How linus pauling duped america into believing vitamin c cures. 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. The mechanism of its vitamin c effectiveness against viral infection, such as a common cold, is not yet known. Linus pauling books list of books by author linus pauling. About the pauling therapy heart disease cause and cure. The book promoted the idea that taking large amounts of vitamin c could reduce the duration and severity of the common cold. Popular books in which linus pauling detailed his nutritional recommendations are vitamin c and the common cold, cancer and vitamin c with ewan cameron, m. Us is only industrialized country to experience a 40% drop in cv disease. Cameron and pauling wrote many technical papers and a popular book, cancer and vitamin c, that discussed their observations. A third book, vitamin c and cancer 1979 claims that high doses of vitamin c may be effective against cancer. Linus paulings most popular book is general chemistry. Linus pauling linus pauling humanitarian activities. Linus pauling s specific therapy for cardiovascular and heart diseases are high dosages of two essential nutrients.
Linus pauling pdf books vitamin c, cancer and vitamin c. Vitamin c is required to strengthen arteries so that the body does not try to patch arteries with plaster casts atherosclerosis. It continues, pharmacist bob gabriel reported that people are. 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. Linus pauling didnt claim that vitamin c in combination with other chemotherapeutic drugs might provide an additional incremental benefit to. 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. He published a book about cold prevention using megadoses of vitamin c, or up to 18,000 mg daily. Excerpts from vitamin c and the common cold by linus pauling. Pauling discovered that vitamin c affects every cell in our bodies and we need it daily.
Linus pauling, vitamin c, and the common cold university of helsinki. It is the 10th anniversary of the death of linus pauling and his most controversial. Vitamin c and the common cold pdf linus paulingvitamin c and the common cold and flu pdf linus paulingcancer and. Picture courtesy of oscar falconi the healing factor vitamin c against disease by irwin stone with forewords by nobel prizewinners dr. His landmark book, the nature of the chemical bond, is frequently cited as the most influential scientific book. Here is an article written by dr hilary roberts about linus pauling and his views on vitamin c. Vitamin c the common cold and the flu by linus pauling. Following the publication of linus paulings book vitamin c and the common cold, vitamin c consumption rose 300% in the united states and life expectancy increased by 6.
Years ago, by reading this book at age 28, i discovered that vitamin c deficiency was causing the major joint problems i was having at the time deficiency sometimes mimics rheumatism. Contents summary function role in immunity bioavailability deficiency the rda disease prevention cardiovascular disease cancer type 2 diabetes mellitus. In 1958 they presented an appeal for a test ban to the. I wonder if dr linus pauling 190194 and dr robert atkins 19032003 are not laughing at our folly, wherever they are. During the 1950s pauling and his wife became well known to the public through their crusade to stop the atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons. Vitamin c and the common cold by linus pauling goodreads. So contends its nobel prizewinning author linus pauling. By following the simple, inexpensive and safe regimen described in this book, you can. Linus paulings first book in ascorbic acid aka vitamin c.
Linus pauling has 49 books on goodreads with 6234 ratings. Despite widespread popular belief in its effectiveness in preventing and combating the common cold, vitamin c ascorbic acid. His remarkable health claims concerned the substance we know as vitamin c. Dr pauling died aged 93, leaving behind life long studies on vitamin c. Linus pauling, father of orthomolecularmedicine reveals the benefits of vitamin c to the public. He explains the mechanism of how this vitamin will strengthen the immune. However, when he explained these findings in his wonderfully constructed books vitamin c and the common cold and how to live longer. Pauling made vitamin c popular with the public 144 and eventually published two studies of a group of 100 allegedly terminal patients that claimed vitamin c increased survival by as much as four times compared to untreated patients. How linus pauling duped america into believing vitamin c. Vitamin c supplementation and the common coldwas linus pauling right or wrong. Vitamin c cures heart disease cancer viral infection. Around 1970, nobel prize winner linus pauling popularized the theory that vitamin c helps treat colds. Vitamin c linus pauling institute oregon state university.
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