Orthomolecular Treatment of Chronic Disease

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If the word "cure" intrigues you, this book will also. High doses of vitamins have been known to cure serious illnesses for nearly 80 years.
Claus Jungeblut, M.D., prevented and treated polio in the mid-1930s, using a vitamin. Chest specialist Frederick Klenner, M.D., was curing multiple sclerosis and polio back in the 1940s, also using vitamins. William Kaufman, M.D., cured arthritis, also in the 1940s. In the 1950s, Drs. Wilfrid and Evan Shute were curing various forms of cardiovascular disease with a vitamin. At the same time, psychiatrist Abram Hoffer was using niacin to cure schizophrenia, psychosis, and depression. In the 1960s, Robert Cathcart, M.D., cured influenza, pneumonia, and hepatitis. In the 1970s, Hugh D. Riordan, M.D., was obtaining cures of cancer with intravenous vitamin C. Dr. Harold Foster and colleagues arrested and reversed full-blown AIDS with nutrient therapy, and in just the last few years, Atsuo Yanagasawa, M.D., Ph.D., has shown that vitamin therapy can prevent and reverse sickness caused by exposure to nuclear radiation. Since 1968, much of this research has been published in the Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine. This book brings forward important material selected from over forty-five years of JOM directly to the reader.
At some 800 pages, The Orthomolecular Treatment of Chronic Disease is a very large book, but it is also a very practical book. If you want to know which illnesses best respond to nutrition therapy, and how and why that therapy works, this is the book for you. Part One presents the principles of orthomolecular medicine and the science behind them. Part Two is devoted to orthomolecular pioneers, presenting an introduction to maverick doctors and nutrition scientists in a reader-friendly way that brings the subject to life. Part Three brings together extraordinary clinical and experimental evidence from expert researchers and clinicians.
The Orthomolecular Treatment of Chronic Disease shows exactly how innovative physicians have gotten outstanding results with high-dose nutrient therapy. Their work is here for you to see and decide for yourself.
The Orthomolecular Treatment of Chronic Disease, subtitled "65 Experts on Therapeutic and Preventive Nutrition," is a complete course in nutritional healing for less than thirty dollars.

Sujets

• Santé et bien-être
• Diététique
• Santé du quotidien
• Santé au quotidien
• Santé au quotidien
• Diet
• Health
• Andrew Saul
• Fitness
• Nutrition
• diététique

Informations

• Publié par: Turner Publishing Company
• Date de parution: 01 juin 2014
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781591207146
• Langue: English

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T HE O RTHOMOLECULAR T REATMENT OF C HRONIC D ISEASE ———————————— 65 Experts on Therapeutic and Preventive Nutrition

Edited by Andrew W. Saul, PhD

DISCLAIMER: The information in this book is not in any way offered as prescription, diagnosis, nor treatment for any disease, illness, infirmity, or physical condition. Any form of self-treatment or alternative health program necessarily must involve an individual’s acceptance of some risk, and no one should assume otherwise. Persons needing medical care should obtain it from a physician. Consult your doctor before making any health decision.

Neither the author nor the publisher has authorized the use of their names or the use of any material contained within in connection with the sale, promotion, or advertising of any product or apparatus. Such use is strictly prohibited. The opinions offered in this book are those of the author, who is not a physician, and are not necessarily the views of the publisher.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Saul, Andrew W. The orthomolecular treatment of chronic disease: 65 experts on therapeutic and preventive nutrition / edited by Andrew W. Saul, PhD. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-59120-714-6 1. Chronic diseases—Treatment. 2. Orthomolecular therapy. 3. Chronic diseases—Nutritional aspects. I. Saul, Andrew W.

RC108.O78 2014 1 616 .044—dc23

Copyright © 2014 by the International Schizophrenia Foundation

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All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the copyright owner.

