Mon, Sep-03-18, 07:44
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Senior Member
Posts: 14,684
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Plan: EpiPaleo/Primal/LowOx
Stats: 220/130/150
BF:
Progress: 129%
Location: USA
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Had a hunch, confirmed it:
Just like niacin is not a vitamin, it’s an amino acid; Vitamin A is a lot like Vitamin D; it acts like a hormone in the body.
This is connected to autoimmune disorders; which I am fighting myself. I do better when I control my stress, which moderates my overproduction of cortisol. Like insulin resistance: my symptoms flare up when I have Cortisol Resistance, and moderate when I reduce my cortisol levels: and it can do what it is supposed to do.
This is why steroids moderate the autoimmune response: they force cortisol into the cells. This is also why it winds up not working and harms the immune with continued use: it makes Cortisol Resistance worse, not better.
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