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Not sure, I (potentially) took it as part of a study while pregnant, can't really say if it had any effect because pregnancy causes so many changes by itself (if I even took it, of course). That was 4g a day (combined with 0.4mg folic acid), by the way, which is roughly what they suggest for PCOS in general. So your supplement + watermelon inositol dosage does seem low in comparison, but maybe the 4g is higher than it needs to be, it's hardly settled science. And as you say, threshold effects or a combination of things, or simply that you don't have PCOS s... (read more)

Possibly relevant: Something that is currently thought to maybe help with the insulin-resistance related issues around PCOS (weight gain and too high level of androgens, because insulin that sticks around too long gets converted to an androgen [can't remember if testosterone or not]) is high doses of myo-inositol, which naturally occurs in fruit. So maybe the watermelon is helping with regulating your insulin through the inositol (in addition to or instead of the citruilline) and if there's less insulin in your blood you crave sugar less?

PCOS and insulin r... (read more)

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oh interesting. Do you have any thoughts on how long it would take for that effect to kick in? I take a supplement (mostly for the other ingredient) that has 250-500mg of inositol. 2 lbs of watermelon has 280mg (source: first hit on google), and presumably there's more in other foods I eat. I'd be surprised at that big an effect on sugar from such a modest change, but there could be threshold effects, or it could be a combination of things. This is funny because my next post (not yet cross-posted here) is on inositol for anxiety.