PCOS-MEDICATION Messages for May, 2001: Re: Artificial Sweeteners, Caffeine & Insulin Resistance

Re: Artificial Sweeteners, Caffeine & Insulin Resistance

From: Nina (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 8 May 2001 12:38:06 -0500 (CDT)

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At Tue, 8 May 2001, jodi wrote: >
>At Tue, 8 May 2001, Sue wrote:
>>
>>>Can someone please explain how artificial sweeteners such as Aspartame
>>can influence/impair insulin levels? And what about caffeine?<
>>
>>I'm not sure where you've heard about aspartame affecting insulin
>>resistence; I would sincerely question the information. Aspartame is
>>simply a sweetener derived from an amino acid--a protein, if you
>>will--that is found in beef. You get more aspartame in its original
>>form by eating a hamburger than you do by drinking an entire two litre
>>of diet soda. So those who say that aspartame gives them headaches or
>>whatever, my question is always: does it happen when you eat a burger?
>>And then I explain the above.
>>
>i have NEVER heard of nutrasweet being derived from beef. i thought it
>was plant derived!!!
>
>i have, however, read in numerous sources that if you have insulin
>problems, you should avoid caffeine and artifical aweeteners. i have
>read in fewer sources that splenda/sucralose is a safe artifical
>sweetener to use with regards to insulin production.
>
>i really wish i could find a definitive study that gives the effects of
>caffeine and nutrasweet on insulin production... i do know that diana
>schwazbein (sp) mentions that you ought to avoid both of these things if
>you are following an insulin lowering diet. you always read that if you
>are TTC you should give up caffeine - it never seems to say why, but i
>wonder if it is because caffeine effects the menstrual cycle due to the
>havoc it wreaks on insulin levels. i know that on the general PCOS
>discussion board, many women have said that they see a relation between
>their PCOS symptoms and excessive caffeine/nutrasweet consumption.
>
>caffeine DOES stimulate the adrenal gland, i believe... and adreanl
>problems are often part and parcel of PCOS... i have read that this
>adrenal overstimulation leads to an insulin overproduction... whether
>or not this is true, i don't know. but many women find that giving up
>these substances helps with their symptoms tremendously.
>
>again, i really wish there was a definitive study to prove (or disprove)
>these things. my take is personally, well, PCOS is not a new disease.
>it has been around for a long long time, though under different (or no)
>names. lately, though, it seems like more and more people are getting
>it. it seems as though the worsening in the quality of the typical diet
>probably plays a large role in this. like, women who had PCOS 100 years
>ago probably would have had it no matter what. now, with so many
>refined and chemical laced products available to eat, women who might
>have escaped PCOS 100 years ago are developing full blown symptoms.
>since PCOS women tend to be overweight, and our culture is diet
>obsessed, we probably consume more diet products than most people...
>including diet coke, etc... which means lots of caffeine and
>nutrasweet... i am sure PCOS can't be tracked down to one food item but
>i think that there is definitely something to be said about our
>consumption of these chemicles that is making us sicker. just my
>theory. if you feel caffeine and nutrasweet don't affect you, fine. :)
>i feel that they do affect me.
>
>- jodi

Jodi, It would make alot of sence that caffeine would affect insulin production if it stimulates the adrenal gland, due to the fact that the adrenal is connected to the pancreas which secreats the hormones that are used in conjunction with insulin. That was one of the first things that my doctor had checked with a ct scan on my adrenals to see if they were either enlarged or really what he was looking for was the fact if they were shrunk. If the adrenals are unable to produce the hormones, enevadably your ovaries will take over and produce the hormones, thus my doctor thought that was why i was not ovulating due to over exertion. But Jodi, that would make alot of sence in the aspect of the caffeine factors....

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Nina K.
ttc# 1 Cd 5 1000 mg glucophage xr; wellbutrin 150mg

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