Dr. Linus Pauling was the creator of the term Orthomolecular Medicine in 1968, and defined it as Optimum Molecule (from Greek: Orto – Optimum).
Orthomolecular Medicine starts from the principle that there is no disease, what does exist is cellular malnutrition, therefore it consists of restoring to each person the optimal concentration of natural substances that are present in our organism, with the purpose of correcting alterations for deficiencies or excesses of nutrients to achieve or maintain good health.