Linus pauling lectures on vitamin c and heart disease. The theory that cardiovascular disease cvd is related to a deficiency of vitamin c was first proposed by the canadian physician g. Looks at vitamin cs value in cancer prevention and treatment. Pauling also discusses the differences between vitamin c and conventional drugs. The information from the linus pauling institutes micronutrient information center on vitamins and minerals is now available in a book titled, an evidencebased approach to vitamins and minerals. The book can be purchased from the linus pauling institute or thieme medical publishers.
The book covers the greater than 50year history of the vitamin c theory of heart disease and the 12year history of the pauling therapy for cardiovascular disease. Pauling was correct in concluding from trials published up till then, that in general vitamin c does have biological effects on the common cold, but he was rather overoptimistic as regards the size. The result was a book published in 1971, vitamin c and the common cold, marshaling the research data. His remarkable health claims concerned the substance we know as vitamin c. The first edition of pauling s general chemistry was a short book of less than 250 pages published in 1944, during world war ii. Linus paulings most popular book is general chemistry.
The book promoted the idea that taking large amounts of vitamin c could reduce the duration and severity of the common cold. Pdf in 1970 linus pauling claimed that vitamin c prevents and alleviates the episodes of. Linus paulings claim, that he knew a cure for heart disease, cancer and. He published more than 1,200 papers and books, of which about 850 dealt with scientific topics. Vitamin c and covid19 linus pauling institute oregon. It also weighs the value and limitations of various modes of treatment. Vitamin c common cold mass market paperback april 15, 1983. Linus pauling s claim, that he knew a cure for heart disease, cancer and infections, was greeted with ridicule. This book is worth a read on the subject of vitamin c. Pauling has published studies asserting that lipoproteina is a surrogate for vitamin c, serving to strengthen blood vessel walls in the absence of adequate amounts of the vitamin in the diet. Heart disease vitamin c and linus pauling by jeffrey dach md. In 1970 his book vitamin c and the common cold was. Linus pauling has 52 books on goodreads with 6909 ratings.
Pauling recommendation linus pauling institute oregon. Linus pauling transcribed from his 1993 linus pauling unified theory lecture 3. In 1970 linus pauling claimed that vitamin c prevents and alleviates the episodes of the common cold. Linus pauling s recommendations and the linus pauling institutes recommendation for vitamin c intake. In case studies and statistics, here are the results of dr. Vitamin c cures heart disease cancer viral infection. Linus pauling, twotime nobel laureate and the worlds foremost vitamin c proponent, entertained an overflow crowd in the bldg. Hoffers nutritional or orthomolecular treatment on hundreds of patients suffering from various forms of cancer. He never received a high school diploma because he dropped out of washington high school in portland as a form of protest against taking courses he regarded as pointless. After reading this book by linus pauling, i am very convinced about vitamin c and other vitamins for better health.
Linus pauling this book had been first published fifty years earlier and remarkably still found readers in 1985, and still does today, twentyfive years further on. The mechanism of its vitamin c effectiveness against viral infection, such as a common cold, is not yet known. Linus pauling biographical l inus pauling february 28, 1901, the only person who has won two undivided nobel prizes, 1 was born in portland, oregon, the son of a pharmacist, henry h. Three years later, he founded a research institute to study the health effects of vitamins and other nutrients. Heart disease vitamin c and linus pauling by jeffrey dach. Mar 17, 2018 after a period of intellectual nomadism, pauling became interested in the effects of vitamin c on human health, and in 1970 he published the bestselling book vitamin c and the common cold. January, 2008 the mechanism of its vitamin c effectiveness against viral infection, such as. Why vitamin pills dont work, and may be bad for you bbc future. It is awarded annually by the puget sound, oregon, and portland sections of the american chemical society, and is named after the us chemist linus pauling 19011994, to whom it was first awarded in 1966 another linus pauling award is given annually by the chemistry department at buffalo state college.
