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#1 · February 5, 2019, 5:04 pm

I’m a type 1 diabetic 5 days into a low vitamin A diet. I was diagnosed T1D at age 60, 4 years ago. I have been ‘peating’ for the last 6 months. Nice food and interesting theories, but it is not working for me. In the first three months I put on 10kg. Since then I have been vainly attempting to lose that fat. Eat less, eat more, exercise less, exercise more, no cardio, more cardio, resistance training, less insulin, different insulin, whatever I do, the number on the scale just keeps on creeping up.

Having read Grant’s books, I now understand my situation better. The Peat way is high in vit A and beta carotene.

My current low VA diet is oats, honey and raisins or banana for breakfast, rice, beef, beans, cauliflower and some onion, mushrooms, parsnips and garlic for lunch, and rice, honey and raisins for the evening meal. I use a little olive oil, apple juice and some bread to manage hypos. And I have decaf coffee with sugar and skim milk. Here in Australia dairy has not been poisoned with additives.

I ride my bicycle 35kms most days.

I was wondering whether any other type 1 diabetics are following Grant’s example.

It would be nice to share stories.

#2 · February 5, 2019, 5:10 pm

There’s a type 1 on Ray Peat Forum that’s been doing low A for 1-1.5 months and has been able to reduce his insulin. If you search over on that forum for the username Tarnander he wrote an update on his autoimmune log a few days ago. Bella

#3 · February 5, 2019, 5:19 pm

https://raypeatforum.com/community/threads/tarmanders-auto-immune-log.7449/page-10

Here’s a link so you don’t have to search.

#4 · February 5, 2019, 5:25 pm

Quote from Bella on February 5, 2019, 5:25 pm

Last time I was posting I was suffering from breathing issues brought on from taking larger doses of vitamin D (20k IU). I continued to have these problems through December. I eventually went to a doctor who prescribed Prilosec and an inhaler. The prilosec got rid of the breathing issues, but obviously I did not want to take it unless there was a breathing emergency. I had one in December, and then another in January when I did some traveling where I had to take it for a few days to get through.

As the breathing thing became worse, I started to ditch everything and anything I was on. I threw out the electrolytes, brocolli extract...really anything I was taking. I was really trying to get to the bottom. I researched hernias, LPR, regular reflux...anything. I also decided to start the low vitamin A diet. I figured that vitamin D was so powerful in lowering the amount of insulin I needed, along with some other awesome benefits, maybe I could get those same benefits in a roundabout way by going low vitamin A.

The low vitamin A diet works. All the benefits that others have mentioned I experienced.
•Better sleep. Restless leg is completely gone.
•I have gone from taking 36 units of long acting insulin a day to 22 units! Vitamin D dropped me to 26-28 units, the low vitamin A diet dropped me the rest of the way.
•I have been steadily losing weight: in the low 190s, without really trying. Lowest in years.
•Inflammation has dropped, and that has felt odd. I have been sick several times. Colds and sore throats. When I think back to when I started eating liver under Peat...I got sick very rarely, if ever. I wonder if the vitamin A was causing inflammation which was keeping sickness at bay. In some ways I feel fragile, but am strengthening. I also am less emotional, less angry, less aggressive, and more peaceful. All from the drop in inflammation. I have had some thoughts about this. Inflammation probably is a motivator for many people. It makes you feel like something is wrong and you need to get out there and solve it. Losing that all at once is very strange.

At the moment, the breathing thing can come back, but it is slowly leaving. I have not had problems for the last couple weeks. WAlking in the sun without sun glasses seems to help a lot, and staring at a screen seems to hurt. I think a probiotic I tried is helping too, although I know it's tuurrribblee. I think for autoimmune, the low vitamin A diet is the way to go. The coimbra high vitamin D path is fraught with risks. In between the Coimbra facebook group's hugging each other and talking about how right it all is, there are people who discuss problems with these high vitamin D dosages. I even found another guy who was having breathing problems similar to mine. Adding something is always more risky then taking something away. I wish I had never tried higher doses of vitamin D, but then I would not have the knowledge and be able to share it (Yeah Burt, you jerk).

The other idea I had was that part of why I was having breathing issues even after getting off the vitamin D was because my body is dealing with the vitamin A and getting rid of it. The vitamin D accelerated that process, but the diet continues it. I dunno, just thinking.

