previously won two Nobel prizes, my view is that his greatest contribution to society was his work on this subject. Again he was very controversial.

Pauling was an activist against war, hunger, povery, ignorance, and pollution. He created a storm of controversy by advocating the use of vitamin C for a variety of diseases (1, 2, 3). Pauling thought that vitamin C had antiviral properties. He almost regarded it as a panacea. He even thought that it could fight cancer (4). Studies have supported this.

Unfortunately Pauling died of cancer, but at a ripe old age. He was still doing research and writing in his ninties. He followed his own ideas and took large doses of vitamin C, which is perhaps why he lived so long.

Pauling was kind of the Einstein of chemistry. Others are now carrying on his work.

The Work of Other Scientists

Ref. 6 reported success with the use of coenzyme Q10 in the treatment of hypertension. The blood pressure was reduced. Ref. 7 by a group from India also reported success.

"After 8 weeks of follow-up, the following indices were reduced in the coenzyme Q10 group: systolic and diastolic blood pressure, fasting and 2-h plasma insulin, glucose, triglycerides, lipid peroxides, malondialdehyde and diene conjugates. The following indices were increased: HDL-cholesterol, vitamins A, C, E and beta-carotene (all changes Phttp://www.orthomolecular.org". Saul (8)

Conclusions

I am also following in the footsteps of Pauling, but I have also been interested in amino acids and other macronutrients. Ref. 9-11 explain problems with drugs including suicide. Ref. 12 discusses tryptophan, which seems to be flooding the brain cells in mental illness. Ref. 13 discusses a diet that fights cancer, hypertension, atherosclerosis, lactose intolerance, obesity, and other chronic diseases. This diet is almost a panacea. It is the vegan diet.

References

1. Pauling, L. Vitamin C and the Common Cold, W. H. Freeman, San Francisco, 1970, 122 pages.

2. Orthomolecular Psychiatry: Treatment of Schizophrenia, W. H. Freeman, San Francisco, 1973, 697 pages. [David Hawkins and Linus Pauling, eds.]

3. Pauling, L. Vitamin C, the Common Cold, and the Flu, W. H. Freeman, San Francisco, 1976, 230 pages.

4. Cancer and Vitamin C, Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, 1979, 238 pages. [Ewan Cameron and Linus Pauling]

5. Pauling, L. How to Live Longer and Feel Better, W.H. Freeman, New York, 1986, 322 pages.

6. Langsjoen PH, Langsjoen AM. Overview of the use of CoQ10 in cardiovascular disease. Biofactors. 1999;9(2-4):273-284.

7. J Hum Hypertens. 1999 Mar;13(3):203-8. Effect of hydrosoluble coenzyme Q10 on blood pressures and insulin resistance in hypertensive patients with coronary artery disease. Singh RB, Niaz MA, Rastogi SS, Shukla PK, Thakur AS.

8. http://orthomolecular.org/subscribe.html

9. www.associatedcontent.com/article/2480350/suicide_and_related_matters.html

10. www.associatedcontent.com/article/2473238/psychiatric_drug_side_effects.html

11. www.associatedcontent.com/article/2462506/psychiatric_drugs_gods_or_frauds.html

12. www.associatedcontent.com/article/2456500/depressed_mice.html

3. www.associatedcontent.com/article/2452994/how_the_government_could_save_massive.html