Many people consider those who take vitamins and other nutritional supplements “quacks”. “You’re only paying for expensive urine” or “You get all the vitamins you need in the food you eat” are common statements.

In the 1800’s, a handful of “quack” doctors suggested that it would be beneficial for doctors to wash their hands between working on cadavers and delivering babies. It took over 30 years and countless deaths and diseases for the mainstream medical field to be convinced by these “quacks”.

In the early 1900’s, a handful of “quacks” felt strongly that there was a correlation between smoking and diet and health. It took over 50 years to convince the general public and mainstream medicine that smoking and dietary habits do directly and greatly affect your health.

Dr. Linus Pauling is the only individual winner of two unshared Nobel Prizes. Along with Albert Einstein, he is generally regarded as one of the greatest scientist of our time. He spent decades teaching and researching biochemistry and orthomolecular medicine at prestigious universities such as Stanford. For over 20 years, he and other renowned scientists and doctors performed independent research at the Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine. After decades of research and studies, Dr. Pauling wrote the book “How to Live Longer and Feel Better”.

In this book he wrote that his most important recommendation to extend a persons life and years of well-being by 25 to 30 years was to take vitamins and other nutritional supplements every day in “optimum amounts” in addition to the vitamins you receive through your food.

Look at people like Jack LaLane and Dr. Pauling who for years practiced optimum supplementation levels of vitamins and other nutrients. Compare their life span and years of well-being with others who don’t. History, research and personal experiences will reveal whether or not these men and a growing number of others are “quacks” or not.