Editorial: Vitamin Dependency

Andrew W. Saul Source: Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine Vol. 19, No. 2, 2004 “Man is a food-dependent creature. If you don’t feed him, he will die. If you feed him improperly, part of him will die.” –Emanuel Cheraskin, M.D., D.M.D. Dependency is a fact of life. The human body is dependent on food, water, sleep, and […]

Nutrient Interrelationships Minerals — Vitamins — Endocrines

David L. Watts, D.C., Ph.D., F.A.C.E.P.1 Source: Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine Vol. 5, No. 1, 1990 Nutritional therapeutics has largely been directed toward the recognition and correction of nutritional deficiencies. It is now becoming evident that a loss of homeostatic equilibrium between the nutrients can also have an adverse effect upon health. A loss of […]

Negative and Positive Side Effects of Vitamin B3

A. Hoffer M.D., Ph.D., F.R.C.P.(C)1 Source: Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine, Vol. 18, Nos. 3 & 4, 2003 Introduction I think the best way to describe the many properties of vitamin B3 is to tell the story of my long love affair with this amazing vitamin. It began in 1951, after Dr. Humphry Osmond, Dr. John Smythies and I […]

NIH – Niacin Fact Sheet for Consumers

Source: https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Niacin-Consumer/ This is a reader-friendly overview of Niacin. For more details, see our health professional fact sheet on Niacin. What is niacin and what does it do? Niacin (also called vitamin B3) helps turn the food you eat into the energy you need. Niacin is important for the development and function of the cells in your body. How much […]

NIH – Niacin Fact Sheet for Health Professionals

Source: https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Niacin-HealthProfessional/ This is a fact sheet intended for health professionals. For a reader-friendly overview of Niacin, see our consumer fact sheet on Niacin. Introduction Niacin (also known as vitamin B3) is one of the water-soluble B vitamins. Niacin is the generic name for nicotinic acid (pyridine-3-carboxylic acid), nicotinamide (niacinamide or pyridine-3-carboxamide), and related derivatives, […]

The Gift of Vitamin C

Laraine C. Abbey R.N., C.N.S.1 Source: Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine Vol. 18, Nos. 3 & 4, 2003 Introduction The British government sponsored Foods Standards Agency warns that vitamin and mineral supplement users should confine vitamin C intake to no more than 1,000 mg daily in order to assure a “safe upper level” and to avoid […]

Winds of Change

A. Hoffer, M.D., Ph.D. Source: Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine Vol. 2, No. 4, 1987 Nutritional dogma has blocked the use of nutrients as supplements for nearly forty years. The main tenets of this dogma are simple. They are based on what was known about nutrition and nutrient supplements before foods were so devitalized that it did […]