Editor: Cheryl Hirsch Typesetting/Book design: Theresa Wiscovitch Cover design: Mike Stromberg

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To Abram Hoffer and Linus Pauling, the innovative founders and great teachers of orthomolecular medicine

Foreword by Atsuo Yanagisawa, MD, PhD Acknowledgments Preface by Jonathan E. Prousky, ND Abram Hoffer: An Appreciation Introduction by Andrew W. Saul, PhD

C O N T E N T S

PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS OF ORTHOMOLECULAR THERAPY When Evidence Is a Choice by Andrew W. Saul, PhD Linus Pauling and the Advent of Orthomolecular Medicine by Stephen Lawson Pandeficiency Disease by Abram Hoffer, MD, PhD Reflections on Two Modern Medical Research Ideas: Double-Blind Trials and Peer Reviews by Abram Hoffer, MD, PhD Megavitamins by Harvey M. Ross, MD Vitamin Dependency by Andrew W. Saul, PhD “Safe Upper Levels” for Nutritional Supplements: One Giant Step Backward by Alan R. Gaby, MD Death by Medicine by Gary Null, PhD, Carolyn Dean, MD, ND, Martin Feldman, MD, and Debora Rasio, MD “Supernutrition” as a Strategy for the Control of Disease by Roger J. Williams, PhD Orthomolecular Psychiatry by Linus Pauling, PhD Observations on the Dose and Administration of Ascorbic Acid When Employed Beyond the Range of a Vitamin in Human Pathology by Frederick Klenner, MD Evidence-Based Medicine: Neither Good Evidence nor Good Medicine by Steve Hickey, PhD, and Hilary Roberts, PhD Early Evidence About Vitamin C and the Common Cold by Linus Pauling, PhD Dynamic Flow: A New Model for Ascorbate by Steve Hickey, PhD, Hilary Roberts, PhD, and Robert F. Cathcart, MD The Three Faces of Vitamin C by Robert F. Cathcart, MD The Method of Determining Proper Doses of Vitamin C for the Treatment of Disease by Titrating to Bowel Tolerance by Robert F. Cathcart, MD The Origin of the 42-Year Stonewall of Vitamin C by Robert Landwehr Children, Vitamin C, and Medical Progress by Lendon H. Smith, MD Clinical Procedures in Treating Terminally Ill Cancer Patients with Vitamin C by Abram Hoffer, MD, PhD

PART TWO: PIONEERS OF ORTHOMOLECULAR MEDICINE

Hall of Fame Pioneers

Ilya Metchnikov, PhD Joseph Goldberger, MD William McCormick, MD Max Gerson, MD Casimir Funk, PhD Cornelius Moerman, MD Albert Szent-Györgyi, MD, PhD Roger J. Williams, PhD William Griffin Wilson Ruth Flinn Harrell, PhD Linus Pauling, PhD Henry Turkel, MD Adelle Davis, MSc Thomas L. Cleave, MD Carl C. Pfeiffer, MD, PhD Irwin Stone, PhD Josef Issels, MD Frederick Klenner, MD Wilfrid Shute, MD, and Evan Shute, MD Allan Cott, MD Carlton Fredericks, PhD William Kaufman, MD, PhD Hugh MacDonald Sinclair, MD Arthur M. Sackler, MD Max J. Vogel, MD Emanuel Cheraskin, MD, DMD Abram Hoffer, MD, PhD Humphry Osmond, MD Lendon H. Smith, MD Ewan Cameron, MD Fannie H. Kahan R. Glen Green, MD Archie Kalokerinos, MD

David R. Hawkins, MD, PhD Bernard Rimland, PhD Bruce Ames, PhD Robert F. Cathcart III, MD Richard Kunin, MD Hugh Desaix Riordan, MD Masatoshi Kaneko, PhD Hiroyuki Abe, MD, PhD Chris Reading, MD David Horrobin, MD, PhD Michael Lesser, MD Erik T. Paterson, MD Sister Theresa Feist Harold D. Foster, PhD Jonathan V. Wright, MD Jeffrey Bland, PhD Tsuyohi (Ken) Kitahara Alan R. Gaby, MD Ronald E. Hunninghake, MD Atsuo Yanagisawa, MD, PhD Gert Schuitemaker, PhD Steven Carter Andrew W. Saul, PhD

