12-10-2011, 18:15
The next question is, of course, what science has found so far on the effect of PM on the cycle.
Bella's is right to recommend a lower dose:
http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jphs...e/-char/en
PM extends the follicular phase.
The title of another publication about the same experiment is very clear: "Ovulation block by Pueraria mirifica".
http://www.springerlink.com/content/f6221184631n82rl/
The long term effects were tested on mice:
http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jrd/...5/_article
The cycle was longer at 100 mg per kg body weight, but not at 10 mg per kg body weight. For a woman of 50 kg (110 lbs), that means 5,000 mg lengthens the cycle, and 500 mg doesn't. OK, we knew that.
The reprotoxicity was also checked, and found satisfactory: "Once the PM mice were able to copulate, they were capable of successfully becoming pregnant and mothering offspring. No abnormalities were observed in the external morphologies and reproductive organ weights of the 50-day-old offspring."
The conclusion starts with "Once the PM mice were able to copulate", because it wasn't that easy to get them to copulate. The researchers described the situation politely as "a decrease in mating efficiency". Many on the male forum have welcomed this effect as a liberation
Bella's is right to recommend a lower dose:
http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jphs...e/-char/en
PM extends the follicular phase.
The title of another publication about the same experiment is very clear: "Ovulation block by Pueraria mirifica".
http://www.springerlink.com/content/f6221184631n82rl/
The long term effects were tested on mice:
http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jrd/...5/_article
The cycle was longer at 100 mg per kg body weight, but not at 10 mg per kg body weight. For a woman of 50 kg (110 lbs), that means 5,000 mg lengthens the cycle, and 500 mg doesn't. OK, we knew that.
The reprotoxicity was also checked, and found satisfactory: "Once the PM mice were able to copulate, they were capable of successfully becoming pregnant and mothering offspring. No abnormalities were observed in the external morphologies and reproductive organ weights of the 50-day-old offspring."
The conclusion starts with "Once the PM mice were able to copulate", because it wasn't that easy to get them to copulate. The researchers described the situation politely as "a decrease in mating efficiency". Many on the male forum have welcomed this effect as a liberation