Re: Diets
From: Lakefever2 (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 13 Oct 2002 11:02:02 -0700 (PDT)
I'm sorry if I'm annoying to some of you. I am just so
happy to find a group that I can relate to. WHen I
have eaten way too many carbs, I can almost feel it
within 10-15 minutes. I get so sick. I am the first
to admit that I"ve been bad about following a diet,
but I definitely know when enough is enough (intake of
carbs, sugar).
I am currently taking 2 500 mg Metformin pills a day.
One with breakfast and one with dinner....so my
doctor encouraged...Right now, I'm sooo sick from the
medication. How long does this sick feelign last?
--- Renee Cordrey <anonymous@obgyn.net> wrote:
> 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.
> >
> --
> --------------
> Renee Cordrey, MSPT, MPH, CWS
> ---
> Dwell in Possibility.
> --Emily Dickenson
>
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