PCOS Messages for May, 2002: Re: Another question on Insulin Resistance

Re: Another question on Insulin Resistance

From: jodi (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 22 May 2002 13:41:14 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 22 May 2002, ellen wrote: >
>I have all the other symptoms of pcos, but do I have insulin resistence
>if I am really thin and have no trouble loosing weight? Do pcoser's
>watch their sugar and carb intake in order to maintain their weight or
>in order to control their pcos symptoms? I am really bad with the sugar
>and carb thing b/c I can't stop eating them. If I am not concerned with
>the weight thing, could I eat whatever I want? Would that effect my pcos
>symptoms like hair growth and acne? please help. I am so confused...
>

guess what... if you can't stop eating suagr/carbs, chances are you have a problem!

You can have IR and be thin/normal weight. your hormones have more to do with insulin levels than weight. a lot of women will lose a lot of weight, resume menstruating... then stop after a few months. their weight stays the same, but it wasn't the weight loss that restarted their periods - it was the altered insulin levels WHILE they were losing weight.

Does that make sense?

even if you are thin, insulin meds or low carbing or both can help with PCOS.

>ps: I never got an insulin resistance test, but my glucose level is
>really low after fasting for about 24 hours, so I guess doctors are not
>concerned about the diabetes and insulin resistance problem. Are they
>correct in making that assumption?

Glucose levels mean very little when determining IR. My glucose level was low/normal. My insulin was 19! Should be less than 10. Unless you had insulin levels done, too, you can't tell anything from your fasting glucose levels. Ideally, the ratio of glucose:insulin should be greater than 4.5. Anything less indicates IR. (My ratio was 4.1 something...)

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