As promised, here's my full-length review of the the response article I wrote addressing the recent buzz about Vitamin A toxicity. The short version is that there are many confounding variables in the research (such as grain and soy consumption, "fortified" cereal / grains, un/healthy user biases, cows vs. polar bears, supplements vs. whole foods, etc.). My biggest contention with the podcast that spurred a lot of this is that the speaker specifically stated that he's "not (excluding Vitamin A) for his health, but to prove a point." Vegans are trying to prove a point. Ancel Keys and Harvey Kellogg were trying to prove points. We need to be able to separate our feelings from facts and not conflate "questioning the status quo" with dramatical click-bait and other appeals to emotion.
References:
- YouTube Video for this episode
- Judy's original podcast ft. Grant Genereux
- My written response on Medium
- Reference I forgot in the article (about strength of Vitamin A supplements compared to whole food)
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