THE
Vitamin Cure
Clinically Proven Remedies to Prevent and Treat 75 Chronic Diseases and Conditions
MONTE LAI, PhD
Humanix Books
The Vitamin Cure
Copyright © 2018 by Ching-San Lai
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In memory of Lawrence H. Piette
This book is a culmination of over forty years of my academic and industrial work in which I engaged with an aim to find ways to improve health and wellbeing of the public. My interest in antioxidant vitamins dates back four decades when I was pursuing my Ph.D. degree in biophysics in late professor Lawrence H Piette’s lab in Honolulu, Hawaii. Professor Piette who was the pioneer in the field of free radicals in biology and medicine was my mentor and inspiration in science. This book is dedicated to him.
I would like to thank all the people who provided their time and valuable advices when I worked in the pharmaceutical industry in San Diego. It is not possible to mention them all here, Timothy R. Billiar, M.D., Mike Ziegler, M.D, Marv Rosenthal, Ph.D., Chung Y. Hsu, M.D, Ph.D., George Gill, M.D, Fu-Tong Liu, M.D, Ph.D., Ferid Murad, M.D., Ph.D., the late Mitchell Fink, M.D and the late Leonard Arthur Herzenberg, Ph.D.
I also would like to express my appreciation to Ron Epstein, Ph.D. and Larry Wade for reading a part of the manuscript. This book would not be possible without relentless support and love of my son Shawn and my dear friend Hena Hsu. I wholeheartedly appreciate their enthusiasm and encouragement throughout the course of this work.
Poison is in everything, and nothing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy.
Paracelsus (1493–1541)
Father of Toxicology
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One: Vitamins
1. Vitamin A (Retinol)
2. Vitamin B1 (Thiamine)
3. Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)
4. Vitamin B3 (Niacin)
5. Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic Acid)
6. Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine)
7. Vitamin B7 (Biotin)
8. Vitamin B9 (Folic Acid)
9. Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin)
10. Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid)
11. Vitamin D (Sunshine Vitamin)
12. Vitamin E (Alpha-Tocopherol)
13. Vitamin K (Phylloquinone)
Part Two: Essential Elements
14. Calcium
15. Potassium
16. Sodium
17. Magnesium
18. Phosphorus
19. Iron
20. Zinc
21. Manganese
22. Copper
23. Molybdenum
24. Iodine
25. Chromium
26. Selenium
27. Omega-3 Fatty Acids
Part Three: Secrets for Staying Healthy
28. How Does Sugar Make You Fat?
29. Why Should Patients with Autoimmune Diseases Not Eat Meat?
30. Who’s Coming to the Party? Free Radical, a Persona Non Grata
31. What Are Free Radicals?
32. A Personal Story of the Hunt for the Hydroxyl Radical
33. What Are Antioxidants?
34. How Does Exercise Benefit Brain Health?
35. Why Are Fruits and Vegetables Good for Your Health?
36. What Is Aging?
Part Four: Prevention and Treatment of Diseases and Conditions
37. Alzheimer’s Disease
38. Asthma
39. Atherosclerosis
40. Atrial Fibrillation
41. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
42. Autism Spectrum Disorder
43. Autoimmune Thyroid Disease
44.
