Crash Course on Inositol - Dr. Osborne's Zone 

Here is a summary of the key points and conclusions from the video: Introduction * Inositol, sometimes referred to as Vitamin B8, is a vitamin-like compound that plays important roles in health maintenance. * It was initially thought to be an essential nutrient, but the body can synthesize upwards of 4 grams per day. However, many people don't make enough and low levels are linked to various health conditions. * Top food sources of inositol include meats, citrus fruits (except lemons), melons, leafy greens, bananas, almonds, peas, peanuts and sunflower seeds. Functions of Inositol * Cell Signaling: Inositol acts as a "secondary messenger" to help transmit signals from hormones and other molecules into cells. This impacts many cellular processes and functions. * Blood Sugar Regulation: Inositol plays a key role in insulin sensitivity and preventing insulin resistance, which is the underlying cause of diabetes. * Fat Metabolism: It is involved in fat metabolism in the liver. Deficiency can contribute to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. * Neurotransmitters: Inositol is important for proper neurotransmitter signaling and is linked to mental health conditions like anxiety and depression. * Calcium Regulation: It helps regulate calcium release and influx into cells for proper functioning. Symptoms of Inositol Deficiency * Fatty liver accumulation, confirmed via ultrasound. * Abnormal blood sugar regulation - prediabetes, insulin resistance, elevated fasting glucose, elevated A1C. * Depression, anxiety, mood changes. * Abnormal menstrual cycles - severe PMS, cramping, headaches. * Muscle cramping due to impaired calcium regulation. Research on Inositol * Human studies show inositol can outperform antidepressant drugs for treating conditions like depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, and panic attacks. 18 grams per day was effective. * Reviews show clinical benefits for PCOS, metabolic syndrome, Alzheimer's disease, cancer, respiratory distress syndrome, and more. Mainly through improving insulin sensitivity. * For gestational diabetes, it prevents onset and improves outcomes. It also prevents neural tube defects in folate-resistant women. * Very effective for treating PCOS, improving fertility rates and ovulation. * Lowers TSH and thyroid peroxidase antibodies in Hashimoto's hypothyroidism. Crucial for proper thyroid hormone synthesis. Drugs and Conditions that Deplete Inositol * Lithium * Seizure medications * Antibiotics * Possible depletion from coffee/caffeine Forms of Inositol * Myo-inositol - most abundant and preferred form in the body. Best for supplementation. * IP6 - also used effectively as a supplement * D-chiro-inositol - not typically recommended Dosing Considerations * The body normally makes 1-4 grams per day and consumes around 1 gram from the diet. * For general preventive supplementation, 1 gram per day. * For therapeutic purposes, 2-4 grams per day. Up to 18 grams for neurological/psychiatric issues. * Powder or capsules can be used. Gel caps have better absorption. * Always ideal to test levels first before routine supplementation. Intracellular testing can identify inositol deficiencies. Conclusion * In summary, inositol is an extremely important nutrient for optimal health that many people are likely deficient in. It has therapeutic benefits for a wide range of chronic medical conditions. * Supplementation is safe, effective, and should be considered if a deficiency is present. Testing levels first provides more definitive evidence. Inositol works best alongside a diet rich in foods that provide it naturally.

You are the best! I have never been to a Doctor Who taught me how to take care of myself instead of just giving me drugs! And I’m 78 years old. Thank you so very much

after i started taking inositol i started to dream again

One thing I have found is just taking one ingredient isn't necessarily the whole key. Changing your diet to help minimize inflammatory responses as much as possible is also necessary. Taking in balanced nutritional supplements,which includes vitamins, minerals ,amino acids, and omegas along with the inositol will help greatly. We are not drug deficient. Food alone cannot supply enough nutrition. The soil is so depleted that their isn't enough nutrients for the plants to pull into it. World wide use of glycosates, also known as RoundUp, have killed the microbes in the soil that are needed to help the plants pull up the nutrients that are there. God bless Dr. Osborne for his educational videos. They are very beneficial, but how and what we eat is very important. Mushrooms are a wonderful source of inositol and helps in support of immunity as well. Make a multiple mushrooms soup and add wild rice, seaweed and such is a wonderful weekly dish that will help too. Good health to all.

