- Take vitamin C every day, 6 grams to 18 g (6000 to 18,000 miligrams), or more. Do not miss a single day.
- Take vitamin E every day, 400 IU, 800 IU, or 1600 IU.
- Take one or two Super-B tablets every day, to provide good amounts of the B-vitamins.
- Take 25,000 IU vitamin A tablet every day.
- Take a mineral supplement every day, such as one tablet of the Bronson vitamin-mineral formula, which provides 100 mg of calcium, 18 mg of iron, 0.15 mg of iodine, 1 mg of copper, 25 mg of magnesium, 3 mg of manganese, 15 mg of zinc, 0.015 mg of molybdenum, 0.015 mg of chromium, and 0.015 mg of selenium.
- Keep your intake of ordinary sugar (sucrose, raw sugar, brown sugar, honey) to 50 pounds per year, which is half the present U.S. average. Do not add sugar to tea or coffee. Do not eat high-sugar foods. Avoid sweet desserts. Do not drink soft drink.
- Except for avoiding sugar, eat what you like - but not too much of any one food. Eggs and meat are good foods. Also you should eat some vegetables and fruits. Do not eat so much food as to become obese.
- Drink plenty of water every day.
- Keep active; take some exercise. Do not at any time exert yourself physically to an extent far beyond what you are accustomed to.
- Drink alcoholic beverages only in moderation.
- Do not smoke cigarettes.
- Avoid stress. Work at a job that you like. Be happy with your family.
Personally consider vitamin D3 to get serum levels at least above 60 ng/dl, as much vitamin K2 you can get, the larger portion of Vitamin E as Gamma Tocopherol (as well as Tocotrienols), and CoQ10 also very important. All additions which haven't been well known or available at Pauling's times. Though why he only recommended 25 mg/d of magnesium is incomprehensible to me. Magnesium deficiency is very widespread and difficult to ever correct with that tiny bid.
With multi-vitamins and minerals it's important that one either tested serum ferritin and copper, or choose one without iron and copper. Also manganese better below 2 mg/d. Ideally it comes with methylfolate instead of folic acid (up to 50% of the population can't metabolize synthetic folic acid to active folate, where it even blocks receptors and creates a deficiency. Read above 1 mg/d). LifeExtension sells inexpensive Two-Per-Day capsules or pills as well as a B-Complex complying with all these precautions.