I think the low vitamin A diet is the truth. Something feels different than any other experiment I have tried. Something feels right. Hard to explain. Feels like a chapter in my life is in the rear view and I can start living.

Tarma

Last time I was posting I was suffering from breathing issues brought on from taking larger doses of vitamin D (20k IU). I continued to have these problems through December. I eventually went to a doctor who prescribed Prilosec and an inhaler. The prilosec got rid of the breathing issues, but obviously I did not want to take it unless there was a breathing emergency. I had one in December, and then another in January when I did some traveling where I had to take it for a few days to get through.

As the breathing thing became worse, I started to ditch everything and anything I was on. I threw out the electrolytes, brocolli extract...really anything I was taking. I was really trying to get to the bottom. I researched hernias, LPR, regular reflux...anything. I also decided to start the low vitamin A diet. I figured that vitamin D was so powerful in lowering the amount of insulin I needed, along with some other awesome benefits, maybe I could get those same benefits in a roundabout way by going low vitamin A.

The low vitamin A diet works. All the benefits that others have mentioned I experienced.
•Better sleep. Restless leg is completely gone.
•I have gone from taking 36 units of long acting insulin a day to 22 units! Vitamin D dropped me to 26-28 units, the low vitamin A diet dropped me the rest of the way.
•I have been steadily losing weight: in the low 190s, without really trying. Lowest in years.
•Inflammation has dropped, and that has felt odd. I have been sick several times. Colds and sore throats. When I think back to when I started eating liver under Peat...I got sick very rarely, if ever. I wonder if the vitamin A was causing inflammation which was keeping sickness at bay. In some ways I feel fragile, but am strengthening. I also am less emotional, less angry, less aggressive, and more peaceful. All from the drop in inflammation. I have had some thoughts about this. Inflammation probably is a motivator for many people. It makes you feel like something is wrong and you need to get out there and solve it. Losing that all at once is very strange.

At the moment, the breathing thing can come back, but it is slowly leaving. I have not had problems for the last couple weeks. WAlking in the sun without sun glasses seems to help a lot, and staring at a screen seems to hurt. I think a probiotic I tried is helping too, although I know it's tuurrribblee. I think for autoimmune, the low vitamin A diet is the way to go. The coimbra high vitamin D path is fraught with risks. In between the Coimbra facebook group's hugging each other and talking about how right it all is, there are people who discuss problems with these high vitamin D dosages. I even found another guy who was having breathing problems similar to mine. Adding something is always more risky then taking something away. I wish I had never tried higher doses of vitamin D, but then I would not have the knowledge and be able to share it (Yeah Burt, you jerk).

The other idea I had was that part of why I was having breathing issues even after getting off the vitamin D was because my body is dealing with the vitamin A and getting rid of it. The vitamin D accelerated that process, but the diet continues it. I dunno, just thinking.

I think the low vitamin A diet is the truth. Something feels different than any other experiment I have tried. Something feels right. Hard to explain. Feels like a chapter in my life is in the rear view and I can start living.

Tarma

#5 · February 5, 2019, 5:36 pm

Thanks, Bella. A fascinating story. I’ll check it out further.

#6 · February 6, 2019, 1:06 am

Ray peat gives the worst diet advice in the world... Such a weird guy and his followers are weirder

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#7 · February 6, 2019, 5:58 am

Of interest is the fact that ALL insulins contain phenol/m-cresol, potent toxins used by NAZI to kill jews. It seems they really care for your health and do whatever is needed so you heal as fast as possible...

Best,

Dino

#8 · February 6, 2019, 7:02 am

Bella, thanks for this most encouraging story. I'll be sharing it!!

Although Peating was not for me, I am grateful that I tested its waters; it was on Peat's forum where I heard of Grant's Vitamin A theory! I'm afraid I'd still be flailing were it not for Franko's eagerness to share Grant's work. Thank you, Frank9, wherever you are!!

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#9 · February 6, 2019, 8:10 am

Quote from DWL on February 6, 2019, 7:02 am

Bella, thanks for this most encouraging story. I'll be sharing it!!

Although Peating was not for me, I am grateful that I tested its waters; it was on Peat's forum where I heard of Grant's Vitamin A theory! I'm afraid I'd still be flailing were it not for Franko's eagerness to share Grant's work. Thank you, Frank9, wherever you are!!

I feel the same! Bella

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