Other Nutrient Pioneers

James Caleb Jackson, MD Bernard Adolphus Macfadden Elmer McCollum, PhD Claus Washington Jungeblut, MD Conrad Elvehjem, PhD, and Tom Spies, MD Ed Desaulniers, MD

PART THREE: ORTHOMOLECULAR TREATMENT

Alcoholism

The Alcoholic: How Sick into Treatment? How Well When Discharged? by Elizabeth

Gentaial The Reflection of Hypoglycemia and Alcoholism on Personality: Nutrition as a Mode of Treatment by Elsa Colby-Morley, EdD, PhD Guidelines in Treating the Alcoholic Patient in the General Hospital with Orthomolecular Therapy by Nathan Brody, MD A Biochemical Denominator in the Primary Prevention of Alcoholism by E. Cheraskin, MD, DMD, and W. M. Ringsdorf, Jr., DMD

Alzheimer’s Disease

High Doses of Vitamins Fight Alzheimer’s Disease by Andrew W. Saul, PhD The Prevention of Memory Loss and Progression to Alzheimer’s Disease with B Vitamins, Antioxidants, and Essential Fatty Acids: A Review of the Evidence by Patrick Holford How Aluminum Causes Alzheimer’s Disease: The Implications for Prevention and Treatment of Foster’s Multiple Antagonist Hypothesis by Harold Foster, PhD

Cancer

Vitamins and Cancer by Abram Hoffer, MD, PhD Vitamin C: A Case History of an Alternative Cancer Therapy by John Hoffer, MD, PhD The Real Story of Vitamin C and Cancer by Steve Hickey, PhD, and Hilary Roberts, PhD Schedule-Dependence in Cancer Therapy: What Is the True Scenario for Vitamin C? by Jorge Duconge, PhD, Jorge R. Miranda-Massari, PharmD, Michael J. Gonzalez, PhD, and Neil H. Riordan, PhD Ten Questions for Doctors: A Cancer Patient’s Quest for Ascorbic Acid Therapy by Graham Carey with Andrew W. Saul, PhD Vitamin C and Chemotherapy by Steve Hickey, PhD, and Hilary Roberts, PhD Sixteen-Year History with High-Dose Intravenous Vitamin C Treatment for Various Types of Cancer and Other Diseases by James A. Jackson, PhD, Hugh D. Riordan, MD, Nancy L. Bramhall, RN, and Sharon Neathery Intravenous Ascorbate Treatment of Breast Cancer: A Case Report by Bernhard G. Welker, MD Clinical and Experimental Experiences with Intravenous Vitamin C by Neil H. Riordan, PhD, Hugh D. Riordan, MD, Joseph P. Casciari, PhD Schedule Dependence in Cancer Therapy: Intravenous Vitamin C and the Systemic Saturation Hypothesis by Michael J. Gonzalez, DSc, PhD, Jorge R. Miranda-Massari, PharmD, Jorge Duconge, PhD, Neil H. Riordan, PhD, and Thomas Ichim, PhD A Nutritious Cocktail for the Treatment of Melanoma: A Case Report by Joao Libanio G. de Oliveira, MD Acute Myeloid Leukemia: An Orthomolecular Case Study by Michael Friedman, ND, and Erik T. Paterson, MD Antioxidant Vitamins Reduce the Risk for Cancer by Michael J. Glade, PhD

Vitamin C and Cancer: Is There a Use for Oral Vitamin C? by Steve Hickey, PhD, and Hilary Roberts, PhD Integrative Oncology for Clinicians and Cancer Patients by Michael B. Schachter, MD

Cardiovascular Disease

An Orthomolecular Theory of Human Health and Disease by Linus Pauling, PhD, and Matthias Rath, MD A Unified Theory of Human Cardiovascular Disease Leading the Way to the Abolition of This Disease as a Cause for Human Mortality by Matthias Rath, MD, and Linus Pauling PhD Introduction of Niacin as the First Successful Treatment for Cholesterol Control: A Reminiscence by William B. Parsons, Jr., MD Orthomolecular Medicine and Heart Health: Unmasking the Magnesium Link to Multiple Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease by Aileen Burford-Mason, PhD Treatment of Hypertension from an Orthomolecular Medicine Standpoint by George D. O’Clock, PhD Nutritional Treatments for Hypertension by Eric R. Braverman, MD, and Ed Weissberg The Role of Homocysteine in Human Health by K. J. McLaughlin, DC Ascorbate Supplementation Reduces Heart Failure by Andrew W. Saul, PhD, and Robert G. Smith, PhD

