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Atkins and hair loos
From: Michael (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 15 Jun 2003 19:23:51 -0500 (CDT)
I was wondering if anyone on Atkins has experienced hair loss? My hair
has thinned some from Pcos but since I've been on Atkins, I've noticed
it falling out a little more than usual. Is this normal, do I need to
take a better multi vitamin, or am I just weird?
At Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Wendy wrote:
I've been on the Atkin's diet and for me, it was a success. I am I/R
>and have PCOS and I know that it has lowered my I/R. I was put on Met a
>year or so ago and I lost a few pounds on it. Then I went on to the
>Atkin's diet and the first week or two lost about 6 lbs, then I
>plateau'd. So I did what the Atkin's diet says to do; Get busy
>exercising. The weight literally dropped off within a few months. I
>lost 35 lbs total in about 3-4 months. I have kept the weight off and
>the diet is really easy in that I don't eat white rice, pasta or flour,
>(or sugar) and eat a lot of salads, veggies, some meat and some whole
>grains high in fiber. I recently went back to my dr. and we did some
>blood tests. My glucose is great, my FSH and LH are good. I'm checking
>my cholesterol and triclycerides in a week or so, though I'm sure
>they'll be fine too. I think the key to being the diet is to think that
>once you're completely through the phases, it's a way of life; our lives
>virtually DEPEND on it. I simply cannot go back to eating garbage. I
>love doughnuts, but I love having toned muscles and getting into size
>9/10 clothes better! Good luck!
>
>At Sat, 7 Jun 2003, maybe wrote:
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>>Hi there, I was wondering if anyone here has been put on the atkins diet
>>because of the carbohydrate problem that pcos suffers seem to have. If
>>you have; does it work? I know that initially it works for weight loss,
>>but does it work in terms of insulin resistence etc. Does metformin
>>help with weighloss at all, or does it just stop you from gaining extra
>>weight?
>>
>>Also my other question is about Hair loss. I've lost maybe 50% of the
>>hair on my head. Is there a way to get this back? I'm so devistated an
>>discouraged by all this. I don't want to end up bald. Someone, please
>>let me know what you think. thanks!
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