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IHENEM TORK TIMES BESTSEI LEK LINUS RULING \i ihoroi i // \\//n < \n/* //// 1 "\/\/m\ i o//) HOW TO LIVE LONGER AND FEEL BETTER I am a scientist, a chemist, physicist, crystallog- rapher, molecular biologist, and medical re- searcher Wlien I discovered, twenty years ago, thai the new developments m the field of nutrition were being ignored, I became so interested that most of my effort since that time has been devoted to research and education in this field. I hope that this book a ill help many people to avoid seru illness and enable them to lead and to < !th - ler and longer lives. Linus Pauling From tl IIOWTOIM ANGER ANDMI B)MR LINUS PAULING was awarded the 1954 Nobel Prize for chemistry and the 1962 Nobd Prize for peace. He has been the recipient ol over 40 honorary degrees from college! and universities in the United States and abroad and is the author of several books, including Vitamin C and the Common Cold. Avon Books are available at special quantity discounts for bulk purchases for sales promotions, premiums, fund raising or educa- tional use. Special books, or book excerpts, can also be created to fit specific needs. For details write or telephone the office of the Director of Special Markets, Avon Books, I>ept. FP. 1350 Avenue of the Americas. New York. New York 10019, 1-800-238-0658. HOWTOIM LONGERAND FEELBEnm LINUS MHJNG AVON BOOKS NEW YORK If you purchased this book without a cover, you should be aware that this book is stolen property. It was reported as "unsold and destroyed" to the publisher, and neither the author nor the publisher has received any payment for this "stripped book." Drawings on pages 6, 54, 135, 315, and 355 by Sidney Harris AVON BOOKS A division of The Hearst Corporation 1350 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10019 Copyright © 1986 by W.H. Freeman and Company Front cover photograph copyright © 1987 by Joe McNally/Wheeler Pictures Published by arrangement with W.H. Freeman and Company Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 85-25321 ISBN: 0-380-70289^ All rights reserved, which includes the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever except as provided by the U.S. Copyright Law. For information address W.H. Freeman and Company, c/o Jean Rosenthal, 28 East Uth Street, New York, New York 10003. The W.H. Freeman edition contains the following Library of Congress Cataloging m Publication Data: Pauling, Linus, 1901- How to live longer and feel better. Bibliography. Includes index. I. Nutrition. 2. Vitamins in human nutrition. 3. Orthomokcular therapy. 4. Health L Title RA774P38 1986 613.2 85-2532! 1 -irst Avon Books Printing: May 1987 AVON TKAOFMAkK KK, IS PAT. OFT. AND IN OTHER COUNTRIES, MARCA REGISTRADA. HK HMSt INADA Printed in Canada UNV 10 9 8 .- To Arthur M. Sackler 1 8 Contents Introduction ix I THE REGIMEN 1 1 Good Nutrition for a Good Lite 2 2 A R. knm Health 8 3 The I Md Nutrition nd the Now 21 4 Proteins, I lis. Carboh\ hites, and Water 5 Foods as the Source of Heat arul B&erg) 42 6 Two Eating Problems 48 II THE NEW NUTRITION 61 7 How Vitamins Were Discovered 62 8 Vitamins and Evolution 74 9 Vitamins in the Body 86 10 Biochemical Individuality 103 III ORTHOMOLECULAR MEDICINE 117 1 OrthomoJecular Medicine Defined 1 1 12 The Immune System 128 13 The Common Cold 137 14 Influenza and Other Infectious Diseases 160 15 Wounds and Their Healing 179 16 Muscular Activity 186 17 The Heart 191 18 Cardiovascular Disease 202 19 Cancer 217 20 The Brain 243 vii viii Contents 21 The Allergies 264 22 Arthritis and Rheumatism 272 23 The Eye, the Ear, and the Mouth 279 24 Aging: Its Moderation and Delay 286 IV VITAMINS AND DRUGS 299 25 Organized Medicine and the Vitamins 300 26 Vitamins and Drugs Compared 317 27 The Low Toxicity of Vitamins 334 28 The Side Effects of Vitamins 345 V HOW TO LIVE LONGER AND FEEL BETTER 361 29 A Happy Life and a Better World 362 Bibliography 368 About the Author 394 Name Index 399 Subject Index 405
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