Vitamin A

Natural Remedies for Anosmia You opened the jar of honey and smelled nothing. You brought the garden flowers to your nose and they were just… a shape. You cooked a stew and your spouse asked if you were adding spices, because it does not smell of anything. It is one of the strangest and most disorienting symptoms possible: loss of smell. It is called anosmia, and after the COVID-19 pandemic it became a heavily discussed issue, because millions of people suddenly woke up in a world without fragrance. ...

Natural remedies for keratosis pilaris Every woman who lived her teenage years in short-sleeved T-shirts and thought her arms looked strange knows it. Boys who avoid taking off their shirts at the beach know it. Mothers who look at their child’s skin on the back of the arms and see hundreds of small whitish or reddish bumps arranged like grains on a plucked chicken skin know it. Touch it with a finger and it feels rough, like fine sandpaper. But it does not hurt, does not itch (or only very discreetly), does not break open, does not form crusts. ...

Natural remedies for vitamin A deficiency IMPORTANT: Vitamin A deficiency can seriously affect vision (up to irreversible blindness in severe cases), immunity and skin health, and it is a common problem in young children, pregnant women and people with chronic intestinal diseases. On the other end, excess vitamin A (especially from supplements or large amounts of liver) is toxic, causes headaches, damages the liver and can produce fetal malformations. Do not take retinol supplements during pregnancy without medical advice. Consult your doctor before starting any supplementation, especially if you have liver disease, Crohn’s disease, cystic fibrosis or have been diagnosed with hypervitaminosis. ...