Excellent health can be maintained, and a wide range of diseases can be improved or even cured by providing the body with optimum amounts of nutrients.  The orthomolecular view challenges conventional medicine's stance that through our normal diet, we get enough vitamins, minerals and other substances essential for long-term health.

Orthomolecular medicine was first developed by Linus Pauling, winner of two Nobel prizes, and applies substances naturally occurring in the body (vitamins, minerals, trace elements, enzymes, amino acids, etc.) in therapeutic doses.

From the orthomolecular point of view, our bodies are exposed to so many adverse influences (tobacco smoke, environmental pollution, processed foods, etc.) that the amount of nutrients we get through our regular diet is not adequate to sustain health.

Orthomolecular medicine can be used therapeutically to help treat numerous diseases, from the common cold to cancer.  It can be used preventively as an important protection against conditions like degenerative disease, accelerated ageing and cancer.  Orthomolecular medicine can also help you achieve optimum health.

Certain vitamins, like vitamin C, can be taken orally or intravenously. An advantage of intravenous administration is that very high doses, which are used for fighting infection and in alternative cancer treatment - ( Cancer Support ) - can be easily administered.   Another advantage is that the gastrointestinal tract is bypassed.  This ensures that the vitamin fully enters the blood stream, without being lost through stool or urine.