1) As a general rule, all vitamins and food supplements should be taken with meals, or immediately after the meals. They are better utilized with foods.

2)  Divide all the suggested daily amounts equally between three meals.

3)  Take all vitamins and food supplements continuously, with the exception of high potency B-complex vitamins, large doses of synthetic isolated B-vitamins, and large doses of vitamins A and D – these should be taken for one month, then after a one-month interval, taken for another month, and so on. The reason for this is that the above-mentioned vitamins are cumulative and may cause vitamin imbalances in the system if taken in large doses over a prolonged period of time. Also, the continuous ingestion of certain isolated B-vitamins in large doses may cause deficiencies of other B-vitamins, and/or interfere with the body’s own synthesis of these vitamins in the intestines. Naturally, brewer’s yeast (B-complex) and plain fish liver oils (A & D) can be taken continuously.

4)  Special medicinal supplements, such as digestive enzymes, hydrochloric acid, special vitamins and minerals in massive doses, etc., are recommended. These should be taken only during the treatment or for about one to three months and then discontinued. After a one to three month interval, treatment can be repeated if needed. Between treatment periods, vitamin and mineral-rich natural food supplements should be used, such as brewer’s yeast, bone meal, lecithin, fish liver oils, rose hips, etc. Vitamin С can be used continuously in reduced dosage. When vitamin E is used for a heart condition it also should be used continuously.

5)  Although vitamin E in the form of mixed tocopherols is perfectly safe to take by a healthy person who takes vitamins for preventive purposes, those who take vitamin E for therapeutic purposes or for treatment of specific conditions, should take only the pure d-alpha tocopherol capsules (possibly supplemented by mixed tocopherols). Only the alpha-tocopherol fraction of E vitamin complex is known presently to be effective in treatment of disease.

6)  As a rule, all vitamins and food supplements should be taken together; being synergistic in action, they work best that way and complement each other. There is, however, a notable exception to this rule. Vitamin E and iron supplements are antagonists. Iron tablets have an adverse effect on the utilization of vitamin E. Therefore, when iron tablets are taken, as for example in anemia, they should be taken 8 to 12 hours after or before taking vitamin E. For example, take the total daily dose of vitamin for breakfast and iron tablet at dinnertime. Natural iron-rich foods, however, have no adverse effect on vitamin E utilization.

7) There is no such thing as a common or an average person or patient. As Dr. Roger J. Williams stressed so expertly, «Individual human beings have great diversity in human nutritional needs.» There is also a great difference in every patient’s response to vitamins and other therapeutic substances, depending on his health condition, nutritional stature, the quality of the foods he eats, his ability to assimilate nutrients, the mineral content of the water he drinks, the toxicity degree of his environment, his emotional health, etc. Due to many physical and mental disorders, vitamins may not be utilized properly. Poor teeth, diarrhea, the lack of digestive juices, intestinal parasites, infections, colitis, gall bladder or liver disorders, mental stresses – these are just a few of the conditions which interfere with vitamin utilization. Then there are countless vitamin antagonists which destroy or interfere with ingested vitamins, such as smoking (vitamin C), aspirin and other drugs (vitamin C), alcohol (Vitamin B), rancid foods (vitamin E), chlorinated water (vitamin E), laxatives (vitamins С & В), etc., etc.

Your doctor, upon a careful examination and nutritional and metabolic evaluation of your condition must determine the exact dosage and the duration of the vitamin therapy for you.

When possible, all vitamins should be natural, not synthetic.

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GENERAL HEALTH