Key Takeaways:

• Serves as a clinical reference for physicians interested in using vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients at therapeutic (often high) doses.
• Organizes conditions and suggested nutrient protocols in a way meant to integrate with standard medical practice rather than replace it.
• Encapsulates key orthomolecular ideas: biochemical individuality, the possibility that “normal” lab ranges may still be suboptimal, and the use of nutrients as primary therapeutic tools.
• Helps legitimize nutrient-based treatment within a segment of the medical profession, even as mainstream organizations remain skeptical.