[Isabelle]

Oh luisa,

I've been wondering about that since this publication in 2003:
http://www.fugh-berman.com/files/Bust.pdf
The last paragraph above the conclusion reports a spot check on Erdic. No zearalenone was found.

Zearalenone is made by a fungus, fusarium. Fusarium contaminates many grains, and hops too:
barley, oats, hops (can contain fusarium)
malt (certainly contains fusarium)
maize, wheat, buckwheat, rye (often contain fusarium)

Some of these ingredients are not only in Eve M's program, but also in Erdic, Wonderup, and in the formula on which I first grew in 2005: "breast-gro".

The line of thought in 2003 was this: literature on breast enhancement was rare, and what could be found was often about accidents with fusarium infection of cereals. So people suspected that NBE formulas were made up from whatever herbs the producer could find literature on, including the reports on contamination with fusarium.

The review I linked in the post above uses stronger wording: it suggests formulas are spiked with zearalenone on purpose. And certainly cattle is grown on it.

So, yes, zearalenone could be the reason why Eve M's program worked. It could also be the reason why my program works. It could have been the reason why I grew in 2005. And it could have been the reason why Pansy Mae didn't grow on my program. It would be interesting to know if Pansy Mae can grow on Menohop. Other than that, I don't see a quick way to get closer to an answer to the big question: how much of the success of herbal programs is caused by zearalenone? And even more important: is it safe?