ORTHOMOLECULAR MEDICINE:

OUR CURRICULUM

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OUR PURPOSE

Our purpose is to educate doctors, healthcare professionals, students and patients in the field of orthomolecular medicine using sound research that reveal the secrets of disease prevention and the importance of healing through natural means. We prioritize nutraceuticals, vitamin therapy, and the essential extracts of special plants and herbs to give the greatest benefit to the most patients.

Through collaboration, teaching, and research, we provide medical professionals, students, and patients with the evidence behind prevention and treatment approaches that can enhance their daily health and well-being. Our primary goal? To help people nurture their health and nutrition to have a life worth living.

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COURSES

Nutraceuticals in the Prevention of Disease

Role of Gut Bacteria in the Prevention and Treatment of Heart Disease, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Epilepsy, and Cancer

Stroke Prevention through Proper Diet and Vitamin Therapy

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OUR APPROACH

Thorough research into various diseases helps us find novel approaches to prevention and treatment. Through our Private Practice consultations, we offer individual lines of communication to help you understand your conditions. At USF-Captiva, we listen to ensure your health, treatment, and well-being are of the utmost priority.

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THOUGHT LEADERS

With help from medical Thought Leaders in the field, our research goes beyond. Dr. A. David Smith of Oxford and Dr. Linus Pauling are particular focal points of our curriculum.

DR. LINUS PAULING

Dr. Linus Pauling, considered to be the Father of Orthomolecular Medicine, was awarded two Nobel Prizes for his extraordinary work.

“Pauling had spoken about the importance of vitamins in the late 1930s. In the mid-1960s he became intrigued with the biochemistry of nutrition. Its roots were in the research he had done at Caltech on the mechanism of action of anesthetic agents in the brain and in exploring the possibility that mental retardation and mental illness (especially schizophrenia) were caused by various biochemical and genetic disorders. This work in brain-fluid chemistry—studying the molecular environment of the mind—later led to collaborative clinical research with Dr. Abram Hoffer on the therapeutic efficacy of vitamins in cancer. In founding the new field of orthomolecular psychiatry, Pauling proposed that mental abnormalities might be successfully treated by correcting imbalances or deficiencies among naturally occurring biochemical constituents of the brain, notably vitamins and other micronutrients, as an alternative to the administration of potent synthetic psychoactive drugs. Pauling later broadened this work into “orthomolecular medicine.” The concept and term (meaning “the right molecules in the right concentration”) characterized an approach to the prevention and treatment of disease and attainment of optimum health that was based on the physiological and enzymatic actions of specific nutrients, such as vitamins, minerals, and amino acids present in the body.”

DR. ANTHONY DAVID SMITH

A British biochemist and pharmacologist, Smith’s research focuses on biochemical changes with disease and prevention. He co-founded the Oxford Project to Investigate Memory and Ageing (OPTIMA), and he is one of the leading international researchers searching for preventative treatments for dementia patients.

Additional research includes discovering that elevated homocysteine levels and low-normal concentrations of B vitamins are critical risk factors for the development of Alzheimer’s. He found that the results of administering high doses of B Vitamins reduced brain atrophy by 53%.