What Is Orthomolecular Medicine?

Orthomolecular medicine starts with a different question: could chronic disease be driven by problems in how the body uses nutrients? This clip explains how vitamins, minerals, and nutrient co-factors fit into this model, and how it differs from a pharmaceutical approach focused primarily on managing symptoms or altering biochemical pathways with drugs.

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Why Was Lithium Removed From Supplements?

This clip examines the claim that lithium was pushed out of mainstream nutrition through regulation rather than science alone. The discussion traces that argument back to reported overdose cases in 1949, the FDA response that followed, and the broader belief that restricting lithium supplementation may have had consequences for both physical and psychological health.