dd99
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I hope someone can help. For about 7 years, I have had alopecia areata in one spot on the side of my head. It's a round bald patch about 2 inches in diameter. I ate Paleo for quite a few years in an attempt to heal this autoimmune disorder - no grains, heaps of meat, bone broth, kefir and sauerkraut every night - but it never changed. It's still just a smooth round bald patch that makes me very self conscious.
As far as I can tell, Ray Peat suggests the carrot salad and daily broths for autoimmune disorders, which I am doing. For the past ten weeks, I've been drinking 1L pulp free OJ, 1L goat's milk and coffee with sugar or honey, and eating fruits (grapes, citrus, watermelon), gelatin or bone broth, eggs, fage yogurt, and meat or white fish every day, and a small amount of rice or potatoes some days. I also occasionally have liver or shellfish. I take 5 drops of Estroban (vitamins A, D, K2 and E) most days - although I have reduced the amount recently, so I'm not deficient in anything according to Cron-O-Meter.
The reason I am asking about alopecia areata now is that after 10 weeks of Peating I am developing a new bald spot near the existing one. My eyebrows are also looking a bit patchy, which has never happened before. What could be causing this? I am freaking out a little. I would be very grateful for any suggestions.
I took 50mg of pregnenolone daily for about 6 weeks, but have stopped in the past week after I saw the new patches develop.
(I have posted an almost identical thread on the Ray Peat Q&A site. I am very keen for some help!)
I have attached my 7 day average nutritional intake from Cron-O-Meter, excluding any supplements. (Please let me know if you'd like me to post the one including supplements - and I've been getting a fair amount of sun, so the D figure is way too low.)
As far as I can tell, Ray Peat suggests the carrot salad and daily broths for autoimmune disorders, which I am doing. For the past ten weeks, I've been drinking 1L pulp free OJ, 1L goat's milk and coffee with sugar or honey, and eating fruits (grapes, citrus, watermelon), gelatin or bone broth, eggs, fage yogurt, and meat or white fish every day, and a small amount of rice or potatoes some days. I also occasionally have liver or shellfish. I take 5 drops of Estroban (vitamins A, D, K2 and E) most days - although I have reduced the amount recently, so I'm not deficient in anything according to Cron-O-Meter.
The reason I am asking about alopecia areata now is that after 10 weeks of Peating I am developing a new bald spot near the existing one. My eyebrows are also looking a bit patchy, which has never happened before. What could be causing this? I am freaking out a little. I would be very grateful for any suggestions.
I took 50mg of pregnenolone daily for about 6 weeks, but have stopped in the past week after I saw the new patches develop.
(I have posted an almost identical thread on the Ray Peat Q&A site. I am very keen for some help!)
I have attached my 7 day average nutritional intake from Cron-O-Meter, excluding any supplements. (Please let me know if you'd like me to post the one including supplements - and I've been getting a fair amount of sun, so the D figure is way too low.)