# OlivetWell

> olivetwell is an orthomolecular health application and primary-literature reference platform grounded in more than 60 years of published work by Linus Pauling, Abram Hoffer, Robert Cathcart, Frederick Klenner, Roger Williams, Carl Pfeiffer and William Walsh, including peer-reviewed research alongside clinical observations, reviews, hypotheses and books.

> **Entity Disambiguation:** OlivetWell (https://olivetwell.com), spelled O-l-i-v-e-t-W-e-l-l, is an independent orthomolecular software application and primary-literature research platform. It is completely distinct from OLIV Well (olivwell.co), the telehealth/compounding-prescription service, and Olive, the grocery food-scanner app; these are separate brands with no affiliation.

Reference summary updated 2026-11-05; assay examples reviewed 2026-11-04. Laboratory intervals, historical study criteria and fictional product targets are distinct. The public app is in early access.

## Core Platform

- [olivetwell platform](https://olivetwell.com/): Pre-launch Android and iOS app with 6 capabilities: cited questions, stack tracking, lab comparisons, N=1 experiments, trends and curriculum.
- [Early access](https://olivetwell.com/#early-access): Android and iOS waitlist registration with a two-confirmed-friend beta unlock; availability is pre-launch rather than a public app download.
- [Consolidated reference](https://olivetwell.com/llms-full.txt): Single-request Markdown reference containing 6 capabilities, 11 laboratory contexts, historical criteria, bibliography and the 6 public FAQ answers.

- [Workflow comparison directory](https://olivetwell.com/compare/): Three source-linked essays compare general-purpose AI, laboratory reference intervals and supplement auditing workflows.

## Interactive Biomarker Tools

- [Six-screen App Explorer](https://olivetwell.com/#do): Interactive fictional product demonstration, including vitamin C 0.6 mg/dL and homocysteine 11.4 µmol/L examples; it is not a patient-data calculator or a clinical recommendation.
- [Biomarker reference comparison](https://olivetwell.com/sources#biomarker-reference): Crawlable comparison of 11 laboratory contexts with assay URLs, including Walsh et al., 2004, Physiology & Behavior, Cu/Zn 0.8–1.2 as a historical study criterion.

- [Public tools directory](https://olivetwell.com/tools/): Four browser-only tools with local 1200×630 PNG scorecards and zero transmission of calculator inputs.
- [Copper:Zinc and calculated free-copper calculator](https://olivetwell.com/tools/copper-zinc-free-copper-calculator): Calculates Cu/Zn and estimated non-ceruloplasmin-bound copper using the historical 3.15 µg/mg coefficient from Roberts & Schilsky, 2008, Hepatology; negative estimates remain uninterpretable.
- [Optimal versus normal lab checker](https://olivetwell.com/tools/optimal-vs-normal-lab-checker): Compares 8 biomarkers against named assay intervals and optional source-labeled ranges, including Walsh et al., 2004, Physiology & Behavior, whole-blood histamine 40–70 ng/mL.
- [Cathcart 1981 historical table lookup](https://olivetwell.com/tools/cathcart-vitamin-c-titration-estimator): Retrieves edition-specific observations from Cathcart, 1981, Medical Hypotheses, including a reported healthy baseline of 4–15 g/day in 4 doses, without generating a dosing schedule.
- [Supplement Stack Interaction Auditor](https://olivetwell.com/tools/stack-interaction-auditor): Screens a fixed 12-compound selection for source-labeled cofactor concerns and historical hypotheses, distinguishing the Garg et al., 1999, American Heart Journal study from McCarty’s 2000 Medical Hypotheses proposal.

