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Re: When you Guys Say LOW CARB...How Many Carbs Should We Be Eating?From: Sallie (anonymous@obgyn.net)Tue, 28 Mar 2000 10:31:42 -0600 (CST)
At Tue, 28 Mar 2000, Angie wrote: > >I'm one of the skinny (5'5 - 122lbs)PCOSers and would like to reduce my >carbs for health reasons. My insulin levels are barely elevated...but I >feel I should still watch them because of the PCOS. > >How many Carbs a day are recommended for a PCOSer? > >Thanks Ladies and God Bless=) >Ang Angie, If you are not overweight, I would follow the Zone diet or Sugar Busters. These are whole food diets that include plenty of fruit and vegetables (except bananas, carrots, and potatoes) balanced with as much protein. When my daughters and I are on maintaining weight this is what we follow. I would just avoid sugar and flour that cause sudden spikes of insulin. I would also work on building muscle through weight resistant training. Weight resistant exercise is one of the best ways to fight insulin resistance and burn off excess testosterone. Skinny PCOSers have baffled many of the experts and have lead to further "digging" as to the cause. Some doctors just ignore the fact that some women do have PCOS and are not overweight. It doesn't fit into their definition of PCOS. There have been some theories tossed around that are 1)PCOS has two different ways of manifesting one is by insulin resistance and of gaining weight and that losing weight will help correct or control the problem and that the other way is an inherited gene flaw in how insulin is processed and these women will have PCOS no matter what. 2) Another one that I have read is that it is a genetic characteristic in general to have the inositol glycans altered by insulin. This is what INSMED is working on with d chiro insoitol. And if you have this inherited flaw then you have a good chance of having inherited the tendency to gain weight also. and 3) I have read that Type 2 diabetes (insulin resistance) may not be restricted to only overweight people. Regardless, following a more natural diet that does not include man made unnatural refined foods is something that anyone should follow. And I feel that whatever the reason, insulin has everything to do with PCOS whether you IR or not.
-- Sallie
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