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Re: When you Guys Say LOW CARB...How Many Carbs Should We Be Eating?
From: Kelley (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 28 Mar 2000 17:14:13 -0600 (CST)
At Tue, 28 Mar 2000, C. wrote:
>I am also a skinny PCOSer-5'6 & 132 lbs. I have been on the Carbohydrate Addict Diet with my daughter, who is also PCOS but is overweight. I have been losing too much weight though I think and will have to add something. The Zone sounds healthy but I love having the daily reward meal on this diet. I have been walking nearly daily also and I have felt really good. I think my hormones are at war with me and so I hope this can bring them in line. (:
>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
>>
--
Kelley
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