2:22 Functions 💪 4:20 Fatty Liver 6:00 Symptoms & Deficiencies 12:45 Studies 14:45 Insulin

Inositol is also found in meat sources and eggs. Meat sources are rich in inositol Although when you google for sources of inositol only plant based inositol is mentioned. You have to specifically google meat high in inositol.

Thank you Dr Osborne! I have hypothyroid and do take Inositol suggested from a functional MD in Ft Worth.

What a great informative video, thank you Dr Osborne.

Thank you for including how it interacts with the thyroid stuff.

Thanks for the info!It’s very needed and appreciated!

Thank you for this content Dr. Osborne.

Dr Osborne is always so through and explains things so easily.

Great video Dr..

I like how you write on the studies. Potentially very helpful

Thank you for explaining inositol relationship to thyroid hormone

Thank you so much. Very thorough and detailed information! I am considering this for post menopause issues so doing a lot of research.

Thank you!

Thank you for the class.

Thank you! I am having so much luck with Inositol in my mental health with focus, clarity, and prevention of excess rumination and brain fog. I love it. I wish this was just mandatory for people.

Thankyou for such a neat and clean explanation. INOSITOL is of interest for treatment of PCOS.

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You are the best Dr.

Great video, thank you!

Thank you for the great discussion on inositol!

I slept like a baby after taking this for the first time.

I added this after seeing your video . By the 3rd day I felt so good. I haveME/CFS and Hashimoto's. I am learning so much from you and you are changing my life.😊

Thanks again. I supplement with IP-6.

Hey greetings from europe, informative overview,well presented, covering complex,multifaceted issues.i use inositol to balance my hormones ,notably FSH & LH levels and it works a treat!

This video was very informative, thanks Dr Osborne🎉

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Thank you, Doctor Osborne. 💛

Thanks for info doc

I started taking inositol to help with pcos to hopefully conceive. I take 4,000g a day. (Two 1,000g tablets twice a day) Two weeks in and my anxiety as almost disappeared. This is huge for me. My mood in general has improved dramatically. I've lost weight, sex life has improved, I want it more than my husband! I have more normal female reproductive function without going into too much detail. I'm excited to see if I can naturally conceive. I've been devastated by years of infertility. Inositol has motivated me to try a little harder. I do yoga now. I've cut back on soda with the goal of cutting it out. I love inositol. Big pharma is always gatekeeping what actually helps so they can make thousands off of your poor health. Take inositol, take coq10, take methyl folate. Take your daily multivitamin. Eat organic when you can and avoid over processed foods. Drink water.

Great video Dr Osbourne! I have some in the cupboard. I found my TSH is slightly high on a recent blood test. I had a celiac test done, and while it was negative, it showed IG A deficiency. I cut out all grains a year ago when a DNA test show celiac as a potential problem. I am wondering if this IG A deficiency can cause malabsorption. I feel the mitochondria aren't getting enough nutrients so I supplement B vits and cofactors especially B1 TTFD. Regarding myoinosital with calcium regulation, I wonder if this could cause problems for the heart - dysautotimia related. Thanks for the detail.

Nice music, gives off a body high.

Great info. Thank you.

really great explanation of everything. I used it for PCOS and it worked great but then stopped using it. I will start again for my Hashi, liver, and prediabetis. Thank you for all the great info.

This was a very informative and comprehensive video Dr. Osborne. Thank you. IP6 can/does chelate certain minerals like iron and calcium. I have used it successfully for iron overloading (not genetic hemochromatosis). but discontinued it over concerns (valid?) about it chelating calcium and weakening my 72 year old bones. :-) Can its long term use risk bone deterioration? Does Myoinositol have the same calcium and/or iron chelation effect? Thank you.

