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Re: ADA Diet and PCOS
From: Shelly (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 26 Jul 2000 20:00:07 -0500 (CDT)
I would be curious as to the carbo amount in the ADA diet. I heard
somewhere it was kind of high in the bread category.
At Wed, 26 Jul 2000, Christina wrote:
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>Hi Lori-
>Since I have never low-carbed, I can't tell you what effects it has, but
>as yo uknow a lot of women on this board swear by it. As far as the ADA
>diet, I think it is a great idea. Sine PCOS obviously often involves
>wacky blood sugar, it makes sense that keeping your blood sugar stable
>and under control (a la the ADA diet) would be beneficial...keep us
>posted on what you decide to do!
>
>Love-
>Christina
>
>P.S. I think it is encouraging that your doctor even ACKNOWLEDGES a
>food/health connection...when I ask about diet, most of the doctors I
>have seen throw pills at me and I never hear from them again! :)
>
>At Tue, 25 Jul 2000, Lori wrote:
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>>After talking with my OB GYN today I asked him about a low carb diet. He said that if I went on this diet my pancreas wouldnt' know what to do. He set me up with a nutritionalist and reccommended me for the Diabetic diet (ADA). Since it hasn't taken me long to learn that us cysters on the board often know more than many doctors, I would like to throw it out to you. Does the ADA diet work better than low carbing? Any success stories with it?
>>Lori
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