Insulin Resistance and carbs.

I am trying to avoid insulin resistance and diabetes which is why I use the South Beach plan as a guideline. Eating the South Beach way prevents blood sugar spikes. It's not really a "low carb" plan, even on phase 1 you are encouraged to eat beans. Another benefit is that it has completely gotten rid of my sweet cravings. If you aren't familiar with it you might want to check it out.

Hey guys, I've just had my insulin tested and it was high (33 AUS). Dr says that means I'm insulin resistant. So just finding out what that all means.

I'm reading that low carb is good for insulin resistance.

If you are insulin resistant, how many cals and carbs do you have a day? Have you found it hard to shift the weight? What have you lost and in what timeframe? Any things you suggest that help the insulin resistance?

All answers appreciated!

Do yourself a favor - call that doctor's office up and ask for a referral to a Registered Dietician (not sure if there is a different name in Australia - sorry) that specializes in pt's with Insulin Resistance/Low carb intakes. There is absolutely NO reason why that office should have let you go until you received all of the information necessary.... that just boils my blood to no avail.

******taking deep breath.....

Your individual health cannot be answered here. Because MFP is not a viable medical resource with a connection to your electronic medical record, you do need to direct this question right back to the doctor that diagnosed you.

Your individual health record will guide the Registered Dietician (it should have when you were there to begin with) to calculate and determine how many carbs per day you should consider. Same goes for caloric intake.

Speaking as someone who does work in healthcare, I am guaranteeing you, all of our patients do not have the same numbers....no two patients are given the same so please do not take anyone's suggestions on numbers here.

please - knock some sense into that doctor of yours with a 2x4 if necessary (LOL) and get an RD involved hun...

goggle a health site or a couple of them to find out exactly what you should do. Your Dr should be setting you up to see a specialist on diabetes.

CKS.... I just sent you a private message.... 8-)

Hello,

I have PCOS so that makes me insulin resistant. There are many "diets" out catering to people with this issue. Mny of them mentioned already. But you need to read up on how the body works on handling sugars. Sugars even feed and grow cancer cells in the body. We need, actually all people without or without IR need to cut all processed crap from our food, prepare our OWN food with fresh ingredients aiming for "more bam for your buck" foods meaning foods that have more nutritional value per volume. Focusing on vegetables and proteins as our main food sources. Cutting back on carbs in the forms of grains and sugars, replacing them with natural sweeteners not processed ones, opting gfor grains that look like grains also unprocessed, but in moderation. The typical American diet consumation is well over 300 carbs per day ... while low carb is 50g or less ... for safe moderate carb comsumation (mostly in the form of fruits and veg) should be 100-150g per day. I wouldn't owrry about calories as you eat clean natural foods you will naturally not be able to overeat 2500cal max ... eating fast food, packaged food FAUX FOOD adds you up alot of calories!

The key to keeping blood sugar low is to eat often and eat non-processed foods. You want your body to do the processing, not a manufacturing company. So no matter what diet you follow, you need to eat every 3hrs- 3 balanced meals, and snacks in between.

That is not necessarily true, each person's hunger pangs dont come like clock-work so there are no rules as far as "you need to eat every three hours"...

The key to keeping blood sugar low is to eat often and eat non-processed foods. You want your body to do the processing, not a manufacturing company. So no matter what diet you follow, you need to eat every 3hrs- 3 balanced meals, and snacks in between.

That is not necessarily true, each person's hunger pangs dont come like clock-work so there are no rules as far as "you need to eat every three hours"...

ya i agree with this.

eat when you're hungry! the clock doesn't mean anything.

I am ins resitant, means my pancreas is tired,, and no longer doing what ti needs to because I have fed it more than enough sugar,, so end result- no white anything. lots of exercise and water water... losing the weight has helped alot,,, but got to pick n choose now what you cant or not eat. Take a diabetes class if possible, they can show you as well as a dietician.

Hello,

I have PCOS so that makes me insulin resistant. There are many "diets" out catering to people with this issue. Mny of them mentioned already. But you need to read up on how the body works on handling sugars. Sugars even feed and grow cancer cells in the body. We need, actually all people without or without IR need to cut all processed crap from our food, prepare our OWN food with fresh ingredients aiming for "more bam for your buck" foods meaning foods that have more nutritional value per volume. Focusing on vegetables and proteins as our main food sources. Cutting back on carbs in the forms of grains and sugars, replacing them with natural sweeteners not processed ones, opting gfor grains that look like grains also unprocessed, but in moderation. The typical American diet consumation is well over 300 carbs per day ... while low carb is 50g or less ... for safe moderate carb comsumation (mostly in the form of fruits and veg) should be 100-150g per day. I wouldn't owrry about calories as you eat clean natural foods you will naturally not be able to overeat 2500cal max ... eating fast food, packaged food FAUX FOOD adds you up alot of calories!

IMO this is the most accurate info in this entire thread! I was diagnosed with IR about 8 years ago, and my doctor told me she wanted me to follow the basic principles of Atkins and stay under 50g net carbs a day for 2 months before she put me on metformin to see if I could control my IR without medication. I did it for about 9 weeks,lost 15-20lbs, reversed my IR...AND got pregnant. After my baby was born I was tested several times and the IR had not returned.


Fast forward 7 years and I had gained 50 pounds for various reasons, and I started working out for 90 minutes 3-4 times a week and following the MFP suggested macros. It took me 3 months to lose 7 pounds, so I decided to cut my carbs to under 100g net for a few weeks to see what would happen. The first MONTH I lost 8 pounds, and the second month I lost 6 pounds! Seems to me that maybe my IR has come back and my body works better with fewer carbs.

I'm in my 3rd month of eating lower carb, and I have very few issues with low energy....Many days my egg and bacon breakfast holds me over for HOURS. Many times I eat lunch because I know I need to, not because I am hungry.