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Re: ADA Diet and PCOS
From: A (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 27 Jul 2000 00:20:29 -0400
wow..size ten!!! i'm foaming at the mouth!! You go girl!!23 lbs in 4 mos...yikes!!
:-) Alexis
Michele wrote:
> Yes Shelley actually you are right. On the pyramid the largest and
> bottom tier are the grains. After discussing it with the dietician, she
> even said to me if I could change this pyramid I would put the veggies
> on the bottom. Anyway we worked with it and adjusted it to my needs.
> Upped the proteins a bit and cut back on the starchy foods. It is
> working for me I have lost 10 pounds in three months, Yeah just started
> getting back into some of my size 10's. The point is that a dietician
> has many different types of diet's to work with depending on your
> particular problems. She and I reviewed several, because I had IBS as
> well. And came up with the one I'm on now. So if your insurance allows
> your endo to refer you to a dietician (which always happens with a
> diabetic btw) take advantage of it.
>
> At Wed, 26 Jul 2000, Shelly wrote:
> >
> >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:
> >>
> >>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:
> >>>
> >>>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
>
> --
> michele
>
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