Re: [SPAM]Re: Fibroids/ vitamin A

[Guest guest]

I agree about the vitamin D and K... both fat soluble vitamins.  You missed an important one for hypo folks, vitamin A.  Hypos don't convert beta carotene to vitamin A very efficiently.  The gut problems a lot of us have and the lack of digestive enzymes lead us to be deficient in all fat soluable vitamins because we have difficultly digesting food properly.  Most importantly vitamin A is necessary to maintain the mucosal lining of the stomach and the intestines... it is vital to the integrity of the gut.  In fact, low Secretory IgA may be a sign of low vitamin A!  I had no idea my gut issues could be related to vitamin A deficiency.Signs that I experienced and are known

to be associated with vitamin A deficiency.  Dry eyes and fuzzy vision, night blindness, goose bump looking skin on your fore arms, low secretory IgA and gut issues.  I am currently taking 25,000 IU.From:

[Guest guest]

Oh wow, thanks! Before I changed my diet I was having the

dry eyes and really bad night vision, which resolved when

I went GFCF, but I never made the connection with Vit A. I

always have had LOTS of it in my diet, but of course it

wouldn't have gotten absorbed ...

On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 6:43 PM, <kennio@...> wrote:

>

>

> I agree about the vitamin D and K... both fat soluble vitamins.  You missed

> an important one for hypo folks, vitamin A.  Hypos don't convert beta

> carotene to vitamin A very efficiently.  The gut problems a lot of us have

> and the lack of digestive enzymes lead us to be deficient in all fat

> soluable vitamins because we have difficultly digesting food properly.

> Most importantly vitamin A is necessary to maintain the mucosal lining of

> the stomach and the intestines... it is vital to the integrity of the gut.

>  In fact, low Secretory IgA may be a sign of low vitamin A!  I had no idea

> my gut issues could be related to vitamin A deficiency.

> Signs that I experienced and are known to be associated with vitamin A

> deficiency.  Dry eyes and fuzzy vision, night blindness, goose bump looking

> skin on your fore arms, low secretory IgA and gut issues.  I am currently

> taking 25,000 IU.

> ________________________________

> From:

[Guest guest]

Maybe you know, but that is what Weston Price figured out about indiginous diets back in the 1920's... it seemed that one of the significant common denominators was that, although extremely varied depending on the climate, etc., all the diets around the planet (before white flour and sugar took over) were very high in Vitamin A in particular.

On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 7:43 PM, <kennio@...> wrote:

I agree about the vitamin D and K... both fat soluble vitamins.  You missed an important one for hypo folks, vitamin A.  Hypos don't convert beta carotene to vitamin A very efficiently.  The gut problems a lot of us have and the lack of digestive enzymes lead us to be deficient in all fat soluable vitamins because we have difficultly digesting food properly.  

Most importantly vitamin A is necessary to maintain the mucosal lining of the stomach and the intestines... it is vital to the integrity of the gut.  In fact, low Secretory IgA may be a sign of low vitamin A!  I had no idea my gut issues could be related to vitamin A deficiency.

Signs that I experienced and are known

to be associated with vitamin A deficiency.  Dry eyes and fuzzy vision, night blindness, goose bump looking skin on your fore arms, low secretory IgA and gut issues.  I am currently taking 25,000 IU.

From:

[Guest guest]

What is GFCF?On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 8:54 PM,

[Guest guest]

On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 9:01 PM, Robin Fletcher <stargirl277@...> wrote:

>

> What is GFCF?

Gluten-free casein-free. Gluten and casein interfere with digestion,

for some percentage of the population.

[Guest guest]

Another thing that helped me heal my gut was L-glutamate and figs and standard process rice shake. I had a reaction to rheumatoid arthritis drugs and every bite felt like eating glass. The damage cause me to go Glutten free/Dairy free and off sugar and sugar substitutes and off yeast. Healing the gut is a challenge but so worth it to health challenges. Pam

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[Guest guest]

Oh, thanks.   I know about gluten and casein, I just wasn't familiar with the abbreviation...I can't tolerate gluten myself, but I'm good with casein.   I am odd in that I NEED dairy and feel worse and worse the longer I go without it, partly because I have an issue where my body doesn't make enough cholesterol and I have to make sure I eat it.  (But I pretty much eat all raw dairy; pasteurized is no good for me.)  Does anyone know if iodine helps with liver issues?

Thanks,RobinOn Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 2:28 PM,

[Guest guest]

"A Vitamin A deficiency can cause a condition known as follicular keratosis, hyperkeratosis, or xeroderma, in which there is excessive production of keratin, a hard protein. Keratin deposits form around the hair follicles, resulting in a rough texture to the skin resembling 'goose flesh."http://www.innvista.com/health/nutrition/vitamins/a.htmFrom: pythonesk <pythonesk@...>iodine Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 5:40:55 AMSubject: [sPAM]Re: Fibroids/ vitamin A

Most women get that prickly goosebumpy skin on the backs of their upper arms and there's no way to scrub & moisturize it away. I know cuz I tried. Started taking fermented cod liver oil (A & D) and it was gone.

LL

>

> Signs that I experienced and are known to be associated with vitamin A deficiency. Dry eyes and fuzzy vision, night blindness, goose bump looking skin on your fore arms, low secretory IgA and gut issues. I am currently taking 25,000 IU.

>

[Guest guest]

No matter what the different liver issue?On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 1:35 PM, zahavi <zahavi100@...> wrote:

for liver you must look at alpha lipoic acid .milk thistle and selenium

>

> Oh, thanks. I know about gluten and casein, I just wasn't familiar with

> the abbreviation...I can't tolerate gluten myself, but I'm good with casein.

> I am odd in that I NEED dairy and feel worse and worse the longer I go

> without it, partly because I have an issue where my body doesn't make enough

> cholesterol and I have to make sure I eat it. (But I pretty much eat all

> raw dairy; pasteurized is no good for me.) Does anyone know if iodine helps

> with liver issues?

>

> Thanks,

> Robin

>

>

> On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 2:28 PM,