mostlylurking
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What do you consider a low vitamin A diet? I was overloaded with beta-carotene 4 years ago and was very very sick. I learned by reading Ray Peat that hypothyroid people can't convert carotene (beta-carotene) into vitamin A and it actually blocks the usage of vitamin A so I cut out all sources of beta-carotene and now I supplement with a very small dose of vitamin A. I have to rinse shredded carrots in water before using them for carrot salad because the carotene makes me feel horrible if I don't rinse it off.Going on low vitamin A diet has been the only thing to improve mine noticeably. From around 7 weeks into the diet I was feeling better than I've felt in years. 10 weeks in now and still good. I suspect vitamin A overload (from a variety of sources) was interfering with vitamin D uptake, as I've read this can happen.