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Re: Having doubts

From: Joan (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 30 Jan 2001 13:25:43 -0600 (CST)

Glucose is not the same as insulin!. Yes, low carbing can help even if you are not insulin resistant. I urge you to find a better informed Dr. if possible. i've attached a link with a helpful section on the insulin connection and a section on diets. Hope it helps.

http://www.inciid.org/faq/pcos.html

At Tue, 30 Jan 2001, katie wrote: >
>I have had PCOS for 7 years, but only found out that I had already been
>diagnosed with it in 1994 - nobody told me!!!
>
>I have been fighting to be taken seriously only t find out that it's
>there, right at the back of my file. And, beleive it or not, it was
>only because I was in for suspected Chickenpox that I found out!
>
>Anyway, it's also in my file that all the blood tests have been taken.
>My LH was high, which is why they diagnosed me - but told me it was just
>a "hormone imbalance".
>
>However, when I tried to explain about the whole insulin-resistance link
>my doctor didn't know what I was talking about and said my Glucose
>levels were normal.
>
>Now I'm really confused - is glucose the same as insulin? And if it's
>normal, does it mean that there is no point in going on a low-carb
>diet??
>
>Can someone help?
>
>--
>Katie x
>

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