From FB post here: https://www.facebook.com/DoctorAsTeacher/posts/10221439550552057 Let’s start with a quick quote from the LiverTox website about “Vitamin” A toxicity, the liver, and jaundice: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK548165/“Higher doses of vitamin A can be toxic, leading to a constellation of signs and symptoms as well as … Read More
Author Archives: Dr. Garrett Smith
Vitamin B12 & Folate (Folic Acid) Depleted By Vitamin A
Maybe you’ve seen folks on the interwebz going sort of crazy over B12 deficiency and folate deficiency, saying that they have the MTHFR issue, hypochlorhydria, or all sorts of other reasons why they simply can’t get enough B12 and/or folate … Read More
Magnesium Depleted By Vitamin A
If you look on the interwebz, it is obvious that there is an epidemic of magnesium deficiency going on. Is it simply soil depletion and stress, as so many claim, or is there a much more powerful root cause effect … Read More
Homeopathic Detox Therapy
To begin, regarding homeopathy and homeopathic medicine: If you wish to see a compendium of legitimate scientific studies on homeopathic medicine, go here. If you want to know more about the basics of homeopathy, go here. While I believe that … Read More
How we lower high ferritin levels (iron overload aka hemochromatosis) naturally and quickly…with lab PROOF!
This is going to be a fairly quick post. Ferritin levels are one of the most common blood tests that can show if there is too much iron in the system, particularly the liver. When this is the situation, we … Read More
Iron Overload / Dysregulation / Hemochromatosis and Gout *old blogpost*
Iron overload is intimately related to, if not the main cause of gout and gouty arthritis. See research below. Following these abstracts, foods that affect both iron overload and gout are briefly mentioned. Iron(III)-mediated intra-articular crystal deposition in arthritis: a … Read More
Nightshades Series 5 of 5: The Problem with Potatoes
Potatoes (Solanum tuberosum). They seem so harmless, right? Well, far from it! This article will be all about potatoes, mainly about their glycoalkaloids and the toxicity that has been demonstrated in human history, across multiple animal species and via multiple potential mechanisms. Sound familiar? Potatoes … Read More