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Cindi - Herbs/Vitamins for IR?
From: kris (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 8 Aug 2000 20:17:09 -0500 (CDT)
Thanks for replying. Have you heard of inositol and did you take it? I
am thinking about trying it but would like to talk to a pro first.
At Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Cindi wrote:
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>At Tue, 8 Aug 2000, kris wrote:
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>>Do you know of any? I know of lots for hormone balance and infertility
>>but I would like to find one that maybe people w/ IR take. Thanks in
>>advance.
>
>Well I will give you the whole list of Herbs/Vitamins I am on for
>Insulin Resistance, along with Glucophage and Avandia. Please note I am
>also diabetic, and my insulin resistance or at least PCOS itself is very
>long standing (20+ years since diagnosis) so I am probably an extreme
>case. You probably would want to add these things to your regimen
>gradually, one at a time, use it for a few weeks, see if you see any
>changes and then add another. Here Goes:
>Alpha Lipoic Acid 100 mg 2 X a day
>Acetyl L-Carnitine 1,000mg 2 X a day
>Vitamin E 800IU once a day
>Chromium Nicotianate 200 mcg 2 X a day (just switched from the
>picolinate form at 400mcg 2X day to see if it made any difference)
>Biotin 7,500 mg 2 X a day (note this is MG not MCG, you have to look for
>concentrated form of this)
>Fenugreek 500mg 2 X a day
>Milk THistle 100mg 2 X a day
>and I have recently (last week) added 3,000 mg CLA (conjugated linolenic
>acid) 1st thing in the morning on an empty stomach.
>Hope this helps.
>Cindi
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