This is one that I have not done much with. I have seen all the claims for it, which sound really impressive including its use for panic disorders, blood sugar regulation, obsessive compulsive disorders, etc. But I only recently obtained some to add to a treatment for a dog with degenerative myelopathy. So I bought a kilo of it, but I cannot recall if we ended up using it in his formula or not. We had him on several things that were working great. He went from not able to get up to being able to run within a week. When he got a urinary tract infection though it was downhill from there. The doctor put him on strong antibiotics and that was pretty much it. He developed really bad diarrhea, and lost all of his strength. His neuropathy got so bad he chewed through his paw breaking the bone so he had to be put down.
I got the inositol to help with the myelin, but again I cannot recall if we ended up using it. We were adding new things one at a time to see what he responded best to.
So unfortunately I cannot tell you too much as to effectiveness. I don't follow sales sites either. If I am going to work with something I want to see credible information first, then I experiment with things to see if they really live up to the hype. So maybe I need to dig out the inositol and start playing with it.
Inositol hexaphosphate (IP6) is not the same thing as inostiol. They have different functions. Just like betaine (Trimethylglycine), which is alkaline, has totally different functions than its acidified form betaine HCl.
It is funny that so many people bash phytic acid not realizing that phytic acid is actually IP6. The biggest rumor about phytic acid is that it robs the body of minerals. The way I have always explained this myth is to consider you are holding two bowling balls. If I go to hand you a third bowling ball you cannot hold it unless you first give up one of the bowling balls you are already holding. The same goes for phytic acid. It is already going to be saturated with the minerals of the plant. So in order for it to grab a mineral from the body it must first give up minerals it is already bound to. Another thing that anti-phytic acid proponents leave out is that phytic acid has a higher affinity for heavy metals than it does for beneficial minerals. So it can actually help remove toxic metals, and excess iron from the body.
And we eat phytic acid in many of our foods. Phytic acid is common in all grain seeds, such as wheat and oats, and soy is also a great source.
And yes, the studies do show that phytic acid is great for cancer.