Depression and Anxiety

Vitamin B3 for Depression by Jonathan E. Prousky, ND The Effect of Folic Acid and B12 on Depression: 12 Case Studies by Joseph A. Mitchell, PhD Supplemental Niacinamide Mitigates Anxiety Symptoms: Three Case Reports by Jonathan E. Prousky, ND Niacinamide’s Potent Role in Alleviating Anxiety with Its Benzodiazepine-Like Properties: A Case Report by Jonathan E. Prousky, ND A Biochemist’s Experience with GABA by Phyllis J. Bronson, PhD Agoraphobia: A Nutritionally Responsive Disorder by Laraine Abbey, RN

Drug Addictions

Attenuation of Heroin Withdrawal Syndrome by the Administration of High-Dose Vitamin C by Alexander G. Schauss, PhD Methodology: Use of Orthomolecular Techniques for Alcohol and Drug Abuse in a Post-Detox Setting by Alfred F. Libby, PhD, Oscar Rasmussen, PhD, Wesley Smart, Charles Starling, MD, Patricia Haas, Cortland McLeod, John J. Wauchope, and Hortensia Gutierrez Massive Vitamin C as an Adjunct in Methadone Maintenance and Detoxification by

Jordan Scher, MD, Harry Rice, MD, Suck-oo Kim, MD, Ralph DiCamelli, PhD, and Helen O’Connor, RN The Hypoascorbemia-Kwashiorkor Approach to Drug Addition Therapy: A Pilot Study by Alfred F. Libby, PhD, and Irwin Stone, PhD The Use of Ascorbic Acid and Mineral Supplements in the Detoxification of Narcotic Addicts by Valentine Free, MA, and Pat Sanders, RN Niacin for Detoxification: A Little-Known Therapeutic Use by Jonathan E. Prousky, ND

Eye Diseases

Nutrition and Eye Diseases by Robert G. Smith, PhD Cataracts and Orthomolecular Treatment by Abram Hoffer, MD, PhD Cataracts and Vitamins: The Real Story by Damien Downing, MBBS, MSB, and Robert G. Smith, PhD Successful Reversal of Retinitis Pigmentosa by Merrill J. Allen, OD, PhD, and Raymond W. Lowry, OD Eye-Pressure Lowering Effect of Vitamin C by Herschell H. Boyd, MD

Fatigue

Staged Management for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by Erik T. Paterson, MD Changes in Worker Fatigue After Vitamin C Administration by Hang-Hwan Yeom, MD, PhD, Gyou Chul Jung, MD, Sang Woo Shin, MD, Sun Hyun Kim, MD, PhD, Jong Soon Choi, MD, Whang Jae Lee, MD, PhD, Jae S Kang, MD, PhD, and Keun Jeong Song, MD, PhD

HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS: A Nutrient Deficiency Disease? by Harold Foster, PhD The Failure of Medical Science to Prevent and to Adequately Treat HIV/AIDS: An Orthomolecular Opportunity by Harold D. Foster, PhD Nutritional Supplements Can Delay the Progression of AIDS in HIV-Infected Patients: Results from a Double-Blind Clinical Trial at Mengo Hospital, Kampala, Uganda by Edith Namulemia, MSc Epid, James Sparling, MD, and Harold D. Foster, PhD Highly Beneficial Results in the Treatment of AIDS by Joan C. Priestly, MD The Successful Orthomolecular Treatment of AIDS: Accumulating Evidence from Africa by Marnie Bradfield, MA, and Harold D. Foster, PhD

Hyperactivity and Other Learning and Behavioral Disorders

Child Psychiatry: Does Modern Psychiatry Treat or Abuse? by Abram A. Hoffer, MD, PhD