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Recommended dietary allowances (RDA) of nutrients are seen as inadequate, given the individuality of patients’ genetic disposition and the interaction of the environment. Often supplementation with relatively large doses of vitamins is given and the name megavitamin therapy has become popularly associated with the field.

The substances may be administered by diet, dietary supplementation or intravenously.

Many conventional doctors disregard the concepts of orthomolecular medicine and tell patients that a balanced diet will provide all the nutrition a person needs to be healthy. Critics arguing against vitamin therapy claim that high doses of certain vitamins are toxic and can cause problems.

Proponents point to an almost zero level of deaths caused by overdosing of vitamins compared to the significant numbers from pharmaceuticals.

Dr. Linus Pauling proposed the term Orthomolecular Medicine in 1968 in the journal ‘Science’.

The field orthomolecular psychiatry deals with the use of orthomolecular medicine to treat psychiatric problems.

Some practitioners also use the term optimum nutrition to describe orthomolecular medicine.

References

Levy, Thomas, MD JD ; (September 2002), Vitamin C, Infectious Diseases, and Toxins , Xlibris Corporation (Paperback). ISBN: 1401069630

External Links

International Society for Orthomolecular Medicine

Online Archive of the Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine

Orthomolecular Medicine Advocate Robert F. Cathcart, M.D

 
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International Society for Orthomolecular Medicine
Society to educate health professionals and the public in the benefits and practice of orthomolecular medicine through publications, conferences and seminars. Contains research, newsletters, journal, membership and conference information.

International Advocates for Health Freedom
The founder, John Hammell, has been fighting for health freedom for 10 years, and first got involved with alternative medicine after recovering from a life threatening illness via a suppressed alternative treatment (orthomolecular medicine) after mainstream methods almost killed him. He believes it to be highly immoral for anyone to try to restrict the availability of herbs and supplements or to do anything which would hamper consumer access.

The Linus Pauling Institute
Continuing the pioneering efforts of Linus Pauling in orthomolecular medicine; basic and applied research of the application of nutritional factors to health promotion by intervention and disease prevention.