Vitamin A
Overview
Vitamin
A Saga
by Sally Fallon and Mary G. Enig, PhD
Vitamin
A, Vitamin D and Cod Liver Oil: Some Clarifications
by Sally Fallon and Mary G. Enig, Phd
Vitamin
A on Trial: Does Vitamin A Cause Osteoporosis?
by Chris Masterjohn
Vitamin A will not work properly without vitamin D. Also,
Vitamin D is necessary to prevent Vitamin A toxicity.
Environmental Illness
Vitamin A deficiency and disruption is an important element of environmental illness. Both articles mention pre-existing vitamin A defects as a risk factor.
Perilous
Pathways: Environmental
Chemicals and Environmental Illness: A Major Role for Vitamin A
by Frederick W. Plapp, Jr. PhD
Connects autoimmune illness and environmental illness with
genetic difficulties in synthesizing vitamin A. Describes how
pesticides,
dioxins, and PCBs poison the enzymes that synthesize vitamin A and the
carrier protein that transports it.
Is
Autism a G-Alpha Protein Defect Reversible with Natural Vitamin A?
by Mary N. Megson, MD
The combination of gluten damage to intestinal
microvillae, measles virus, pertussis toxin, and synthetic vitamin A
(palmitate) affects the metabolic pathways modulated by G alpha
protein. This affects vision, sensory perception, language processing,
and attention. In case studies, autistic children dramatically improved
with cod liver oil (natural vitamin A), a gluten-free diet, and/or an
additional neurological drug. The biochemistry is also relevant to
chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, autoimmune disease, and gluten
enteropathy (celiac disease), among others.
Open Questions
Can damage to vitamin A metabolism by environmental chemicals be reversed?