PCOS Messages for May, 2003: Re: Atkins Diet

Re: Atkins Diet

From: Sonnet (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 29 May 2003 13:06:51 -0500 (CDT)

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For the general population, any low carb diet - including Atkins - may not be the best choice. For women with PCOS, low carb is by far the healthiest option. The goal of most PCOS treatments is to lower insulin levels, something that a low carb diet does. It can greatly reduce the symptoms of PCOS, help you lose weight, and possibly even help prevent diabetes. For many women with PCOS, low carbing is the only thing that works. Granted, Atkins is at an extreme end of the low carb spectrum, so perhaps you'd do better to start with a more moderate carb diet, but anything that reduces processed carbohydrates can help. Also know that there are lots of options for protein in the mornings, eggs aren't a necessity (I eat low carb for breakfast these days and only have eggs about once a month.)

At Wed, 28 May 2003, Donna wrote: >
>Amy,
>I was just wondering what Dr told you that this was the way to go all the Dr's that I have talked to says that it is highly dangerous and to stay away from it. I want to lose weight so bad right now but I'm having a lot of health problems and I don't want to do anything to jeopardize myself. I wanted to commend you for the weight loss that is excellent. I also, have another question I'm thinking about going ahead and started the diet anyway and I've heard that you have to eat eggs every morning for breakfast and I'm very allergic to them and wanted to know if you could supstitute that for anything else???? I've tried everything to lose weight and I recently have lost over 170lbs but that was due to having a severe car wreck and not being able to eat and having no appetite. I've always just eaten one meal a day and that's dinner so it's not that I'm overeating I just can't lose the weight and I just got diagnosed with PCOS in April and started Metformin then. Sorry so long just full of questions.
>Donna in Atlanta

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