PCOS Messages for March, 2001: Re: Low Carb Diet-Should you be...

Re: Low Carb Diet-Should you be...

From: Zowie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 14 Mar 2001 15:55:39 -0600 (CST)

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Hi Sonnet, Actually, the GYN I saw told me that it wasn't a good option because my hypoglycemia fluctuates. I could be borderline or "normal" one day (or a few hours) and then BOOM, bottom out without warning or reason. She didn't think it was a healthy option for me and advised against it. However, desperate to try and lose some of this weight, I tried to slowly transition into it anyhow to give it a try (most of my carbs/sugar are from juice that I MUST drink lots of every day to keep me going). Let me tell you my body did NOT like that. I simply cut back 1-2 glasses (at about 40 carbs each) and I got so sick and weak that I needed to eat more or drink a glass of juice quickly to bring my sugars back up. At that point, I said "fine" and just went on with my normal eating habits. The strangest part is--when I try to "diet" and eat less overall, I GAIN weight. If I eat normally or even a little more, I LOSE weight. Yep, makes PERFECT sense to me. Typically I fluctuate between 20 lbs. or so in a few days (I've been like that for 2 years now when my PCOS started to go into high gear), so as long as I'm somewhat "normal" eating how I want (which isn't "bad" anyhow), I'm content with that. Thanks for asking though!!

At Wed, 14 Mar 2001, Sonnet wrote: >
>Zowie I just wanted to jump in with a question! I have heard you say
>before that you can't low carb because of your hypoglycemia. But I was
>severly hypoglycemic and a low carb diet was recommended for me because
>it would even out my blood sugars and avoid those dips after eating
>something high carb. I found this to be HUGELY helpful to me. Is there
>a reason you were told not to? Thanks!
>
>--
>Sonnet
>
>At Wed, 14 Mar 2001, Zowie wrote:
>>
>>question. I am
>>IR, but am also anemic and hypoglycemic. Because of those 2 factos, I
>>can't be on a low carb/sugar diet.
>
>--
>Email always welcome to: sonnet_fitz@hotmail.com
>

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-- Zowie :)

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