Hi Dr.! what could be the selenium and inositol dose recommended to reduce TPO antibodies ? Thank you !

Hello Dr Osborne, is Inositol good as treatment for shrinking fibroids? Can gluten be the cause of fibroids? I entered menopause six years ago; never bleaded. Thank you, Elena

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I find the wonder amino acid Glycine 10X superior for blood glucose control. Works like a charm !!

So can you take Inositol, Choline and R- Alpha Lipoic Acid all together if you are having neuropathy problems? That's for Doctor Osborne.

I started taking it for my depression and noticed my chin hairs are disappearing 😮 I could grow a beard usually!

Thank you for this video, is there any guidance for amounts to take to help in the case of Hashimoto's/Hypothyroid? I have been taking 750mg once a day slightly sporadically for a year, the amounts you speak of here for other conditions are much higher....my recent blood test showed THS had gone up disappointingly from around 5 to over 10, could a higher dose possibly help? I've just found your channel and am finding your video's most encouraging and helpful. Thank you.

What about Dchiro inositol with choline by solaray? I started taking this recently and getting appetite suppression but with acid reflux...so the no symptoms report seems faulty...should i keep taking it to see if symptoms go away???

What about if you have had part removal of the thyroid?

Very interesting...is there a link between Boron and inositol? I have been researching Boron and how it helps regulate hormones and sends calcium back to the bones instead of soft tissue.

I have Hashi's hypothyroidism, but it's not my TPO antibodies that are high, but my TgA. I have been on Synthroid for three years, am on a gluten-dairy-free diet, no soy, yet my TgA remain high. I am getting my regular thyroid tests (TSH, FT3, FT4) two days from now. After that I'm going to (one by one, each separated by a couple of weeks before adding the next) add selenium, inositol, then maybe try NAC again. I have poor tolerance for most supplements and last time I tried NAC it made me very sick. This time I will try it at 1/5th the normal starting dose. I think I should be able to handle 5g/1tsp of inositol daily, though. I am chronically exhausted with many hypothyroidism symptoms despite my thyroid levels being in that notorious "normal range", so I'm hopeful that inositol can improve my quality of life.

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Very nice presentation! I think I need this.

Lol. I’ve been saying it wrong all along. “I knows it all”. Nope!😂

Can I take Inositol supplement with my anti-drepression medications ?

I love when Doctors teach, especially nutritional supplementation, not big pharma drugs, they are only bandaids

Great video, but the writings on that thingy isn’t visible and not adding much to the talk but I’m truly thankful for your great work. 😊

I get a headache even from 500mg of myo-inositol. I do think it helps me sleep throughout the night, something that is difficult for me.

Very in depth explanation of Inositol, especially since i have never heard of it. If I have hyperthyroidism/ Graves, is it still beneficial for me?

Good contents, thanks, but technical problems with your display, your writings are clear, but the display is not, hard to read.

Can men take this? Would it adversely effect their hormones? It helps me sleep and I would like my husband to take it as well.

Im adding this to my Hashimoto's protocol

I'm looking for a video on iodine by this Dr. I know how important it is, and how deficient most people are, yet haven't heard him elaborate on it much yet. ❤

Hi Dr.I wanted to know what to feed a man. I was watching one of your videos and you mentioned this subject, so that men don't take in some female hormones. Thanks.

Can a cold also be a neuro cycle I had it last year and now one year later it is back again and doesn't go away, last time it was the vaccine reactivated the Eppstein Barr Virus.All this lost immunity and many around at the airport are dealing with the same issue also saying since the vaccine etc..... and they are much younger than me. Thank you.

Are we suppose to have more folate?? Greens then? What about oxylates?

If I am taking iodine and want to start inositol should I stop taking the iodine?

