---------------------------------------------------------------------- Betsy Riedel wrote: According to Dr. Jack Newman, Fenugreek does NOT lower blood sugar. My=20= colleague and I thought the same thing and apparently it does not,=20 according to him. This information is listed on his website. Just wanted to add that. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Betsy My information came from Tom Hale's text: Medications and Mother's Milk (11th edition, 2004, pp. 319-321). In the entry on fenugreek he twice mentioned a hypoglycaemic effect, at least in higher doses. Cheers Virginia Virginia Thorley, OAM, DipEd, MA, IBCLC Lactation Consultant since 1985,. Cultural Historian working in the History of Medicine. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html