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The OSU Press is proud to introduce Linus Pauling's How to Live Longer and Feel Better to a new generation of readers interested in achieving excellent health. A New York Times bestseller when it was first published in 1986, Pauling's seminal work proposes taking vitamins and minerals to prevent disease and live a long life. Eminently readable and challenging on many levels, the book compiled for a popular audience a generation of scientific knowledge and helped to revolutionize the way Americans think about nutrition.

Pauling's simple, inexpensive plan suggests avoiding sugar, stress, and smoking; working in a job that you like; and being happy with your family. To avoid serious illness and enjoy a longer life, he recommends taking vitamins for optimal health and as insurance against disease.

Pauling greatly influenced subsequent research regarding the role of nutrition in healthy living, coining the term "orthomolecular medicine" to describe the practice of using vitamins and other substances normally present in the body to improve health and fight viruses, cancer, cardiovascular disease, allergies, arthritis, and other illnesses. Since 1986 the scientific community has paid renewed attention to the field of nutrition; clinical and longevity studies have examined the links between vitamin C and health, for example. Some of Pauling's findings have been challenged, but the essential tenets of his thesis on the importance of nutritional supplements remain undisputed.

A new historical introduction by Melinda Gormley details Pauling's life and his fascinating intellectual growth, from his formative years as a molecular chemist to his peace activism and his later interest in nutrition. His extraordinary ability to cross disciplinary boundaries (specifically, using his knowledge of molecular structure to rethink the role of micronutrients in disease) combined with his accessible writing for a lay audience, make How to Live Longer and Feel Better a classic. This new edition includes information on additional resources from the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University.

Whether one reads Pauling's book for his prescription for healthy living, for an understanding of his impact on nutritional science today, or for its historical importance, one cannot escape the conclusion that diet and lifestyle are the key to disease prevention.

首次引進 【雙項諾貝爾得主】 萊納斯．鮑林 鉅作
深入了解「維他命C」的神奇功效

本書為《長壽養生之道》20周年紀念的再版，不僅彙集了萊納斯．鮑林過往的書籍，亦整合了鮑林在70年代後期與以旺卡麥隆博士（Dr. Ewan Cameron）共同撰寫的《癌症和維他命C》（Cancer and Vitamin C）一書。作者提供了一種簡單的飲食療法來改善健康。鮑林的健康計劃具有吸引力的一點是，只要透過一些「簡單而低廉」的措施（攝取維他命C），任何人都可以增進他們的健康和幸福。

在書中作者舉出許多的統計數據來說明，透過適當攝取維他命，與其他膳食營養的方法，足以獲得最佳的健康狀態。現在大多數人都知道，維他命C對於治療以及預防感冒，有確切的功效，但作者提出許多臨床實驗紀錄來證明，維他命C對人體的好處實在是不可勝數，舉凡傷口療癒、肌肉活動、過敏、關節炎等生理病痛，或是精神分裂症、唐氏症的心理疾病，甚至對於重大疾病的癌症、心血管疾病的患者都有很大的助益。維他命C能夠維護細胞的健康發展，促進正常組織生長及修復（即傷口癒合），也有助於防止血液凝固和瘀傷，同時因為維他命C可以提高人體的免疫力，降低膽固醇水平，防止高血壓和防止動脈硬化，預防退化性疾病，如白內障，某些癌症和心血管疾病等。

本書中，鮑林擷取了許多成功執行分子矯正療法的小故事。很多因為攝取維他命C而獲得治療的病患寫信給他，描述他們遵循建議後的成功經歷。鮑林從之前的著作，和針對維他命C和營養的公開談話中，收到成千如雪片般飛來的信件回應。發表《長壽養生之道》後，鮑林有來自各方的強力支持，也有與他意見相左的醫學家與學者，鮑林飽受著許多衝突和挫折，但為了讓維他命C的功效被人們所接受，絲毫不動搖他的信念，反而提出了邏輯論證和合理的假設來面對詆毀他的人。

另一個吸引人的因素是鮑林積極正面的觀點；鮑林著重於長壽及對疾病的預防與治療。在最後一章，“美好世界的樂活人生”，鮑林希望以個人的力量，為大眾帶來貢獻；他企求讀者能理解其中偉大的藍圖。