What if you take too much inositol? Is it just excreted from the body or can it have some harmful effects? Is it water or fat soluble? I would like to improve my mental health so I should go as high as 18 g / day as you suggested, but... I can't ask my doctors as they won't listen (yes, I tried asking about vitamin deficiencies in the past), I can't test because only useless serum tests are available here where I live, but not intracellular tests, and supplements are very expensive. So I am on my own, have to experiment with my body and draw money from my pocket like crazy :(

I took this for PCOS - But it caused me to spot within the 3months of taking it. Then my period was very irregular. All this stopped after I stopped taking it

Is it better to take choline and myo inositol together or just myo inositol? Thank you so very much for great info

what about D chiro inositol . is it any good .

40:1 Myo to D ... pcos all say do ..thoughts??

Excellent lesson! I wonder, though, my doctor told me to take Inositol to help with insomnia. You did not mention that at all. I only took it for a few days, so I don't know if it would have worked. However, it's still in my fridge and I was thinking of trying it again. Might it help? Thank you.

I notice you keep on saying things like "...and here again is where inositol could be a contributing factor." It would be helpful if you would clarify _how._ Is it that there's too much inositol? That's what it sounds like, but it could also be that there's not enough, especially considering that many people supplement with inositol because they don't make enough.

What should tsh be at? What's NORMAL

I started taking inositol for PCOS. Mainly for irregular period. After taking it my period came but it became way longer and I also getting heart palpitations. Don't know if I should stop it or lower my dosage.

Here wheat is BAD GLYPHOSATE 👎 SO WHAT TO DO???

Great presentation. Can you take inositol whilst on an SSRI?

I saw a lecture by Benjamin Bikman, Metformin have as a side effect that it affect the impact of excercise in a negative way. Which is not desired if you're for instance a woman in menopause or older and want to safeguar your musclemass by excercise.

What about hyperthyroidism?

Can you have too much inositol?

Meaning, one can not take it before testing to see if there is a deficiency?

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Can you do à crash course on molybdeneum ? Thx

It makes me so nauseous! I've tried taking it with food, without, at bedtime...Help! I know it works, I'm type 2 and it does help my blood sugar, but I hate the nausea. :(

The volume is lost on this video can't hear anything.Just trying to read what Dr Osborne is saying.😊

I love the videos of this doctor. I also agree with his fact " No Grain No Pain " I am fully against all types of GMO, Wheat, Rice, Soya, Oats , Barley, Rye etc. These grains are derived from C3 grasses which are genetically modified in the shadow of green revolution and food security. However I am currently in pink of health by eating following Millets which requires soaking of upto eight to ten hours. These are Nutraceuticals from the C4 grasses. I would appreciate if Dr.Peter Osborne does extensive home work on the following millets :- Foxtail Millet Kodo Millet Little Millet Barnyard Millet Browntop Millet And also on Proso Millet Finger Millet Pearl Millet Great Millet. Thank you Doctor.

Why the long 'woo, woo' music at beginning? So unnecessary for such excellent videos.

I got palpitations after 2 weeks on Inositol. Stopped it for 2 weeks and felt better. Online search mentions side effects of palpitations and heart enlargement! Can you please check?? Inositol is same as phytic acid(anti nutrient)? So does it block body energy conversion in excess calorie consuming individuals??

The video is great but the intro is very long, I do forward it

I have pcos but have a period before menopause anyone else??

Does inositol deplet all lithium - or just the prescription medication lithium?

DOES INOSITOL CAUSE HAIRLOSS?????

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my diabetic dr , has never said a word of myo isositol

Why does it seem to give some people insomnia?

Is he saying narrow tube defect or neuro tube defect? And which tube specifically?

Is this the same as ip6 inositol?

Scouring thru comments, there's too many quessing and simply not testing intercellular for nutrition deficiency?.

Are you referring to taking myo inositol only? Not myo / d chiro together?