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Consider the variability in what and how much we eat throughout our lives. Can we confidently say that we always choose healthy food? Can we say that we eat the proper amount of food? If we need t … read more

Like most vitamins and minerals, DCI is safe when taken in reasonable amounts. And since it is water-soluble, what you don't use is excreted, making it even safer than some other supplements.If y … read more

PCOS is commonly associated with insulin resistance. One of the most serious issues associated with insulin resistance is ineffective glucose disposal.What this means is that because cells aren't resp … read more

A recent study suggests that the combination of manganese and DCI is much more effective than either alone in reducing glucose levels. Have a look at the results below:The blood glucose level was redu … read more

The short answer is that DCI is not known to interfere with any medications. We don't recommend you take it with androgen antagonists, but only because they may both work too well.We always recommend … read more

The short answer is: no caffeine does not kill, interfere with, or otherwise affect D-chiro-inositol.The term inositol is often used loosely when discussing myo-inositol, pinitol, etc, and this leads … read more

We usually call it DCI for short, but the official IUPAC name is: cis-1,2,4-trans-3,5,6-Cyclohexanehexol. Let's stick with DCI.Unlike a sugar (which is a specific kind of carbohydrate, even though the … read more

Common signs of PCOS include:Hyperandrogenism/hyperandrogenemiaThese are two related terms. Hyperandrogenemia can be broken down into words parts which makes its meaning clear and easy to remember. Hy … read more

An endocrinologist or ObGyn would probably give you a clinical definition. She might tell you that PCOS is short for PolyCystic Ovary Syndrome and that it has gone by many different names over the yea … read more

There has been a lot of buzz recently about myo-inositol and PCOS. Some of the articles circulating on sites like the Examiner read much less like a serious journalistic endeavor and much more like … read more