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Sand's progress report
Quote from sand on January 2, 2024, 4:48 pmI had a few weeks with really bad eyes again, no idea what caused it. It could be that I have RLS. One more thing that started on this diet. My facial skin is still peeling off like nothing else. Comical, this.
I have to stretch so much before going to sleep, and sometimes, like now, sleep is impossible. If I am able to go sleep, I might wake up having to stretch my legs.
If anybody can help me with my RLS, though, I would be eternally grateful. Or whatever this that I have in my legs is…
@liz between 17-20: very active lifestyle, vegan for 2 years, struggling with eyes after Accutane etc… I believe serum retinol levels tell us something, when you can pick up trends like this. With a constant diet, that is… I believe everyone should get them. Too much speculation and too little data on this forum.
My vD and Mg look normal
@inger did it go away?
@jessica2 doesn’t the body upregulate PTH to get more Ca out of the bones, if Ca is low?
My phosphate is elevated: 1.68mmol/L (normal range 0.75-1.65).
@sand, yes it did! I just cant really tell when.. It just went away....(and I can tell I have suffered from restless legs intermittently for decades..) I try to remember if I still had it as I moved back to Finland 2 years ago, and i am quite sure i did once in a while. It was right before i started the low vitamin A diet and a year later I added beans. I dont have cramps or any restless legs anymore. Just a sweet relaxed feeling in my whole body. My stress hormone levels have reduced a lot I can feel it, but I am working hard on it too.
I also am not taking any supplements beside lactoferrin, and that I take because it takes away my occasional stress related craving for wine.
What I do though is, almost every evening, or at least 3-4 times a week, I take a half hour foot bath with the German mineral salt "Meine Base". I also scrub off dead skin off my feet during that bath. I dont have a bathtub but a bucket works great. This mineral salt makes me feel so good. I also use it as deodorant, and I use it as face scrub. And whole body wash once in a while.
I have a feeling this salt it is a great detox helper. It is also very alkaline.
Super interesting about the mineral bath, perhaps I should give that a go. You don't always have to ingest your minerals. I wonder if going barefoot in good-old dirt might also be good. People who do the grounding also get minerals through the skin, I bet. Could that be part of why they are having results? I can see how the "hoof-like" dead skin might block the absorption.
I once read a book called "the secret language of plants" and in it there was talk about getting "digging in zee dirt". It's a very natural thing to be exposed to good old dirt. The flora (in healthy dirt) break down minerals and plant waste into tiny ions for plant's absorption. (perhaps people too)
I was thinking about your dry skin issue.
Have you tried to exfoliate every day, and if, has it helped?
I really like to exfoliate my face with the mineral salt mixed with some olive oil and honey. I let it sit a while on my skin after exfoliating, to get a "mask" benefit too, and it really makes the skin very soft and nice.
I have this dry skin issue on my lower legs/feet and arms(less). I try to do a foot bath every day, and exfoliate the skin.. and after I use some olive oil/castor oil to moisture. The skin feels so good and soft. It just lasts a day until I do it again, but I have to say, I have a feeling that it slowly gets better with this practice. Its painfully slow though. But I am sure there are small improvements. And my feet stay pretty this way. I really like the whole procedure too, I do it in candle light evenings. Its very calming and to bath your feet in the hot water in the bucket feels so good. I do it for about 30 minutes.
I am thinking if the vitamin A has accumulated in our skin to cause these dry skin issues, the more often we exfoliate it, the sooner it will heal, no? And slowly changing the skin cells/layers to be healthy and not dried out vitamin A damaged anymore.
Sand, I wanted to tell you that I've totally linked effervescence to restless leg in my life. (ymmv)
and for me, I *think* cramping might be related to potassium need (among other things) (and perhaps to much of it's opposite--salt)
Quote from lil chick on January 7, 2024, 9:47 amSand, I wanted to tell you that I've totally linked effervescence to restless leg in my life. (ymmv)
and for me, I *think* cramping might be related to potassium need (among other things) (and perhaps to much of it's opposite--salt)
Thank you for this report, I will cut out all bubbly drinks for a while and see what happens. I was just about to ramp up production of home made, sugarless carbonated drinks! Sugarless, carbonated ginger juice, for instance. I wonder what the mechanism of harm is. There are articles on the web saying that carbonated drinks are harmless, and the problems they mention, like bone and tooth problems, may indeed not be linked to carbonated drinks. So what are carbonated drinks actually doing to us. Is the carbonic acid bonding to the potassium and making it unavailable to our bodies?
Bubbles have often been problematic for me, even as a child. I remember my mother even mentioning it to my doctor.
It seems to me that the number of bubbles has no correspondence to the amount of bloating and discomfort that happens.
I imagine that it is going through like draino somehow, detoxing too fast, but that is just my intuition.
Why does soda and mentos blow up? Maybe it's something like that.
@lil-chick "Why does soda and mentos blow up? "
Quote from Moebius on January 8, 2024, 2:51 amQuote from lil chick on January 7, 2024, 9:47 amSand, I wanted to tell you that I've totally linked effervescence to restless leg in my life. (ymmv)
and for me, I *think* cramping might be related to potassium need (among other things) (and perhaps to much of it's opposite--salt)
Thank you for this report, I will cut out all bubbly drinks for a while and see what happens. I was just about to ramp up production of home made, sugarless carbonated drinks! Sugarless, carbonated ginger juice, for instance. I wonder what the mechanism of harm is. There are articles on the web saying that carbonated drinks are harmless, and the problems they mention, like bone and tooth problems, may indeed not be linked to carbonated drinks. So what are carbonated drinks actually doing to us. Is the carbonic acid bonding to the potassium and making it unavailable to our bodies?
Carbonation = more CO2 = more acidity
Acidity damage tooth enamel
If you cramps from consuming CO2 maybe you have kidney problem and can't keep right pH in blood?
Quote from Frank on January 8, 2024, 1:08 pmQuote from Moebius on January 8, 2024, 2:51 amQuote from lil chick on January 7, 2024, 9:47 amSand, I wanted to tell you that I've totally linked effervescence to restless leg in my life. (ymmv)
and for me, I *think* cramping might be related to potassium need (among other things) (and perhaps to much of it's opposite--salt)
Thank you for this report, I will cut out all bubbly drinks for a while and see what happens. I was just about to ramp up production of home made, sugarless carbonated drinks! Sugarless, carbonated ginger juice, for instance. I wonder what the mechanism of harm is. There are articles on the web saying that carbonated drinks are harmless, and the problems they mention, like bone and tooth problems, may indeed not be linked to carbonated drinks. So what are carbonated drinks actually doing to us. Is the carbonic acid bonding to the potassium and making it unavailable to our bodies?
Carbonation = more CO2 = more acidity
Acidity damage tooth enamel
If you cramps from consuming CO2 maybe you have kidney problem and can't keep right pH in blood?
Interesting theory! Especially when you add in the idea that people think soap in the bed helps! (which is alkaline)
@jessica2
doesn’t the body upregulate PTH to get more Ca out of the bones, if Ca is low? My phosphate is elevated: 1.68mmol/L (normal range 0.75-1.65). What is your conclusion?
@lil-chick I don’t drink alcohol or carbonated beverages. What sources do you recommend for molybdenum?
@inger happy your restless legs went away. I will order your footbath to see if it works. I exfoliate every night, rubbing off the dead, peeling skin, with my fingers. I’m done with all masks, skin care and moisturizers. Nothing has helped for me.