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redfern28

Sat, Sep-27-03, 09:08

poll - please

i have been on atkins since 03.03 and had SOME success... dropped 25 lbs. (most in the first 3-5 weeks) then down to a trickle since...

repr. endo - reccommendes sugar busters

but i have also read some good points about ir & cad

so - calling for all fellow pcos sisters to please donate their 2¢...

Shazzer

Sun, Sep-28-03, 21:42

I think the best diet depends on your level of insulin resistance. I think there are good points to all the diets, but they each emphasize different strategies and different ratios of carbs. For instance, I could never do CAD as my blood sugar spikes too easily from unrestricted carbs, even if I reserved them all for one meal and ate lots of protein and fat. For me, Atkins is the way to go right now because I need to regulate carb intake very carefully or I can get severe hypoglycemia if I stray from a stringent carb intake.