PCOS-DIET Messages for October, 2002: Re: Diets

Re: Diets

From: Renee (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 13 Oct 2002 09:32:35 -0700

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Actually, grapes and oranges have a very high glycemic index and are very dense in sugars. Apples are much better, as they are less sweet and have less sugar overall. Berries and melons are much better.

I can only speak for myself regarding taking glucophage and low-carbing, but I'll share my experience. I am very intolerant of carbs, personally. I started low-carbing and taking glucophage 500 mg once a day around the same time (the low-carbing about 3-4 months earlier). I saw an immediate response from each. And, I do extremely low-carb. Kind of permanent Atkins induction. I kept my carbs as low as possible. Over time I increased my gluc to 500 twice a day, and now take it 850 twice a day. I've only started adding a little fruit (a few strawberries or raspberries, a couple chunks of melon, etc.) recently, to add some natural vitamins, but it's still very limited, and I schedule it so that I've had sufficient protein/fat to balance it and slow the absorption, and and watch what other carbs I'm eating. For example, I won't eat a strawberry with breakfast if my breakfast was a quesadilla with a low-carb tortilla (3 gm carbs).

If I eat carbs, even with the dose gluc I'm on, I feel it immediately, very negatively. If I eat something with carbs in it, I'll figure it out right away. Within 10 minutes, even 5 minutes. Since I've upped my dose I'm more tolerant of surprise carbs, and the fruit. However, I know when I've hit my limit.

For me, it's not redundant. It's two pieces of the solution, and both are crucial for me. Others may not be as sensitive as me, but I need both. Every woman needs to experiment with themselves. Monitor what you feel like with carbs, and watch for that feeling as you experiment with different carb levels. Do the same if you're taking met. I do agree about chosing the carbs carefully when eating them. But, the volume of carbs, and where on the glycemic index they fall, definitely varies by person, and must be discovered individually.

Renee

Victoria wrote: >
> Hi,
>
> I can't tell you for sure medically, but my opinion only, I would be quite
> careful of how I low carbed with Metformin. What you said hit the mark. I have
> seen women who do low carb (probably quite strongly) and then hit Metformin, and
> they crash. I could see more of a moderate low carb. Cut out as much bread,
> potatoes, rice, but leave in healthy carbs like apples, grapes, oranges.
>
> Victoria
>
> From: anonymous@medispecialty.com (Rachel)
>
> Victoria,
> I don't know much about low
> carb diets except for what I've read in the 'Carb Addict's Diet' but I
> wonder if someone is on insulin-sensitizing medication, is that the
> healthiest way to go? To me, it's redundant to do both since the
> medication is making your body use its insulin to metabolize the carbs
> yet there aren't much there to be metabolized if you're on a low carb
> diet. Does that make sense to anyone? Thank you for any thoughts.
>

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