One of the great physicians of the last 75 years was Dr. Abram Hoffer. He pioneered the use of vitamins and minerals as therapy. He stated that there was always a natural substance that could do better than any drug for some body condition. He wrote prolifically and published many articles on using natural substances. He called this Orthomolecular medicine. He recently died after over 90 years of a full life.
Here are my favorite Hoffer quotes:
“Drugs make a well person sick. Why would they make a sick person well?”
“The worst fate that can befall the critics of orthomolecular medicine is that they will never, ever use vitamins.”
“No amount of evidence will persuade someone who is not listening.”
“Double-blind clinical trials are for the birds.”
“How much longer will society permit doctors the luxury of doing nothing, especially when the suggested treatments are safe, economical and, in the opinion of doctors who follow the treatments, so effective. The medical establishment should be ashamed of itself, and owes the American people an apology.”
“Anyone who wishes to become familiar with orthomolecular medicine may do so by simply beginning with a whole-foods, sugar-free diet, and a few vitamins.”
“Sugar is the original addiction.”
“Niacin is probably not quite as safe as water, but pretty close to it.”
“If I told patients a funny story and they did not laugh, they needed more niacin.”
“Patients ask me, ‘How dangerous is niacin therapy?’ I answer them, ‘You are going to live a lot longer. Is that a problem for you?’”
“There have been no deaths ever from niacin. The LD 50 (the dosage that would kill half of those taking it) for dogs is 6,000 milligrams per kilogram body weight. That is equivalent to half a pound of niacin per day for a human. No human takes 225,000 milligrams of niacin a day. They would be nauseous long before reaching a harmful dose.”
“Niacin is not liver toxic. Niacin therapy increases liver function tests. But this elevation means that the liver is active. It does not indicate an underlying liver pathology.”
“I have treated 5,000 schizophrenic patients with niacin. The first was a 12-year-old boy in 1960. To get the boy to take it, his father crushed the niacin tablet and spread it into a jam sandwich. That boy is now a research physician.”
“The treatment that worked in 1960 is still working today. That treatment is called orthomolecular medicine. Orthomolecular medicine restores natural metabolism with nutrients, such as vitamins and minerals, in optimum quantities.”
“For schizophrenics, the natural recovery rate is 50%. With orthomolecular medicine, the recovery rate is 90%. With drugs, it is 10%. If you use just drugs, you won’t get well.”
(Abram Hoffer authored more than two dozen books and nearly 600 research reports, reviews and editorials. Niacin: The Real Story, his final book, was published posthumously in 2012. You can learn more about niacin therapy by doing a site search for “Hoffer niacin” at http://www.doctoryourself.com.
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Dr. David I Minkoff, MD
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