PCOS-DIET Messages for September, 2001: Re: Is it worth it?

Re: Is it worth it?

From: Jen (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 6 Sep 2001 18:14:32 -0500 (CDT)

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At Thu, 6 Sep 2001, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: > I like all sorts of
>food. And suddenly I'm going to stop eating pasta, when I'm a friggin'
>Italian living with a fairly thin Italian mother? And stop eating meat
>because it'll increase my LDL levels? And not eat sugar or sugar-related
>products because they'll get turned into fat? And not eat fruit for the
>same reason?
>

Read up on the different diets - not all of them cut everything out. There are many books on the subject: The Zone, Sugarbusters, Protein Power, The Insulin Resistance Diet, Carbohydrate Addicts Life Plan, etc. Read them in the bookstore or library, and decide which one fits your taste and lifestyle better. Then buy it and follow it. You can get most of these books relatively cheap at half.com or a used bookstore.

Find a doctor who has experience dealing with PCOS and who is recommended by others. You wouldn't take your car to a mechanic without a reference would you (except in cases of emergency). There are lots of doctors who don't know a thing about PCOS, and many of those will never admit to it. So you will have to go doctor shopping. You can get together with your local chapter of PCOSupport, and get recommendations from them. Treating your insulin resistance (which you no doubt have) will help lower your blood fats.

The other thing that you can do right now is to exercise. Studies have shown that patients with insulin resistance who exercised *vigorously* at least one hour per day saw a normalization of their insulin metabolism, even without medication or dietary changes. I know it's a lot to ask, but if you can avoid cholesterol problems now, you will be lengthening your life.

-- Jen R.

email welcome at: jennyred@nospam.ivillage.com (note: to send me an email, take out the "nospam." I put in my email address. That's in there for the spam-bots.)

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