Congratulations, Susan,
And don't trust the ultrasound. My son was still a girl after 5 sonograms
The color is very common on Louis XV buildings, and the one in my dreams has it too, yes. Only it's more rural, with brick red roof tiles and terracotta banisters. It's really funny how you see both genders in all features of that building. It's near where I grew up, and I must have seen it hundreds of times. I always liked it, and never knew why
How fenugreek affects sugar metabolism in the first hours is very different from what it does after a few weeks, so yes, it's confusing. In the first hours, fenugreek makes the pancreas secrete more insulin in the blood. Insulin is the hormone that converts blood sugar to energy. I assume you get a sugar high of 15 minutes, an hour after carbs, and then a dip of several hours. If you time the fenugreek wrong, it makes it worse. I have to take the fenugreek ahead of the carbs to get it right.
After a few weeks, fenugreek improves insulin sensitivity, so your blood needs less insulin to control the sugar level. Then you should have less fluctuations, and the sugary taste should be less. That taste, by the way, is a sign of insulin resistance, the opposite of insulin sensitivity. Insulin resistance puts you at risk of diabetes in 10-15 years, so taking FG and GR now could really help you to improve your health down the road.
Fenugreek contains galactomannan and diosgenin. Galactomannan is a fibre. It absorbs a lot of water, and becomes slimy. Like other fibres, it helps to keep the movement in the GI tract. That's good, but too much can make things gassy and upset. Fenugreek is a legume. Think about eating too much beans.
I don't really know how the diosgenin is metabolised. People used to think it increases DHEA, but that was proven wrong. Another myth is that the body can make progesterone from diosgenin, like in the laboratory. It can't. But people who are given diosgenin do have higher progesterone and prolactin in their blood. Only, there is no literature about how exactly that happens.
The progesterone increase is not big. The progestinic effect is much less than that of the phyto-progestins in fennel or turmeric. You know the list of progesterone toxicity symptoms. But if you have them, look to turmeric or fennel or PC, not to fenugreek. The only real fenugreek overdose effect would be too much prolactin, which could stop your periods. But even then, look to GR before FG.
Fenugreek contains a tiny amount of isoflavones too. That's why people think it's a phyto-estrogen. Strictly speaking, it is, but the amount of isoflavones is so small the estrogenic effect is negligible.
Overall, FG is a well balanced herb. Not much can go wrong.
And don't trust the ultrasound. My son was still a girl after 5 sonograms
The color is very common on Louis XV buildings, and the one in my dreams has it too, yes. Only it's more rural, with brick red roof tiles and terracotta banisters. It's really funny how you see both genders in all features of that building. It's near where I grew up, and I must have seen it hundreds of times. I always liked it, and never knew why
How fenugreek affects sugar metabolism in the first hours is very different from what it does after a few weeks, so yes, it's confusing. In the first hours, fenugreek makes the pancreas secrete more insulin in the blood. Insulin is the hormone that converts blood sugar to energy. I assume you get a sugar high of 15 minutes, an hour after carbs, and then a dip of several hours. If you time the fenugreek wrong, it makes it worse. I have to take the fenugreek ahead of the carbs to get it right.
After a few weeks, fenugreek improves insulin sensitivity, so your blood needs less insulin to control the sugar level. Then you should have less fluctuations, and the sugary taste should be less. That taste, by the way, is a sign of insulin resistance, the opposite of insulin sensitivity. Insulin resistance puts you at risk of diabetes in 10-15 years, so taking FG and GR now could really help you to improve your health down the road.
Fenugreek contains galactomannan and diosgenin. Galactomannan is a fibre. It absorbs a lot of water, and becomes slimy. Like other fibres, it helps to keep the movement in the GI tract. That's good, but too much can make things gassy and upset. Fenugreek is a legume. Think about eating too much beans.
I don't really know how the diosgenin is metabolised. People used to think it increases DHEA, but that was proven wrong. Another myth is that the body can make progesterone from diosgenin, like in the laboratory. It can't. But people who are given diosgenin do have higher progesterone and prolactin in their blood. Only, there is no literature about how exactly that happens.
The progesterone increase is not big. The progestinic effect is much less than that of the phyto-progestins in fennel or turmeric. You know the list of progesterone toxicity symptoms. But if you have them, look to turmeric or fennel or PC, not to fenugreek. The only real fenugreek overdose effect would be too much prolactin, which could stop your periods. But even then, look to GR before FG.
Fenugreek contains a tiny amount of isoflavones too. That's why people think it's a phyto-estrogen. Strictly speaking, it is, but the amount of isoflavones is so small the estrogenic effect is negligible.
Overall, FG is a well balanced herb. Not much can go wrong.