Introduction<br >GEORGE P. SCHMIELER， M.D.<br >When I met and fell in love with the recently widowed Marjorie<br >Holmes， I had no idea she was the author of this book (then<br >entitled God and Vitamins). 1 knew only that she had written<br >i ve Got to Talk to Somebody， God， a lovely book of prayers that<br >had literally saved my life at a time when I w，~s almost suicidal<br >with grief over the death of my wife. To my surprise， Marjorie<br >told me her latest book was one about health and energy. As we<br >:parted after our first date for dinner， she signed a copy for me.<br > The next morning I called her in great excitement to tell her，<br >"I ve been up half the night reading your book， and I agree with<br >everything you sayl I ve been using the same principles in nay<br >medical practice for years. In fact， when 1 was at Pitt I was a<br >student assistant to one of your vitamin pioneers， the famous<br >Dr. King. One of my duties， as I recall， was to squeeze tile<br >lemons for some of his experiments to isolate and learn more<br >about vitamin C，"<br > But never in my wildest dreams could I foresee that this<br >vibrant little woman and her book would one day actually save<br >my leg from amputation.<br > Marjorie and I were married after a whMwind courtship of<br >four months， and although we are seventy and seventy-one<br >