Re: Suppliments with meds --- or instead of meds?
From: =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi Sámuel?= (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 28 May 2001 03:50:29 +0100 (MET DST)
Dear Katy,
I have checked the website, and there seems to be something in the product UltraglícemX, or at least the references provided seem to be serious. They refer to several ingredients of UltraglycemX. But I have only checked the titles and the journals they were published in and they seem to be serious. BUt the product itself contains several elements that may be sensitising your system towards insulin. If so, how does this product compare with insulin sensitizers which were developed and tested as such? To tell the truth, as a medical doctor I have much more confidence in bona fide medicins.
As for the Twinlab products: both contain caffein which is definitely deleterious if you have IR.
For your info
Sam
> First thank you to Dr. Sam, Diane and Angi/AdoptASAP for your responses.
>
> Dr. Sam -- I look forward to hearing what you think about UltraglycemX
> after you review the monograph. Especially if it is something I
> could/should take on it's own -or- with meds.
>
> Another product was recommended to me, Metabolift. While I don't want
> to feed the diet industry (sorry, I couldn't resist the pun :-) if it
> will help with the PCOS then I would be willing to try it. Here are the
> ingredients:
>
> TWINLAB METABOLIFT
> Standardized MaHuang Extract 334 mg
> Standardized Guarana Extract (standardized for 22% caffeine) 910 mg
> Chromium (from Chromic Fuel patented chromium picolinate) 200 mcg
> In a concentrated herbal base consisting of: White Willow Bark Extract
> and Cayenne.
>
> TWINLAB METABOLIFT THERMOGENIC FORMULA WITH L-PHENYLALANINE & CHROMIUM
> PICOLINATE
> L-Phenylanine 250 mg, Guarana Extract 910 mg (standardized for 22%
> caffeine)
> Chromium (from Chromic Fuel* patented chromium picoliante 200 mcg. )
> In a natural thermogenic herbal base containing ginger root powder and
> cayenne powder.
>
> Also, as I do not need to take my BCP (TriCylen) for birth control at
> the moment I think I will stop. I don't get my period without it --
> will the other meds regulate my period? (Question open to all who may
> have an answer)
>
> Sorry for all the questions but I've very new to the concept that there
> might actually be something I can do about the situation.
>
> --
> Thanks, Katy in Victoria BC
>
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