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An Avocado a day??
Quick question... has anyone found that eating an avocado a day is stalling their weight loss? I introduced one a few weeks ago to add some extra fat and calories into my diet. I a …
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Can to much Vitamin A from food cause headaches?
I have always been a constant migraine/headache sufferer and been on constant medicine but lately I have been getting more than normal. I have been keeping a food diary to keep tra …
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Retinol and Acne
I took a spectracell test and was found to be deficient in glutathione and retinol. I have begun taking retinol drops (10000 units per day) and also N-acetylcysteine. I was wonde …
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HOW OLD CAN BONES BE FOR HAM STOCK?
I cooked a pre-cooked spiral sliced ham on Monday. On Friday I took the bone that had been refrigerated along with meat and aspic,and boiled it for 8 hours.I let it cool and refrig …
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Should a person avoid vitamin A if he has liver damage from vitamin A toxicity?
i have liver damage from long-term retinoid use and drinking too much cod liver oil in college. i feel pretty crappy when i eat anything. should i avoid vitamin A until my liver he …
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Keratosis Pilaris Vitamin A absorption?
Do you think it's possible that I have way too much Vitamin D in my body? I thought KP was because of a Vitamin A and D deficiency, so I had been taking 50,000 units of Vit. D once …
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Are we in overkill territory with the amounts of vitamin A in our diets ?
I'm making the assumption that like me, most of you eat a vast amount of vitamin A rich foods. So I'm wondering if anyone else has had this thought about too much Vitamin A in our …
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Does eating one meal per day improve or deprove insulin sensitivity?
Is it better to get all your calories in one meal so that your body isn't regularly producing insulin or does the body have trouble processing all that food at once? also, the meal …
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Can I overdose on beta-carotene?
Similar to:
http://paleohacks.com/questions/46225/is-too-much-chronic-beta-carotene-possible/46249#46249
I get about 7000% of beta carotene almost daily. I get retinol from …
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Is there any benefit to taking mixed carotenoids with FCLO?
This is probably a stupid question, but I'm a little confused about something my naturopath recommended for me.
I recently started taking fermented cod liver oil (Green Pasture br …
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Does cooking increase or decrease Vitamin A/retinol?
Common sense would indicate that Vit A is decreased by cooking. However, I remember reading from several different people that Vit A is actually increased in foods as temperature g …
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How much sweet potato is too much?
I'd like to eat half a medium/large sweet potato a day, but according to CRON-O-Meter, a medium sweet potato is 21,908 IU or 730% RDA of vitamin A.
Are there negative effects of c …
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Increasing TOPICAL/TRANSDERMAL absorption of retinoids?
Since they're fat-soluble, would applying some sort of oil like coconut oil, EVOO or neem onto the skin before/in combination with the retinoid increase transdermal absorption?
I …
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a balancing act
this may be irrelevant, but as my previous posts go, its no secret that im searching for answers to my own health, but some discoveries i am frequently finding go like this:
nutri …
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Am I High Risk Based on Lipo panel results?
I was on Advicor for 5 yrs. but recently stopped taking. I'm 57, 116LDL, 41HDL, Total 178. But my 1)size pattern is A, 2)my Remnant LIPO is 32, 3)HDL-2 is 8, and 4)VLDL=3 is 14. …