Orthomolecular Medicinepublic - created 01/27/06 |
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Orthomolecular medicine or optimum nutrition, emphasizes the use of natural substances found in a healthy diet such as vitamins, dietary minerals, enzymes, amino acids, glyconutrients, and essential fatty acids in the prevention and treatment of diseases. Orthomolecular medicine focuses on the role of proper nutrition in relation to health. Nutrition comes first in medical diagnoses and treatment, drug treatment is used only for specific indications.
Orthomolecular medicine is defined as the provision of the optimum molecular constitution, especially the optimum concentration of substances that are normally present in the body, for the purposes of treating disease and preserving health.
Dr. Linus Pauling proposed the term Orthomolecular Medicine in 1968 in the journal Science. The field of orthomolecular psychiatry deals with the use of orthomolecular medicine to treat psychiatric problems.
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