The virtual event will feature a talk by alexander michels, a research associate and communications officer for oregon states linus pauling institute. Excerpts from vitamin c and the common cold by linus pauling published. He attended washington high school in portland but because of a technicality did not receive his diploma until 1962, long after he had received his bachelors degree. Linus pauling s first book in ascorbic acid aka vitamin c. The book is presented in lay terms and includes incredible but true stories and testimonials of former heart patients using their real names who overcame their disease with the pauling therapy. Promoting vitamin c linus pauling profiles in science. It will be interesting to see if this book, for which im honored to have been invited to write the foreword, will turn the tide for vitamin c. Apr 15, 1983 the story of the linus pauling therapy for heart disease pauling therapy handbook. Heart disease, ascorbate, lysine and linus pauling by jeffrey. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Pauling, the founder of modern chemistry, holder of 48 honorary ph. Vitamin c supplementation and the common coldwas linus. Jun 26, 20 the linus pauling protocol vitamin c vitamin c deficiency has major impact on collagen production vitamin c is required to make a protein called collagen which is the major component of connective tissues.
Linus pauling institute of science and medicine worldcat identities. A discussion of the nature, causes, prevention, and treatment of cancer with special reference to the value of vitamin c, the 21stcentury edition by ewan cameron and linus pauling 4. The lack of vitamin c is a deficiency disease called scurvy. Vitamin c and the common cold is a popular book by linus pauling, first published in 1970, on vitamin c, its interactions with common cold and the role of. Follow linus pauling s general heart and cardiovascular nutritional recommendations as provided in his 1986 book, how to live longer and feel better. Heart disease formerly practicing medicine without a license documents the amazing 12year, now 26 year, history of the linus pauling and matthias rath theory and the linus pauling therapy for reversing coronary heart disease linus pauling and associates invented and patented a safe, lowcost, effective, nonprescription therapy for heart disease that. Heart disease formerly practicing medicine without a license documents the amazing 12year, now 26 year, history of the linus pauling and matthias rath theory and the linus pauling therapy for reversing coronary heart disease. Pauling was correct in concluding from trials published up till then, that in general vitamin c does have biological effects on the common cold, but he was rather overoptimistic as regards the size of benefit.
Sep 27, 2020 author of general chemistry, the nature of the chemical bond and the structure of molecules and crystals, vitamin c and the common cold, how to live longer and feel better, no more war. Pauling discovered that vitamin c affects every cell in our bodies and we need it daily. Linus pauling published vitamin c and the common cold, a book that revolutionized the way the world viewed vitamin c and infectious disease. Paulings latest chemicalmedicalnutritional study has been published in a 1970 book entitled vitamin c and the common cold, in which he maintains that the. January, 2008 the mechanism of its vitamin c effectiveness against viral infection, such as a common cold, is not yet known. In developing his recommendations, he used crossspecies comparisons, evolutionary arguments, the concept of biochemical individuality, and the amount of vitamin c likely consumed in a raw plant food. Regain your health, maintain your health the linus. Long before dr james linde published his classic, treatise on the scurvy, in 1753, other doctors had been extolling the virtues of citrus fruit for a great many. Pdf vitamin c supplementation and the common cold was linus. Vitamin b6 linus pauling institute oregon state university.
Well, lets just say there is a reason linus pauling took 2 unshared nobel prizes. Vitamin c against disease by irwin stone with forewords by nobel prizewinners dr. In 1970, pauling came out with his book vitamin c and the common cold, where he encouraged americans to consume 3,000 mg of vitamin c daily. He was introduced to the subject by biochemist irwin stone in. Vitamin c the common cold and the flu by linus pauling. Us is only industrialized country to experience a 40% drop in cv disease. This new edition has an updated preface and appendices authored by stephen lawson. With such a particularly strong background in science and highlevel competence in politics, it is obvious that paulings 1970 book vitamin. Vitamin c, the common cold and the flu linus pauling. For linus pauling, it all started to go wrong when he changed his.
Regain your health, maintain your health the linus pauling way. Pauling noted that animals that manufacture their vitamin c have very little lipoproteina in their blood. The linus pauling award is an award recognizing outstanding achievement in chemistry. Vitamin c and the common cold is a popular book by linus pauling, first published in 1970, on vitamin c, its interactions with common cold and the role of vitamin c megadosage in human health. By following the simple, inexpensive and safe regimen described in this book, you can greatly reduce your chances of catching cold and, at the same time. Jan 15, 2015 vitamin c became his scientific obsession.
