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Neil's Log
I've always wondered about this monkey, and I suppose that his smoothies are in a bpa lined box? But he is also surrounded by yellow corn, and I have my suspicions about that not being such a good thing to base a diet on.
Sorry for the vent everyone. @lil-chick you are very kind talking to me. That's twice I've come here now when I've been at breaking point just to vent. I can't really do it on facebook or twitter where anyone actually knows me.
I thought I was showing improvement, and I had a nice Christmas then had a terrible few days. I will write more about my problems in a more sensible way when I'm in the frame of mind.
BPA is in the while fillings. There is no way I can replace those ones as well, so if that is causing my pain and tinnitus then I'm fucked.
Do you think Vitamin A can cause skin sensitivity without any kind of autoimmune conditions? It often feels like I have sunburn when I don't and my nerves have just got really sensitive for some reason. This started before the low vitamin A diet.
@neil, I think we live in a toxic world and it probably was that way even before any plastics. But I am trying to think of ways, now, to avoid plastics.
Tinnitus sucks, but I guess I'm used to it! I also have low-level vertigo.
One of my theories is that my body just doesn't know how to make fat in which to store VA. Hubs seems to have this gift, and still has a layer of fat around his middle. I think you have mentioned that you are low in weight?
@jiri mentioned an ancient diet (Mongolian?) that was very high in VA and I bet that this talent for creating almost a new liver storage area around the liver is what kept people from getting toxic in those tribes (at least until old age) Probably a good example of this type of body that we can bring to mind is the Eskimo body--and Eskimos did have high-VA diets.
Because I don't have this talent, VA has ended up in strange places around my body. The other day I broke out in an itchy pimple on my hip of all places. If I sweat I itch all over my torso for 24 hours. Sunshine can also make me break out in an itchy rash wherever it goes.
My nose burns/itches, my ears ring, my face burns and peels, my teeth have crud, my lips peel etc etc etc. I believe that is because things are coming to the surface. I've even spontaneously bled from my rosacea areas during detox. I've just decided to accept that this is my way forward.
Although there are occasional glimpses of clarity, these symptoms go on and on. And I don't think they will stop until I've detoxed.
I drink a small glass of wine daily and I do find that my face burns less when I DON'T. I'm addicted to it, but I also wonder if it has benefits. Another close family member of mine also drinks wine daily and also has tinnitus. Does alcohol force VA out of the liver and into the tissues? For good or bad? My liver area is nice and narrow, 27 inches around, and I'm pushing 60.
My idea is to fight topical detox with soap and water, shampoo, oil pulling, exercise, sweat. A German neighbor of mine had an old saying "Don't scratch--wash!".
@lil-chick What do you think about the idea that low vitamin D levels can allow vitamin A to accumulate? Do you take vitamin D?
When I was around your age I managed to get my own bedroom, and because sleep is so important this arrangement was necessary for my sanity. I keep it extremely dark, extremely quiet and the door shut to pets. It isn't that I'm a bad sleeper, it's finding comfort that is the problem. I can't have my hard-to achieve sleep ruined by my rustling husband...
Quote from Neil on January 4, 2021, 7:59 am@lil-chick What do you think about the idea that low vitamin D levels can allow vitamin A to accumulate? Do you take vitamin D?
I seem to be OK (replete?) with Vit D now, but I used to think I was deficient back in my high-VA days. I get outside more than most people and my diet isn't as narrow as some here.
I've come to distrust a bit the idea that minerals or vitamins have opposites. I guess what I'm saying is you might have a good balance between two nutrients, but they still might poison you, LOL, if taken in large amounts.
Maybe things are improving a little bit. I still keep having good phases and bad phases. I look for patterns to see if I'm doing something different on the good phases, but not sure if it's just the way it is. I don't want to jinx it but the overwhelming fear of dread feeling and anxiety does seem to be getting less often.
I've been taking vitamin D since the start of this experiment. I have a feeling it's important but I was always worried about toxicity. So I was taking 500iu every other day. I got my levels checked a couple of months apart and it seems that 500iu keeps my blood levels at 50nmol which is not deficient but just in the acceptable range. I'm happy that I can take this amount without it just building up and up in my body. I have increased it to 1000iu every day, and if I ever feel worried I can always go back to just 500iu every other day. I know several years ago 1000iu a day got my levels up to 86nmol.
I've had a receding hairline since I was in my early 20s. There are new tiny little hairs growing in that no one would notice but me. I've always noticed there is a link between flaky eyebrows and forehead and going more bald, and smooth lips and hair growing back.
I woke up with a sore throat yesterday and was convinced it was covid and I was going to die, but it seems to be easing now. My mum had the sniffles a couple of days before, so maybe it's just a very mild cold. I would be nice if it was covid and I'm one of the lucky ones who get very mild symptoms.
I've been trying to keep busy and have been making music again. I have written a song that I know people in this forum will be able to relate to. It's about how every food is considered bad for you by someone on the internet. I'll leave the lyrics below and if you want to take a listen here is the link
There's formaldehyde in cauliflower rice
Arsenic is high in the regular kind
I'm rusting inside from fortified iron
Washing it down with a glass of fluoride
And somehow I keep making it worse
I was born on the 3rd of the month
I guess three is unlucky for some
I'm as wild eyed
far gone as they come
Is it oxalates?
Or vitamin A?
I cut them both out now I'm wasting away
Had my mouth mercury
Swapped for BPA
A neuro toxin that can cause chronic pain
And I know I'll keep making it worse
Order for me
Order for me
If you'd like to see my favorite again
Order for me
Order for me
I'd like to see you happy again
For transparent teeth
Take vitamin D
And when you have calcified your arteries
You can go dairy free
And the lack of iodine
Can put you in danger of thyroid disease
And you know you'll keep making it worse
I woke up with a sore throat yesterday and was convinced it was covid and I was going to die
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