Part 2 – Early Evidence of the Healing Power of

Part 2 – Early Evidence of the Healing Power of Vitamins

Since the early 1900s there has been research involving natural alternative medicine. Many of these early researchers risked their reputations, careers and even their freedom for pursuing natural medicine research. In this report we will identify some of the notable examples of physicians who came to identify the power of natural medicine.

Dr’s. Wilfred and Evan Shute. In 1933 Dr’s. Wilfred and Evan Shute were some of the first doctors to use large doses of vitamin E to treat heart disease. At that time, antioxidant’s and free radicals were rather obscure concepts in the chemistry of oxidation, far removed from issues of health and disease. Also at that time, using vitamins to treat serious diseases such as heart disease and diabetes was considered by the medical establishment as misguided at best and outright fraud at worst.

In 1985, Linus Pauling wrote: “The failure of the medical establishment during the last forty years to recognize the value of vitamin E in controlling heart disease is responsible for a tremendous amount of unnecessary suffering and for many early...