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Re: When you Guys Say LOW CARB...How Many Carbs Should We Be Eating?
From: C. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 28 Mar 2000 16:24:16 EST
I am another "skinny" PCOS'er at 5'8 and 131lbs. I however was obese most of
puberty till my late teens. I found out I had PCOS when I went off B/C pills
and watched my skin deteriorate, weight began to pile on and hair thinning.
When I went on the zone, I lost 20lbs (all along I have been a competitive
runner/cyclist) and began to see improvements in my overall sense of well
being. I used to run 90 miles a week and couldn't lose a lb! I definately
think that the IR has a genetic basis Im very interested in the helpful
(and hopeful) benefits of d chiro insoitol as well.
>From: anonymous@obgyn.net (Sallie)
>Reply-To: anonymous@obgyn.net
>To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS <anonymous@obgyn.net>
>Subject: Re: When you Guys Say LOW CARB...How Many Carbs Should We Be
>Eating?
>Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 10:32:33 -0600
>
>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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