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Is Fat Loss a Way to Get Rid of VA?
So, I've had a question from a friend and I thought it would be an interesting topic of discussion.
The friend asked it this way (I hope I'm getting it right):
If overloads of VA are stored in fat, can I just go on a fat reduction plan to get rid of it?
I don't think so. I didn't lose weight (and I wasn't ever overly fat or out of my height/weight range, just slightly padded) until I got rid of a lot of vitamin A. In Grant's Poisoning for Profits, he mentions that after several years of not eating vitamin A foods he lost weight and his body shape and musculature normalized as an adult male.
So in a way, Eio, perhaps you are saying that the opposite seems to be *what we see here*... that to get rid of fat it can help (if you are overloaded) to cut back on VA input. It is hard to speak of things that we haven't seen.
Something that occurs to me is that I think one of the misconceptions of weight loss is that you get rid of fat cells, if I'm not mistaken you have all the fat cells you are going to ever have, and they just become more full or less full. So, perhaps unpacking the energy out of the cells doesn't (necessarily) get out the toxins stored there?
However, I guess I HAVE wondered IF you open up a fat cell to get at the energy, is the VA released? AND.
What if you never open up fat cells to get at the energy? Will the VA just remain there? Grant is an athlete. What if a person is a couch potato?
I also know that homeless dogs and cats seem to suffer very badly from skin rashes as they work their way through their stored fat.
Ok I just looked online and it appears that once you are an adult you have all your fat cells that you will ever have.
It makes me think of liposuction. You are actually taking away some of your "storage furniture".
I suppose lipo could get rid of VA, but then you are also causing your each of your remaining fat cells to take on a greater burden going forward. Fat cells do lots of things.
Lipo is almost like cutting away part of an organ.
I have gained seven pounds in my 6+ years here. From about 108 to 115. I have more cellulite than I did before, and maybe a bit more bust. They say cellulite is fat deposit under the influence of estrogen. I joined here right at the brink of meno, (at 55) so weight gain, bust and estrogen-escapades might be par for the course. Perhaps, in a way, going up WAS normalizing...for my age. Perhaps also no a surprise to gain weight once I stopped having everything-must-go nights.
Jessica, who is no longer here, also said she gained weight when she ate a low vitamin A diet. I agree that hormonal changes can cause weight gain. I got thicker in the abdomen at menopause but that is gone now. I don't know how it works but once the vitamin A can be released to be removed, perhaps the fat isn't needed either. Eating beans and using small amounts of psyllium throughout the day in the last 3 years have been slow but beneficial to me.