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Several people here mentioned posting a separate thread of low vitamin-A experiences:
Grant Genereux's Theory Of Vitamin A Toxicity
So I'm giving it a shot. Here's mine. @charie feel free to combine if you feel the need for it.
I have a *long* history with vitamin A. Retin-A starting around 1994; Accutane in 1996-97. Usual multivitamins and fortified cereals + milk at this time as well. WAFP-inspired starting around 2004, including some stints using CLO & FCLO, but always including liver, liverwurst, braunschweiger up until around October 2018. Also some random Peat-inspired vitamin A supplementation from 2014-2018. Definitely averaged 10K IU+ most days.
Side-note: I'm surprised that I'm still alive and well-functioning today, if carotene, retinol, RA are indeed so toxic.
Inspired by some of the testimonials on the Genereux thread, I decided to try reducing my vitamin A intake around Oct 2018. Not really to solve anything specific, but after being honest with myself and realizing it wasn't really doing anything (obvious) for me.
I'm not really "low A" as some others; I've mainly given up the liverwurst & braunschweiger, greatly reduced my egg intake, and more mindful of carotenes in food. Average maybe 2K IU per day, when I enter data into cronometer.
Noticed so far:
- Acne no worse, likely even better. I was under the impression that vitamin A was keeping it at bay before, but that appears not to be the case at all.
- Winter allergies (Mountain Cedar here in Texas) are almost non-existent compared to the last 3 winters. I've had no need for antihistamines this season. Odd since Chris Masterjohn recommended more A for allergies in one of his podcasts.
- Sleep is likely better, though that may be due to lack of allergies. Fewer "groggy" mornings.
- Libido seems stronger and more consistent, though that's hard to rule out all other variables (such as I've been consciously trying to get more zinc from food).
Also, for 2 of my kids, we've been giving them liverwurst & braunschweiger since they were ~9 months old. Maybe 2-3oz each per week last year. Both of them had issues with eczema, and my older son also had the same Mountain Cedar allergies as me. We've stopped given them that (even though they really did enjoy eating it), and, surprise surprise, eczema is much better and my son's allergies were practically non-existent this winter...
So... I was definitely one of the ones resistant to this at first; I really didn't want it to be true. But these are my results. I will continue and see what else happens. Other issues I hope surprisingly resolve are exercise related. Isometric tremors and muscles get shaky/crampy relatively quickly. I don't think that began until discovering Peat...
Grant Genereux's Theory Of Vitamin A Toxicity
So I'm giving it a shot. Here's mine. @charie feel free to combine if you feel the need for it.
I have a *long* history with vitamin A. Retin-A starting around 1994; Accutane in 1996-97. Usual multivitamins and fortified cereals + milk at this time as well. WAFP-inspired starting around 2004, including some stints using CLO & FCLO, but always including liver, liverwurst, braunschweiger up until around October 2018. Also some random Peat-inspired vitamin A supplementation from 2014-2018. Definitely averaged 10K IU+ most days.
Side-note: I'm surprised that I'm still alive and well-functioning today, if carotene, retinol, RA are indeed so toxic.
Inspired by some of the testimonials on the Genereux thread, I decided to try reducing my vitamin A intake around Oct 2018. Not really to solve anything specific, but after being honest with myself and realizing it wasn't really doing anything (obvious) for me.
I'm not really "low A" as some others; I've mainly given up the liverwurst & braunschweiger, greatly reduced my egg intake, and more mindful of carotenes in food. Average maybe 2K IU per day, when I enter data into cronometer.
Noticed so far:
- Acne no worse, likely even better. I was under the impression that vitamin A was keeping it at bay before, but that appears not to be the case at all.
- Winter allergies (Mountain Cedar here in Texas) are almost non-existent compared to the last 3 winters. I've had no need for antihistamines this season. Odd since Chris Masterjohn recommended more A for allergies in one of his podcasts.
- Sleep is likely better, though that may be due to lack of allergies. Fewer "groggy" mornings.
- Libido seems stronger and more consistent, though that's hard to rule out all other variables (such as I've been consciously trying to get more zinc from food).
Also, for 2 of my kids, we've been giving them liverwurst & braunschweiger since they were ~9 months old. Maybe 2-3oz each per week last year. Both of them had issues with eczema, and my older son also had the same Mountain Cedar allergies as me. We've stopped given them that (even though they really did enjoy eating it), and, surprise surprise, eczema is much better and my son's allergies were practically non-existent this winter...
So... I was definitely one of the ones resistant to this at first; I really didn't want it to be true. But these are my results. I will continue and see what else happens. Other issues I hope surprisingly resolve are exercise related. Isometric tremors and muscles get shaky/crampy relatively quickly. I don't think that began until discovering Peat...