schultz
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Update from anonymous member:
Hair is shiny and soft- also strange for me, has always been very dry and coarse. Strangers are complimenting me about the hair.
Obviously, people are experiencing positive things from restricting vitamin A. I suppose the whole point of the thread is "why?". The least likely answer is that vitamin A is a poison IMO. I think the answer is a little more complex than just "hypothyroidism", but I do think that is at the core of the problem. It's hard not to think this given what we know about vitamin A and thyroid plus the fact that most of the people who are experiencing benefits from vitamin A restriction seem to have had classic hypothyroid symptoms. Case-in-point: coarse, dry hair. Add-in intestinal relief from a restricted diet and sprinkle in some sense of control one feels when radically shifting their lifestyle and you have yourself a positive outcome. It's hard to say how long that will last, but I would think people would want to figure out how they can once again tolerate a bit of vitamin A and carotene in their life instead of restricting their diet forever. Think of the mangoes you're missing out on!!!
A note on thyroid supplementation: I questioned a few people about this way earlier in the thread. They usually said, "I took thyroid, it didn't work". Taking thyroid is not as straightforward as popping a pill every day. For one thing, a lot of the supplements out there are more than likely junk. Getting Cytomel or Cynoplus would be the first step.
Anyway, I still think this is mostly a thyroid issue combined with systemic inflammation.