Inositol is much less expensive to buy in powder form and measure it out. It mixes into any liquid including water with virtually no taste. (mildly sweet).

8 oz of Jarrow at iherb is about $12. You'd much more for it locally from anyone. Our local vitamin outlet here charges $67 for the exact same bottle.

Hubby uses the powder, and 8 oz lasts over 6mos for him.
There are 240gm in 8oz, and at one gram a day, that is 240 days supply! Capsules would be very much more expensive!

Mrs. D.

Is this what you are talking about?

http://www.iherb.com/Jarrow-Formulas...227-g/126?at=0

Thanks,

Melody

Yes, that is it.

And yes, cats get diabetes now regularly. It has to do with poor nutrition and cheesy catfoods. They typically get insulin, as I am unaware of oral meds for cats.

Ours do not have diabetes, because I give them Eukanuba.
and high quality protein foods in general. Excess carbs are bad for cats and many foods have mostly carbs.

http://www.halopets.com/pet-educatio...d-disease.html

Well!!!! Did I just get a SHOCK!!!!

I took a walk just now to get my broccoli. I passed the GNC. I walk in and walk over to the Inositol on the shelf. The sign said "See sales person for powder".

I walk over to the guy and ask him "how much is Inositol powder?" and he goes:

"oh, you are in luck, the 4 oz (and he shows me the bottle), is on sale for $45.99"

I look at him and say (very nicely).

"Are you out of your mind? this is sold at iherb.com for $12 and change"

"FOR TWICE THE AMOUNT" 8 oz"

He looks at me and says:

"No, it's different, this one is better".

I said: "I don't think so, laughed my head off, and left him in the wind".

iherb, here I come

And hugs to you my Dear Mrs. D

lol

Melody

Okay, just bought it from iherb.com. The dosage is 1/4 teaspoon. That is SO easy to do.

You indicated I can put this in a beverage?

I Have my pure orange drink that I also sometimes add benefiber to it. It's also clear and has no taste, so I think I'm drinking orange water and it's very tasty.

Can I just add the 1/4 tsp to this? Once a day, right?

And is there a specific time of day or do I do it with my dinner beverage, or lunch, or does it make any difference.

My goodness, I'm turning into a pharmacy at my house.

lol

Melody

Yes, you can put it in your orange drink. I don't know about the Benefiber tho...if it would conflict. I would take the inositol separately just in case.

Hubby takes his in the morning, but I don't think the time really matters.

Oh, and BTW GNC is typically very pricey for everything!

Okay, will take it separately.

I took my sugar reading at 1 p.m. (before lunch), and 4 hours after breakfast. It was 150. Didn't take it afterwards because we went out to do laundry.

So I shall continue to experiment and be ever vigilant.

So besides being a sproutlady, I'll be Melody the Experimenter.

Oh, guess what I discovered I could do with my sprouts? Every morning I bring a little ziplock bag filled with various sprouts to my local breakfast cafe and I get my egg (or egg white) sandwich on a roll. Since I LOVE the taste of Bacon and Eggs, but I don't eat bacon, (especially now when it's $6.00 a package here in Brooklyn), I said to myself 'why not add a few drops of Liquid smoke into the bag of sprouts).

I did so. I then went to the cafe and when the waitress brought my sandwich, I took out my sprouts (they all know me there and they get a kick of me being the sprout lady). And I proceeded to put the sprouts onto my sandwich.

I then proclaimed to all "Want to see a sandwich smell like Bacon and Eggs but there's no bacon? I let them get a whiff of my sprout egg sandwich.

The waitress said "Holy Cow, that smells just like bacon and eggs".

IT WAS WONDERFUL.

So now I have a new addition to my sprout breakfast. A few drops of Colgin's Liquid Smoke. It's zero everything, no carbs. legal

AND GOOD!!!

lol
Melody

I am hoping this experiment is OVER by now. I don't see any posts to that effect.

What did you learn Mel? I wouldn't continue without your insulin without medical supervision. If you are thinking of doing this, keep a log and take it to your doctor, for his/her opinion.