Re: Are my insulin levels high?
From: Renee (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 25 Jan 2002 22:56:16 -0800
Sonnet,
Maybe I'm just too sleepy right now, but that isn't making sense to me. Is it
supposed to be "below" 4.5, not above? The further apart the better, so that
would mean a higher ratio. For example, an insulin of 7, for example, would
need a glucose below 31 to keep below a ratio of 4.5. An insulin of 7 with a
glucose of 91, which most people would consider to be good, would have a ratio
13, which is far above your limit of 4.5. However, an insulin of 76 and a
glucose of 112 (my original numbers) would have a ratio of 1.4, which would be
well below your IR cut off.
Am I thinking about this wrong?
Renee
Sonnet wrote:
>
> I have heard from several medical journal articles that the ratio of
> glucose to insulin, fasting or not, shouldn't be above 4.5, or it
> indicates IR. Your ratio is 6.27! Definitely either press your doctor
> about it again or find a new one.
>
> At Thu, 24 Jan 2002, Sara wrote:
> >
> >Hello everyone. I am a 19 year old college student and was diagnosed
> >with PCOS last October. In the past four months, I have done a lot of
> >reading about PCOS. Well, I went back for a follow-up today after more
> >struggling with my symptoms, especially weight gain. (In October, my
> >doctor didn't treat me with anything except birth control pills to
> >regulate my period and also told me to LOSE WEIGHT!) At my appointment
> >today, I told my doctor about the sugar highs and lows that I have been
> >experiencing and thought it might be related to insulin resistance. She
> >told me that my glucose and insulin levels were normal. I asked for a
> >copy of my tests so that I could compare them with what I have found in
> >books. Anyway, my glucose was 89 MG/DL (normal), but my total insulin
> >was 14.2 uU/ML and my free insulin was 15.0 uU/ML. What I have found is
> >that anything over 10.0 uU/ML could be related to insulin resistance.
> >Does anyone else know more about this? Should I go see another doctor
> >for a second opinion? Would metformin help? If anyone could help me I
> >would really appreciate it.
> >
> >Thanks in advance!
> >
> >--
> >Sara Jane
> >
>
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Renee Cordrey, MSPT, MPH, CWS
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