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3 New Products from Chiral Balance

Friday, August 13th, 2010

3 New Products Just for Women with PCOS! The PCOS community is familiar with many ingredients in our new products, but these supplements are unlike anything you’ve experienced. Chiral Balance has listened to the needs of our customers and perfected our new product line.

How They’re Different: precision in capsule dosage, high-quality, standardized preparation of ingredients, and best of all — affordable pricing. Expect to see these products at ChiralBalance.com soon!

Chiral Balance Retress – NOW AVAILABLE! Click to order!

Hair & Skin
Many women with PCOS struggle with loss of head hair, unwanted body hair, darkened skin in the underarms, neck, and groin, skin tags, and early onset of liver spots. Loss of head hair and unwanted body hair are both caused by the presence of too much male hormone. Chiral Balance’s new product, Hair Health, combines two herbs to help with all of these symptoms.

Ingredients:

  • Saw Palmetto is an herb that weakens the action of male hormones, thereby protecting the hair of the scalp and preventing it from falling out. The herb also protects the follicles over the rest of the body to keep body hair from growing longer, thicker, and darker.
  • Milk Thistle has been shown to protect the liver from stress and even help repair existing damage. The liver is the body’s clearinghouse and needs to be in good working order to maintain healthy skin. Male hormones and insulin resistance put stress on the liver; in one study 55% of women with PCOS were found to have fatty liver disease and most of them had no knowledge of having the disease.

Chiral Balance Vitex – NOW AVAILABLE! Click here to order!

Fertility
The simplest of our new formulations is Vitex, also called chasteberry or vac, a long-time standard of Trying-To-Conceive (TTC) members of the PCOS community.

While the exact mechanism of Vitex’s action is still unclear, centuries of traditional medicine and now modern research both agree: Vitex can improve fertility and help regulate menstrual cycles.

As an added benefit, many of the active ingredients in Vitex are also being investigated as therapeutic agents in cancer treatment.

Ingredients:

  • Vitex Agnus Castus: Chiral Balance sources a high-quality, standardized preparation of the dried berries.

Chiral Balance Tri Sense – AVAILABLE SOON!

Insulin Sensitivity
One of the most common symptoms of PCOS is insulin resistance. Chiral Balance D-chiro-inositol is one of the most effective insulin sensitizers anywhere, backed by years of positive customer experiences and several clinical trials. There is no substitute for Chiral Balance DCI, but we’re pleased to offer a new support product: Tri Sense.

Ingredients:

  • Cinnamon, rich in sensitivity-boosting polyphenols. Everyone has heard of it, many people take it, but did you know that too little or too much cinnamon can be ineffective? We’ve optimized the dose to 500 mg, taken twice daily.
  • Chromium as propionate. Unlike polynicotinate and picolinate, chromium as propionate is not a suspected carcinogen and is more bioavailable (the quantity of the dose that is absorbed).
  • Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) is a marvelous flavonoid. EGCG is one of the active ingredients in green tea extract. In addition to being a potent anti-oxidant and cancer-fighter, the ingredient is also great support for insulin sensitivity.
  • Vitamin D3, long known for relieving PCOS symptoms, has years of historical association with PCOS along with dozens of studies to support the supplement’s benefits.

Facts About Chiral Balance D-chiro-inositol

Sunday, March 28th, 2010

Is Chiral Balance D-chiro-inositol safe and natural?

Yes, D-chiro-inositol (DCI) is a safe and healthy human metabolite. The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA) defines D-chiro-inositol as a nutritional supplement because it is a natural human metabolite and it is taken orally. Like all human metabolites, vitamins and minerals included, D-chiro-inositol (DCI) is completely safe and often beneficial when taken in appropriate amounts. DCI is abundant in only a few foods, such as buckwheat ferrinetta, thus making it difficult to get substantial D-chiro-inositol from our diets. Chiral Balance D-chiro-inositol (DCI) is extracted from carob and then purified to pharmaceutical grade.

What is Chiral Balance D-chiro-inositol?

Chemical Nature of D-chiro-inositol

D-chiro-inositol (DCI) is a member of the B vitamin family. Most people naturally synthesize enough DCI as a part of healthy metabolism, making it from pinitol and myo-inositol, substances abundant in our diets and closely-related to D-chiro-inositol.

The role of D-chiro-inositol in Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)

DCI is used during insulin signal transduction, the body’s response to insulin. If DCI is deficient, insulin resistance can develop. There is evidence that women with PCOS do not make enough DCI and many women with PCOS are insulin resistant. This deficiency leads to too much testosterone and the symptoms of PCOS. In clinical trials, adding DCI as a supplement has been shown to address this deficiency and reduce the symptoms of PCOS.

Chiral Balance D-chiro-inositol

Chiral Balance is the first company throughout the world to sell D-chiro-inositol to the public. Since 2005, Chiral Balance has sold the highest-quality DCI, free of unnecessary additives and animal products. Chiral Balance is the only company to offer a money-back guarantee for D-chiro-inositol. We strive to make information available and answer questions about each customers’ individual situation (info@chiralbalance.com). Chiral Balance strives to support the PCOS community any way we can.

What are pinitol and myo-inositol?

These are substances closely related to D-chiro-inositol (DCI). The substances are abundant in most people’s diets; pinitol in many fruits and vegetables and myo-inositol in meats. The human body can, in principle, make DCI from either pinitol or myo-inositol, but in practice, some people do not make enough DCI.

Is Chiral Balance D-chiro-inositol safe during pregnancy and while breastfeeding?

While the expected risk to the child would be negligible, D-chiro-inositol has never been evaluated in a clinical trial for its use or safety during pregnancy or while breastfeeding. It is unknown whether it is safe, and therefore the question of whether to use it during pregnancy or while breastfeeding is best made in conjunction with your physician who can help weigh the benefits and risks.

Will my doctor know about Chiral Balance D-chiro-inositol?

Possibly. Many doctors are unaware of the benefits of taking D-chiro-inositol (DCI). Chiral Balance provides a doctor’s leaflet for customers to share with their physician. The doctor’s leaflet provides a concise summary of research surrounding DCI with full citations. Doctors can read original research published in journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine.

Is Chiral Balance D-chiro-inositol FDA approved?

D-chiro-inositol (DCI) is not FDA approved because DCI is an all-natural nutritional supplement. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves drugs as treatments for certain diseases; however, the FDA cannot approve nutritional supplements in the same way. Instead, the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA) defines whether or not a product is a nutritional supplement. The DSHEA defines D-chiro-inositol (DCI) as a nutritional supplement, and therefore the FDA does not regulate the D-chiro-inositol sold by Chiral Balance.

The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA) states there can be no limits set on the consumption of nutritional supplements. As a result of this legislation, the FDA does not control the sale of nutritional supplements such as vitamins, minerals, and human metabolites such as D-chiro-inositol.

What is “inositol” and how is Chiral Balance D-chiro-inositol different?

The word “inositol” most commonly refers to a family of closely related substances and often refers to the most abundant members of that family, such as pinitol. D-chiro-inositol is a very special member of that family. The body uses DCI when responding to insulin, and DCI is not abundant in most people’s diets. Therefore, the human body has to make D-chiro-inositol. Some people’s bodies are not efficient at making D-chiro-inositol, and they can develop symptoms of insulin resistance and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS).