Vitamins are one of the nutrients used in orthomolecular medicine to help maintain health and treat disease. — Photos.com
Orthomolecular medicine involves providing the body with optimal amounts of substances that are natural to it in order to prevent and treat disease.
The term “orthomolecular” combines “ortho”, which is Greek for “correct” or “right”, with “molecule”, which describes the simplest structure of a compound.
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