retinoic acid

  1. haidut

    Vitamin A is required for male fertility

    I am posting about this study not because I am thrilled at the possibility of society now having oral (non-steroid) contraceptive methods for males, but rather because this study highlights that vitamin A is actually required for male fertility. Even minor interference with so-called retinoic...
  2. miquelangeles

    Hepatic Detoxification of Bisphenol A is Retinoid Dependent

    https://academic.oup.com/toxsci/article/157/1/141/2953397
  3. Brooks Esq.

    Mixing Retinol with Minoxidil?

    Hello, I found some recent studies about the benefits of combining Retinol with Minoxidil for increased hair regrowth. One of the studies refers to retinol as tretinoin, I will post what I have found below. I would like to try this and I was pondering about the best method. Do you guys think I...
  4. Twohandsondeck

    Liver And Oysters Aren't Health Foods?

    I'll quickly say here that in the grand scope of the last 1-2 years, there was a time where I received great energetic benefit from consuming liver and oysters. During a short time of a few weeks I'd venture to say that I even over-consumed them in an attempt to load up on these dietary elements...
  5. methylenewhite

    One More Reason To Throw Your Soap And Shampoo Away. Citral Is Vit A Antagonist

    https://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/canres/48/24_Part_1/7038.full.pdf Citral is a GRAS2 status food and drug ingredient in widespread use as an additive to cosmetics and toiletries, and as a lemon flavor in foods. Citral is a simple, partially saturated, analogue of retinal, which may...
  6. F

    Low Toxin Diet Grant Genereux's Theory Of Vitamin A Toxicity

    I recently stumbled across the blog of Grant Genereux, an engineer from Canada, wherein he recounts his story of how he cured himself of severe eczema as well as chronic fatigue and brain fog with an elimination diet. But that's just the beginning of it, because he has also done what I consider...
  7. haidut

    A Pesticide, Not Zika, May Be The Cause Of Microcephaly In Brazil

    I have always been suspicious when viral epidemics of any sort become front page news. It usually turns out to be either a scam to extract taxpayers' money and throw them at a favored company to develop a "much needed" vaccine, or a cover-up of a bigger issue usually ties to some sort of...
  8. S

    Vitamin A Forms Gradients In Embryo And Conveys Information Across Long Distances

    http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v496/n7445/full/nature12037.html Complex Regulation of cyp26a1 Creates a Robust Retinoic Acid Gradient in the Zebrafish Embryo Retinoic acid is a signaling molecule that plays an important role in the development of the brain in animal embryos. It forms a...
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