Q: What is inositol?
Inositol is a naturally occurring carbohydrate compound that is similar to glucose. It is often referred to as a vitamin-like substance and is sometimes classified as part of the B-vitamin group. However, it is not officially recognized as a vitamin. Inositol is present in many foods, especially in fruits, beans, grains, and nuts. is a naturally occurring carbohydrate compound that is similar to glucose. It is often referred to as a vitamin-like substance and is sometimes classified as part of the B-vitamin group. However, it is not officially recognized as a vitamin. Inositol is present in many foods, especially in fruits, beans, grains, and nuts.is a naturally occurring carbohydrate compound that is similar to glucose. It is often referred to as a vitamin-like substance and is sometimes classified as part of the B-vitamin group. However, it is not officially recognized as a vitamin. Inositol is present in many foods, especially in fruits, beans, grains, and nuts.
Inositol source:
Foods rich in inositol: animal liver, brewer’s yeast, lima bean, grapefruit, malt, peanuts, kale.
Inositol can be used:
1.Pharmaceutical
- Treatment of cirrhosis, fatty liver and high cholesterol in the blood.
2.Food
- In the fermentation and food industry, inositol can be used for the culture of a variety of strains and promote the growth of yeast, etc., if the lack of inositol in higher animals, there will be growth stagnation and hair loss and other phenomena, the human body’s daily demand for inositol is l-2g, many health drinks and children’s food are added with trace inositol.
3.Feed
- Fish and aquatic animals and rare birds and other rare animals in the feed need to add inositol, practice has proved that the addition of inositol in feed, can promote the growth of livestock and prevent death, the amount of its addition is usually 0.2%-0.5% of the feed. In Japan, the annual consumption of inositol for animals alone is more than 100t.
4.Other fields
- Inositol can be deeply processed into inositol peptide, inositol phosphate lipid, aminocyclic sugar alcohol and other products, which have great practical value in medicine, electric power, transportation, energy, electronics, chemical industry and other industries.
Benefits of inositol to our human body:
1, Assisting in lowering blood lipids: For patients with hyperlipidemia, if inositol is properly applied, it can assist in reducing the level of blood lipids, avoid the further occurrence and development of atherosclerosis, and play a positive role in preventing and alleviating cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases;
2, Regulate the metabolism of cholesterol in the human body, the effect of promoting health is also more obvious;
3, Regulate the metabolism of human liver cells fat: people with fatty liver can properly use inositol, which has a positive role in preventing and alleviating fatty liver, and can also protect liver cells;
4, Regulate the metabolism of human brain nerve cells: beneficial to promote the formation of brain cells and cell metabolism.
Q: How to supplement inositol?
Some people are more prone to inositol deficiency.
1, people who love coffee, will increase the consumption of inositol.
2, older people, people with insulin resistance, inositol demand increases
3, People who consume too much sugar and carbon are more likely to lack inositol
4, do not love to eat animal liver, kidney, animal blood and other food people
Hypoinositol is synthesized from glucose by bacteria in our gut, and although inositol is synthesized in the body, humans do need an external source of inositol.
You may be wondering about the side effects of inositol:
Inositol is safe and has few side effects, and when you first take it, you can start with a lower dose and work up to the dosage you want.
