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Monthly Archives: October 2009

The Shiitake Experiment

26-Oct-09

And the results of the shiitake experiment are…. inconclusive. After taking shiitake for a week or so, I noticed I was hungry all the time, even just after eating. I realized I must be taking an appetite stimulant. Shiitake was the only thing I’d added to my supplements recently. So I stopped taking it, [...]

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Shiitake, Vitamin D, and Ovulation

13-Oct-09

I’m convinced shiitake mushrooms help regulate ovulation. But I can’t find one bit of information about that on the Internet. All I find is that it has nutrients, helps the immune system, and helps with cancer. Here’s a nice page about shiitake: Shiitake Mushrooms. Now I’m going to talk about what I can’t find online.
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Excess Facial Hair Prevention

08-Oct-09

One of the side effects of my PCOS is excess facial hair. It’s kind of hard to find information about preventing or curing that. It’s easy to find hair removal information, but I’d rather prevent the growth. Over the years I’ve tried various things to get rid of the excess hair, and there are a [...]

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