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Re: D-CHIRO-INOSITOL --buckwheat bran?
From: cat (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 12 Dec 2001 20:57:47 -0600 (CST)
Hi Celeste, I am really interested in d-chiro, do you have any links to
the latest research about it?
Thanks very much,
Cat
At Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Celeste wrote:
>
>At Wed, 12 Dec 2001, tricia wrote:
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>This may not be what you want to hear, but it's roughly impossible for
>us to eat enough D-chiro containing foods daily to replace our
>deficiency. The latest research shows that PCOS womens' bodies dump out
>d-chiro into our urine FIVES TIMES FASTER than normal women do. They
>still don't understand the mechanism for why we begin to dump it out,
>but it is supposedly the loss of it in the chain that makes our insulin
>go too high and cause the cascade of symptoms we know as PCOS.
>
>The inositol tablets are made from brown rice powder and I have never
>talked to anyone who thought they helped. Soy lecithin capsules or
>granules are the most concentrated and lowcarb source of d-chiro in
>food, but as pointed out, you still would need to take a big handful of
>them every day and no one has ever reported that it actually helped,
>only that this substance contains a lot of the chemical. Unfortunately
>not many foods contain this naturally and the ones that do have it in
>low levels so you would have to eat FAR more than you could stand every
>day to try to get the benefits.
>
>There is a buckwheat bran called farinetta you can get from
>http://www.minndak.com which studies show is high in d-chiro-inositol, but the
>fact is that it is very high in carbohydrate and those of us (like me)
>who don't respond to Met alone usually find that carbohydrate
>restriction is very helpful. I got the most help to resume cycles,
>lower testosterone, lose weight, and ovulate by lowcarbing to lose
>weight and using Met plus Avandia. I really wanted diet and exercise to
>be enough for me, but my testosterone stayed high and Avandia really
>changed all that. I'm almost halfway through a pregnancy and doing
>great. But I still want to try the d-chiro-inositol drug when it comes
>out!!!!!
>
>>Just wanted to let you know that you can buy inositol in plain form. The
>>tablets are huge, but you only have to take 2 a day. I found them at my
>>local grocery store. I also found them online. Have been taking them
>>about 2 weeks, haven't noticed any difference, but I also didn't respond
>>to the metformin. Good luck.
>> At Sun, 2 Dec 2001, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>>>I purchased some soy lecithin capsules. Once I figured out how much
>>>lecithin I had to take in order to get my 1,200 mgs/day of
>>>d-chiro-inositol, I realized why they're coming out with a pill. I'd
>>>basically need to take a large bottle a day of lecithin capsules, and
>>>there's no way I could afford that.
>>>
>>>I took several capsules a day for a long time and never noticed any
>>>difference.
>>>
>>>However, considering PCOS women are low in d-chiro-inositol, it sure
>>>can't hurt to eat lots of foods high in it.
>>>
>>>Lisa
>>
>>--
>>tricia
>>
>--
>Celeste
>
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