Excellent article on management of Type II diabetes

MagPie · 05-13-2002, 02:58 PM

I am a member of several mailing lists. On the PCOS(menopause) list, someone posted a link to this article. Although it doesn't address PCOS especially, it DOES do an excellent job of giving information on how to treat Insulin Resistance.
http://www.pcrm.org/issues/Nutrition...tr_curr_4.html

It's by far one of the best articles to describe how insulin works, how diet can be used to control blood sugar and insulin resistance. It has a little history on the various diet *fads and nutritional recommendations* that have come and gone. It also addresses many of the symptoms I've seen cysters ask about, including tingling extremities, both high and low blood sugar levels, and why low-carbing doesn't work for and actually harms some cysters etc. The part that is of most interest to us is under the topic "Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes" about 1/4 down the page. After nearly 2 years of doing a lot of research on pcos and insulin resistance/type II diabetes, this finally explains it! Finally I know why a *bad* pcos diet (very high complex carb/low fat diet) combined with a lot of walking put my pcos into complete remission 6 years ago. Now, if I'd only known about pcos THEN, I'd still be healthy today! Darn.
Hope this article is as helpful to you guys as I'm counting on it being for me.

I'm going to print off several copies and post them around my kitchen and over the hook where I keep my car keys!
http://www.pcrm.org/issues/Nutrition...tr_curr_4.html

Margaret

LadyBird · 05-26-2002, 11:57 AM

Thankyou for that, I have just save it too!

I have spent hours on the net trying to wade my way through conflicting information, that article sums it up nicely.

Now, to put it into action.

I have been having hypo's today (i think they are hypo's) for the first time evr. I'm so worried.

Matisse2 · 05-30-2002, 03:15 PM

When I was first told I had insulin resistance 10+ years ago I was advised to go on the Atkins Diet (by Dr. Atkins himself - so, obviously he would recommend that diet).

It was very successful for me in that I lost quite a lot of weight and kept it off.

However, in 1995 I got pregnant and with that got diabetes from week 5 of my pregnancy and had to inject insulin 3x day.

After the pregnancy the diabetes was gone again. However, I was supposed to stick to a similar diet. BUT, I slipped. I have been on and off it so many times in the last few years I've lost count. I am bored with meat meat meat and so, I'd be on it a while then give up as I was disgusted by it - I would then eat "normally" and gain gain gain. So, now I have about 50lbs to lose and today I was told I'm OFFICIALLY diabetic now!

And, I'm so CONFUSED about how and what to eat now, I don't know if I'm coming or going anymore.

Especially after checking out the link above. So far in my experience, if I eat carbs I gain. But, the nurse at the clinic I go to said I should be eating high fiber whole grain pasta/rice/bread etc......

WHAT am I REALLY supposed to be doing????

Please help ......

Matisse