Hello gals,

I'm new here and started Atkins not long ago. I've already lost seven pounds which is great!! I haven't cheated yet and it seems to be fairly easy to follow. I'm taking 2000 mg Gluc. XR daily (2 morning and 2 at night). The problem is that at times I feel very shaky and weak, not really hungry though. For some reason my gluc. monitor strips aren't working so I haven't been able to test my sugar. I'm just wondering if my blood sugar really is getting low or if I'm just having horrible cravings or what??? Usually an Atkins shake is the only thing that helps. My endo. check up is in another month but maybe I should call and ask about this. Anyone have experience in this area?

Appreciate any help and thanks!

I don't have PCOS, but my daughter does, and she has had to adjust her gluc. since starting Atkins. Taking less.

If you are suffering with PCOS then yu have a estrogen dominance problem. You may be getting exogenous hormones in your body through creams or the like.

If you are not eating hormone-free meats and eggs, that is where your excess estrogen is coming from. See, farmers add estrogens to the food supply to get the animals bigger quicker to get them to market.

Problem is that when the animals are killed and we cook and eat them, we take that excess estrogen into our bodies and we end up with all these "mysterious" syndromes and illnesses.

My advice... buy organic, free range, hormone and antibiotic free meats and eggs.

but PCOS is largely in part due to an insulin response problem.

I wholly agree with organic foods, but don't believe that is the root cause of PCOS.

Actually, my estrogen and progesterone levels are quite low, even lower than normal. This really decreases my risk for uterine cancer. My testosterone and insulin levels are too high.

PCOS isn't a huge mystery, many aspects of the syndrome are still unexplained, but there has been a lot of progress recently in determining that insulin is the main factor.

Please do your reading!

Hi there-If you are low-carbing and taking meds for diabetes, it's potentially dangerous not to monitor your glucose. Take care & good luck.

Just curious as to where you got this information? It isn't anything that I have heard or read about PCOS.....


"many current studies into PCOS are focusing on the body's ability to process insulin. A growing collection of data suggests that elevated insulin levels are unhealthy and contribute to increased androgen production, worsening PCOS symptoms from cosmetic issues to infertility, and eventually increasing the risk of certain cancers, diabetes and heart disease."