## Clinical Reference Guides

- [Homocysteine: standard normal vs. orthomolecular optimal range](https://olivetwell.com/guides/homocysteine-normal-optimal/): Compares age- and sex-specific assays, including Labcorp 0–14.5 µmol/L at ages 18–60, and explains why the illustrative <7 µmol/L target is not universal.
- [Copper–zinc ratio and William Walsh's biochemical framework](https://olivetwell.com/guides/copper-zinc-ratio-walsh/): Explains matched specimens and the Cu/Zn 0.8–1.2 reference criterion in Walsh et al., 2004, Physiology & Behavior, an uncontrolled cohort rather than a universal adult optimum.
- [Whole-blood histamine and the Pfeiffer–Walsh methylation framework](https://olivetwell.com/guides/whole-blood-histamine-methylation/): Distinguishes Walsh et al., 2004, Physiology & Behavior, 40–70 ng/mL from the Labcorp 2023 whole-blood sample report of 12–127 ng/mL.
- [Reading Cathcart's vitamin C bowel tolerance table (1981)](https://olivetwell.com/guides/cathcart-vitamin-c-bowel-tolerance-1981/): Explains Cathcart, 1981, Medical Hypotheses, including reported healthy-baseline tolerance of 4–15 g/day in 4 doses as historical observations rather than a dosing recommendation.
- [Abram Hoffer, niacin and orthomolecular psychiatry](https://olivetwell.com/guides/hoffer-niacin-orthomolecular-psychiatry/): Reviews Hoffer’s historical niacin literature from 1957, J Clin Exp Psychopathol, and 1971, Canadian Psychiatric Association Journal, without inventing a universal serum-niacin target.
- [Pauling, vitamin C, lysine and proline: reading the cardiovascular hypothesis](https://olivetwell.com/guides/pauling-vitamin-c-lysine-proline/): Separates Pauling and Rath’s 1990 PNAS hypothesis and 1992 Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine proposal from clinical outcome evidence and Rath’s separate proline discussion.
- [Serum vitamin C: normal ranges, specimen handling and proposed targets](https://olivetwell.com/guides/serum-vitamin-c-lab-ranges/): Compares Labcorp plasma vitamin C 0.4–2.0 mg/dL with Quest’s sex-specific serum intervals and identifies the app’s 1.5–2.5+ mg/dL band as illustrative.
- [25-OH vitamin D: normal intervals and changing target claims](https://olivetwell.com/guides/vitamin-d-25-oh-lab-ranges/): Compares 25-OH vitamin D assay intervals of Quest 30–100 and Labcorp 20–100 ng/mL without treating laboratory upper limits as treatment goals.
- [Vitamin B12 and folate: reading normal ranges with biochemical context](https://olivetwell.com/guides/b12-folate-lab-ranges/): Compares serum B12 examples of Quest 200–1100 and Labcorp 232–1245 pg/mL and distinguishes serum from RBC folate.
- [Ferritin, iron stores and inflammation: reading the reference interval](https://olivetwell.com/guides/ferritin-iron-studies/): Explains inflammation and age/sex context, including Quest ferritin 38–380 ng/mL for men aged 19–59 and 16–154 ng/mL for women aged 19–40.

## Primary Literature & Sources

- [Seven-scientist reference map](https://olivetwell.com/sources#scientific-reference): Maps 7 foundational scientists to nutrients, original publications from 1949 onward and source-specific clinical reference context.
- [Linus Pauling](https://olivetwell.com/sources#pauling): Orthomolecular framework and nutrient hypotheses; Pauling, 1968, Science 160:265–271; Pauling & Rath, 1990, PNAS 87:6204–6207.
- [Abram Hoffer](https://olivetwell.com/sources#hoffer): Historical nutritional psychiatry; Hoffer et al., 1957, J Clin Exp Psychopathol 18:131–158; Hoffer, 1971, Can Psychiatr Assoc J 16:499–504.
- [Robert F. Cathcart III](https://olivetwell.com/sources#cathcart): Reported bowel tolerance and vitamin C hypothesis; Cathcart, 1981, Medical Hypotheses 7:1359–1376.
- [Frederick R. Klenner](https://olivetwell.com/sources#klenner): Historical clinical observations; Klenner, 1949, Southern Medicine and Surgery 111:209–214; Klenner, 1971, Journal of Applied Nutrition 23(3–4).
- [Roger J. Williams](https://olivetwell.com/sources#williams): Biochemical individuality and metabolic variation; Williams et al., 1955, PNAS 41:615–620; Williams, 1956, Biochemical Individuality, Wiley — book.
- [Carl C. Pfeiffer](https://olivetwell.com/sources#pfeiffer): Trace elements and historical psychiatric classifications; Pfeiffer & Braverman, 1982, Biological Psychiatry 17:513–532; Pfeiffer & LaMola, 1983, Orthomolecular Psychiatry 12:215–234.
- [William J. Walsh](https://olivetwell.com/sources#walsh): Biochemical framework and observational outcomes; Walsh et al., 2004, Physiology & Behavior 82:835–839; Crayton & Walsh, 2007, J Trace Elem Med Biol 21:17–21.
- [Orthomolecular journal archives](https://olivetwell.com/sources#journals): Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine and predecessor-title archives, including Cathcart’s distinct 1981 Psychiatry article and Pfeiffer & LaMola, 1983, Orthomolecular Psychiatry.
- [Doctor Yourself archive](https://olivetwell.com/sources#doctor-yourself): Secondary author and subject archive used to locate original literature, including Cathcart’s 1981 paper; articles retain their original evidence type.