Deaths From Rx Drugs: 300,000-400,000 a Year; Deaths From Vitamins: 0

. . . there is almost always a better natural alternative to toxic medications Prescription drugs are the 3rd leading cause of death in the US. Properly prescribed prescription drugs kill an estimated 300,000-400,000 yearly. How many deaths have vitamins caused? None! Researchers at the Orthomolecular Medicine News Service were disturbed to find that the US government's American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC) attributed 11 deaths to vitamins in the 27 years for which they have data. Now that's less than one death every two years from vitamins compared to hundreds of thousands of deaths from drugs yearly, but the researchers were skeptical that there was even one death from vitamins, so they probed a little deeper. The AAPCC uses a 4-point rating scale in attributing "Relative Contribution to Fatality:" (1) undoubtedly responsible, (2) probably responsible, (3) contributory, and (4) probably not responsible. When the researchers delved into the records, they found one of the "vitamin deaths" was given a (4) rating (probably not responsible), while the other 10 were not given any rating at all, suggesting vitamins had zero contribution to the deaths. Further, there was no evidence to show that vitamins were in any way responsible for any fatality. The researchers concluded that there is no evidence substantiating the claim that vitamins have ever caused a single death. "Orthomolecular medicine" is a term coined by the great two-time Nobel Prize-winning scientist Linus Pauling in 1968. It refers to preserving health and treating disease with substances that are normally found in the human body (like vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals in plants). What a much more sensible approach to health than using drugs -- foreign chemicals that add to the body burden of toxicity and cause nutritional deficiencies! There is a dangerous misconception in America that when you are sick you need a drug, when the only real solution to any health problem is to get well!  How is this done? By giving your cells the nutrients they need and reducing their toxic load to restore them to normal, healthy function. Saul AW and Vaman JN. No deaths from vitamins -- none at all in 27 years. Townsend Letter. October 2011, p. 19.