Books linus pauling institute oregon state university. Linus paulings claim, that he knew a cure for heart disease, cancer and infections, was greeted with ridicule. Linus pauling institute web site, accessed june 8, 2008. Linus pauling and matthias rath first alerted the world to the cause of heart disease in 1989 a chronic, subclinical vitamin c deficiency due to a missing liver enzyme caused by the ancient gulo genetic defect in primate dna. Linus pauling was born on february 28, 1901 in portland, oregon. Cancer and vitamin c explains in plain language the nature and known causes of this disease. A discussion of the nature, causes, prevention, and treatment of cancer with special reference to the value of vitamin c, the 21stcentury edition ewan cameron and linus pauling 4. Linus pauling, father of orthomolecularmedicine reveals the benefits of vitamin c to the public. It became a sensation, kicked off a public controversy in the press, and helped convince millions of people to take more vitamin c. Author of general chemistry, the nature of the chemical bond and the structure of molecules and crystals, vitamin c and the common cold. Linus pauling author visit amazons linus pauling page.
Twotime nobel laureate in 1985 dover reprinted introduction to quantum mechanics with applications to chemistry, a wellknown older book. A discussion of the nature, causes, prevention and. Vitamin c, natures miraculous healing missile by glen dettman, archie kalokerinos, ian dettman research on vitamin c spans continents and centuries. Linus pauling books list of books by author linus pauling.
Excerpts from vitamin c and the common cold by linus pauling. This book, written by a nobel prize winner and the medical director of the linus pauling institute of science and medicine, explains in plain language the nature and known causes. Books and media reversing heart disease linus pauling. The value of vitamin c as an adjunct therapy is corroborated by detailed accounts of cancer patients who have derived varying degrees of. Seemingly, we are supposed to believe that pauling would have lived even longer if only he had avoided taking all that supplemental vitamin c. Heart disease, ascorbate, lysine and linus pauling by. Coauthor ewan cameron, a scottish surgeon, collaborated with pauling for two decades. In the mid1950s, with his research on mental disease, pauling began to form a.
Vitamin c facts and fiction will be the topic of the april 12 oregon state university science pub. I recommend that every person who is at risk of heart disease should take 5 or 6 g of vitamin c and at least 2 g of lysine, although larger amounts may be necessary. Linus pauling, vitamin c, and the common cold university of helsinki. Pauling, for whom the linus pauling institute has great respect, based his own recommendations for vitamin c largely on theoretical arguments. An evidencebased approach to vitamins and minerals. Strange, therefore, that offits article somehow omits to mention this. Pauling s latest chemicalmedicalnutritional study has been published in a 1970 book entitled vitamin c and the common cold, in which he maintains that the common cold can be controlled almost entirely in the united states and some other countries within a few years, through improvement of the nutrition of the people by an adequate intake of.
Vitamin c and the common cold by linus pauling goodreads. Pauling make a convincing argument that the right amount of vitamin c taken at the right time can, indeed make a difference in how fast you fight. Linus pauling s brilliant invention and now therapy named in his honor increases the blood concentration of vitamin c and of lysine to neutralize the lpa. The lively 92yearold first gave a candid history of how he came to take up the vitamin c cause. Regain your health, maintain your health the linus pauling. Vitamin c and the common cold book by linus pauling. A stimulate normal cells to produce increased amounts of a hyaluronidase inhibitor and. How linus pauling duped america into believing vitamin c. This book by the cofounder of the vitamin c foundation covers the greater than 50year history of the vitamin c theory of heart disease as well as the 12year history of a therapy for cardiovascular disease invented by the american scientist, linus pauling. Yes, linus pauling died from cancer in 1994, but at the not unimpressive age of 93. Vitamins linus pauling institute oregon state university. Chapter 5 from prehistory to the eighteenth century. The result was a book published in 1971, vitamin c.
Later in his life pauling became convinced that megadoses of vitamin c could prevent the common cold. Heart patients who have followed linus pauling s advice have recovered in approximately 30 days, and many have experienced significant relief in as little as 10 days. These results show that megadoses of vitamin c and other nutrients are highly effective in reversing the progress of this disease in many casesand also improve patients the quality of life. Well, lets just say there is a reason linus pauling. See all books authored by linus pauling, including how to live longer and feel. Linus pauling in memoriam, 19011994 book 1 edition published in 1994 in english and held. The information from the linus pauling institutes micronutrient information center on vitamins and minerals is now available in a book titled, an evidencebased. In addition to 6,000 to 18,000 mg of vitamin c, linus pauling advised. Whether they will ever bite the bullet and recommend vitamin c is a question the answer to which is fraught with politics, reputations, facesaving, and the almighty dollar.
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