Ohan, Poppy emaciyapi. (hello. Im Poppy.)
I'm an Oglala Lakota winyan with PCOS. This is my first visit to this site, and I was sooo thrilled that they actually have a thread for Indin girls.
Ok, a little about me. I was diagnosed with polycystic ovaries in 2007. Dh and I were having a hard time conceiving so we went to a RE. Several tests later, and here we are. I did conceive, but lost the baby 4 weeks later. At this point, we're changing major key habits in our lifestyle to beat this thing. No medication presently, but I have been prescribed Metformin in the past. (that stuff was ruff on my guts. rugged!) So for now, we're trying natural approaches.
It's my humble opinion that the prevalence of diabetes amongst Indin people has everything to do with genetics. Native peoples have only existed on this over processed diet since white people enforced their colonization policies. No more than 130 years ago, our people's diets were much, much different. We didn't have refined sugars, bleached flours, cheese, processed canned foods, etc. So for hundreds and hundreds of years, the first nations people existed on a natural lo-carb diet. And in essence, were very healthy and balanced. But why wait for hundreds and hundreds of years for that insulin resistant gene to become recessive. Let's change our diets now. We'd regain insulin sensitivity, lose weight, normalize our cycles and have babies.
On the flip-side, white people have had the diabetic gene for a long time. It's believed that both Beethoven (died in the 1820s) and Bach (died in 1750) died from diabetic complications. This diet isn't anything new for them.
Current statistics state that 50% of Native Americans are diabetic and obese.
Anyways, I'm glad to have discovered such a kick-bunz site.
Pilamiye.
Poppy |