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R, By Jock Veitch
vitamh supplementsand a few simple
health practicescould idd 85 years to your &e,
saysDr. LinusPauling,winnerof two Nobelprioes.
And,a11the vitamin and mineral supplementshe
takeseachday costlessthanan averagecandybar.
Dr. Pauling is 85 and feeling fit and full of en-
ergy. In his new book How to Live Longer atad
Feel Better (W.II. Freemanaud Company,87.85).
he saysthe yearsaddedthroughhis simple health
guide are good years, and that even peoplewho
wait until late in life to start can live 15to 20years
longer than otherwise.
AlthoughDr. Pauling takeslarge dosesof vita-
mins,theycostonli 41centsa day.And they canbe
taken in just four vitamin tablets plus vitamin C
crystals mixed with orangejuice.
Theso-callednaturalvitaminsare no better than
lessexpensivesupplements, he says.Just learn to
read labels,shoparoundand get the cheapeatyou
can Bnd,he advises.The Atod and Drug Aminis-
tration requiresthat contentsbe statedon the label.
You dont need to pay a lot for vitamins.
Here is Dr. Paulingssimplevitamin guidewith
his tips for living a long life:
TAKE six grams to 18 grams - 8,080to 18,000
milligrams(mg)- of vitamin C daily. Dontmissa
single day. Vitamin C feeds the particles in the
body that bind cells together.It is essentialfor
vision,bonesand maintenanceof skin tissue.
- TAKE400,800or 1,500IU (int4!mationalunita)of
At 8S, I hdgM-oyed Dr. Unua Ruling waara
by uitamin C and hb mimpk nubitkn ptan.
vitamin E everyday.VitaminE delays the agSngof
cells and helps the body absorboxygen.
TAKE one or two super-b tablets every day.
They help body growth, keep the nervoussystem
working,form and regeneratered bloodcells and
extend the lives of cells.
TAKE a 25,OOMUvitamin-A tablet every day.
Vitamin A helps build resistanceto colds and gu
and helps shortenthe duration of diseases
mKE a mineralsupplementeveryday,suchas a
.Bronsonvitamin-mineralformula, which provides
100mg of calcium,18mg of iron, 0.15mg of iodine,
1 mg of copper,25 mg of magnesium,3 mg of
manganese,15 mg of xinc, 0.015of molybdenruq
0.015of chromium and 0.8815of selenium.
KEKP your intake of oMinary sugar (ticrose,
raw sugar,brown sugar,honey),to 50 lbs. a year,
which is about half the current US average..
EX!EPT for avoidingsugar,eat what you likq
butnottoomuchofanyonefood.Eggsandmeat
are goodfood.
and-suit.
- of vegetables
DIUNK plenty of water every day. Three
&arts a day ti not too much.-
KEEP active;. exercise.-But dont exert
yoomsyond the level to which you are
DRINK aicoholicbeveragesonly in moder-
ation.This doesnot meanstopdrinking,Dr.
Pauling says.After all, alcoholis a food.A
coupleof drinksa day can increaseyour sense
of well-king, and thats important
DONT smokecigarettes.
happy relationshipswith your
larger doses,he stressesthe imp&ance of taking
them daily, not at random.
Thefour vitamin andmineral tabletsDr. Pauling
takeseach day are one 8804Uvitamin-E capsule,
onesuper-Btablet, onevitamin-and-mineraltablet
andoue25,080-IU vitamin A-capsule. He takesthem
intheeveniqg.HetakeshisvitamhCbeforebreak-
fast - three level teaspoonsof pure crystalllw
ascorbicacid either dissolvedin orangejuice oi in .
waterwithasmallamountofbakingsodaaddedto
make the drink elfervescent.
The discoveryof vitamins three-quartersof a
centuryagoandthe recogaltionthat theyare wsen-
tial elementsof a healthydiet was oneof the most
importantcontributionsto healthever made,says
Dr. Pauling.
Of equal importaacewas the recognitionabout
20 yearsago that o timum intakesof severalvita-
mins, far larger Jan the usually recommended
Makes, lead to further improvementin heal&
The optimumdaily amountsof vitaminsare far
larger than thosethat can he obtainedin food,even
by selectingfoodsfor their high vitamin content.
The only way to obtain the amounb of vitamins
tbatputyouinthebestofhealtbbtotakevitamin
supplemenb.Ib obtain the 18,008mg of vitamin C
that I take every day, I would have to drink more
than 200 large glassesof orangejuice: 0