Table of contents : CONTENTS Introduction I THE REGIMEN 1 Good Nutrition for a Good Life 2 A Regimen for Better Health 3 The Old Nutrition and the New 4 Proteins, Fats, Carbohydrates, and Water 5 Foods as the Source of Heat and Energy 6 Two Eating Problems II THE NEW NUTRITION 7 How Vitamins Were Discovered 8 Vitamins and Evolution 9 Vitamins in the Body 10 Biochemical Individuality III ORTHOMOLECULAR MEDICINE 11 Orthomolecular Medicine Defined 12 The Immune System 13 The Common Cold 14 Influenza and Other Infectious Diseases 15 Wounds and Their Healing 16 Muscular Activity 17 The Heart 18 Cardiovascular Disease 19 Cancer 20 The Brain 21 The Allergies 22 Arthritis and Rheumatism 23 The Eye, the Ear, and the Mouth 24 Aging: Its Moderation and Delay IV VITAMINS AND DRUGS 25 Organized Medicine and the Vitamins 26 Vitamins and Drugs Compared 27 The Low Toxicity of Vitamins 28 The Side Effects of Vitamins V HOW TO LIVE LONGER AND FEEL BETTER 29 A Happy Life and a Better World Bibliography About the Author