The Linus Pauling Institute maintains a constantly updated Web site accessed at http://lpi.oregonstate.edu.
As part of our commitment to advancing the understanding of the effects of nutritional factors on human health and disease, the Institute created the online "Micronutrient Information Center" in 2000. The MIC contains up-to-date, scientifically accurate, peer-reviewed information on the functions and health benefits of all vitamins and essential minerals, some foods and beverages, many dietary phytochemicals, and other dietary constituents and supplements. The MIC can be accessed at http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter. The information posted on vitamins and minerals is also available as a book, "An Evidence-Based Approach to Vitamins and Minerals," originally published in 2003 and in revised and updated form in 2011. The information posted on the MIC on phytochemicals, foods and beverages, and other nutrients was published in 2006 as "An Evidence-Based Approach to Dietary Phytochemicals".
The Institute publishes a free, semi-annual Research Newsletter that features articles by LPI scientists on their current research projects and summaries of other work being done in areas relevant to the Institute's mission. Issues of the Research Newsletter are archived on the LPI Web site. In addition to the Research Newsletter, periodic solicitations for tax-deductible support of the Institute are sent to those on the Institute's mailing list.
As part of our commitment to provide public education on the role of diet, lifestyle, and micronutrients (vitamins, essential minerals, other nutrients, and dietary phytochemicals) in promoting optimum health and preventing or treating disease, the Institute developed the Healthy Youth Program in 2009. The goal of the Healthy Youth Program is to provide educational programs to school children and their families.
The Institute organizes and hosts campus colloquia and major conferences on nutrition and health, including the biennial "Diet and Optimum Health" conference, which has featured sessions on the roles of micronutrients, vitamins, and phytochemicals in cancer, heart disease, immune function, neurodegenerative diseases, and aging. LPI also co-sponsors the biennial conference on "Oxidants and Antioxidants in Biology," organized by the Oxygen Club of California.
During the academic year, the Institute regularly brings to the Oregon State University campus distinguished scientists working in areas related to the mission of the Institute. Additionally, LPI hosts a biennial Public Lecture Series on campus open to everyone.
An inventory of publications, listing all titles of original research articles, review articles, and book chapters authored by Institute scientists, is available upon request.
