ole " How to get ;
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need for
41 cents a day

D. By Jock Veitch. |
vitamin supplements and a few simple —

health practices could add 35 years to your life,

says Dr. Linus Pauling, winner of two Nobel prizes. -

And all the vitamin and mineral supplements he
takes each day cost less than an average candy bar.

Dr. Pauling is 85 and feeling fit and full of en-
ergy. In his new book, How to Live Longer and
Feel Better (W. H. Freeman and Company, $7.95),
he says the years added through his simple health
guide are good years, and that even people who
wait until late in life to start can live 15 to 20 years
longer than otherwise.

Although Dr. Pauling takes large doses of vita-
mins, they cost only 41 cents a day. And they can be
taken in just four vitamin tablets plus vitamin C
crystals mixed with orange juice.

The so-called natural vitamins are no better than
less expensive supplements, he says. “Just learn to
read labels, shop around and get the cheapest you
can find,” he advises. “The Food and Drug Aminis-
tration requires that contents be stated on the label.
You don’t need to pay a lot for vitamins.”

Here is Dr. Pauling’s simple vitamin guide with
_ his tips for living a long life:

TAKE six grams to 18 grams — 6,000 to 18,000
milligrams (mg) — of vitamin C daily. Don’t miss a
single day. Vitamin C feeds the particles in the
body that bind cells together. It is essential for
vision, bones and maintenance of skin tissue.
~ TAKE 400, 800 or 1,600 IU (international units) of

ht-e Dr. Linus Pauling swears
toa and te simple nutrition plan.

vitamin E every day. Vitamin E dela
ps the body absorb oxyg
t-B tablets every day.
growth, keep the nervous system
enerate red blood cells and

cells and hel

They help body
form and reg
extend the lives of
TAKE a 25,000-IU vitamin-A tablet every
ps build resistance to colds and flu
rten the duration of diseases,
pplement every day, such as a
eral formula, which provides
0.15 mg of iodine,
gnesium, $ mg of
0.015 of molybdenum,
15 of selenium.
tdinary. sugar (sucrose,
honey), to 50 Ibs. a year,
current U.S. average..
Sugar, eat what you like,
one food. Eggs and meat

or two supe

Vitamin A hel
and helps sho
TAKE a mineral su
Bronson vitamin-
100 mg of calcium,
1 mg of copper, 25 mg of ma
manganese, 15 mg of zinc,
0.015 of chromium and 0.00
KEEP your intake of o
raw sugar, brown sugar,
which is about half the
EXCEPT for avoiding
but not too much of any

18 mg of iron,

 
  

are good food. Also eat plenty of vegetables

and fruit.: |

. , DRINK plenty of water every day. Three
. quarts a day is not too much.

‘KEEP active; exercise. But don’t exert

7 yourself beyond the level to which you are
_ accustomed.

DRINK alcoholic beverages only in moder-

ation. “This does not mean stop drinking,” Dr.

Pauling says. “After all, alcohol is a food. A
couple of drinks a day can increase your sense

_ Of well-being, and that’s important.”

DON’T smoke cigarettes.
AVOID stress. If possible, find a job you like

_ ‘and establish happy relationships with your
" family. oe

Dr. Pauling says the FDA's recommended
daily allowances (RDA) of vitamins and min-
erals are insufficient. Not only does he take

larger doses, he stresses the importance of taking

them daily, not at random.
The four vitamin and mineral tablets Dr. Pauling

' takes each day are one 800-IU vitamin-E capsule,
one super-B tablet, one vitamin-and-mineral tablet
and one 25,000-IU vitamin A-capsule. He takes them
in the evening. He takes his vitamin C before break-
fast — three level teaspoons of pure crystalline
ascorbic acid either dissolved in orange juice or in
water with a small amount of baking soda added to
make the drink effervescent.

“The discovery of vitamins three-quarters of a
century ago and the recognition that they are essen-
tial elements of a healthy diet was one of the most

. important contributions to health ever made,” says
Dr. Pauling.

“Of equal importance was the recognition about

years ago that optimum intakes of several vita-
mins, far larger than

intakes, lead to further improvement in health.
“The optimum daily amounts of vitamins are far
larger than those that can be obtained in food, even
by selecting foods for their high vitamin content.
The only way to obtain the amounts of vitamins
that put you in the best of health is to take vitamin
supplements. To obtain the 18,000 mg of vitamin C
that I take every day, I would have to drink more
than 200 large glasses of orange juice.” 0

the usually recommended