pyrros dimas
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Okay ladies. I need some help here please. My wife is 30 years old and in overall excellent health. She works very hard at work, the gym and she gets 9 - 9.5 hours a sleep per night. She is 5'4", 118 lbs (she wants to lose about 5 - 7 lbs. or so), but she still gets into size 2/4 pants very comfortably. She has better than average strength in the gym then 75% of the ladies her size and she does cardio 30 minutes at a moderate intensity 3 - 4 times a week and then does free weights 3 - 4 times per week too. She is in the gym 5 - 6 days per week. She doesn't eat that much either ('maybe' 1600 - 1800 calories per day)
The problem is that she was diagnosed several years ago with Poly-Cystic Ovarian Syndrome and this makes her 'borderline' Type II Diabetic like msot with this disease. She has talked to numerous Doctors (3 Endocrinologists now) and because of this disease she has been on birth control her whole, adult life. She has had 'the pill' changed several times. Sometimes one 'pill' will yield better results than others (less bloat water retention, etc...). Then other pills don't seem to work at all on her body composistion. She has been to 3, different Endocrinologists and one 'almost' put her on Metformin, but the Doctor didn't decided against it.
My wife and I don't want to self medicate - if we DON'T have to - (i.e order Metformin/Glucophage from one of my sources, etc..) given her medical history. What kind of diet would be the best for her body (I think she needs a particular diet - like Dr. Atkins whereby Insulin is controlled)? Do any of you out here think that she maybe needs to get on Metformin or any other OTC supplements, ALA, etc.? Do any of you ladies out there have Poly-Cystic Ovarian Syndrome? I think maybe she needs to get a '4th' opinion. She has gained about 5 - 7 lbs. (of bad weight) since early 2000 and she is extremely frustrated. He wanted tom give T3 a try, but in my opinion that is NOT the answer and it ins't going to attack/fix the root cause of her problem (her thyroid levels on the blood work came back in the middle range of normal).
Help Please!!! We're both very frustatred!
The problem is that she was diagnosed several years ago with Poly-Cystic Ovarian Syndrome and this makes her 'borderline' Type II Diabetic like msot with this disease. She has talked to numerous Doctors (3 Endocrinologists now) and because of this disease she has been on birth control her whole, adult life. She has had 'the pill' changed several times. Sometimes one 'pill' will yield better results than others (less bloat water retention, etc...). Then other pills don't seem to work at all on her body composistion. She has been to 3, different Endocrinologists and one 'almost' put her on Metformin, but the Doctor didn't decided against it.
My wife and I don't want to self medicate - if we DON'T have to - (i.e order Metformin/Glucophage from one of my sources, etc..) given her medical history. What kind of diet would be the best for her body (I think she needs a particular diet - like Dr. Atkins whereby Insulin is controlled)? Do any of you out here think that she maybe needs to get on Metformin or any other OTC supplements, ALA, etc.? Do any of you ladies out there have Poly-Cystic Ovarian Syndrome? I think maybe she needs to get a '4th' opinion. She has gained about 5 - 7 lbs. (of bad weight) since early 2000 and she is extremely frustrated. He wanted tom give T3 a try, but in my opinion that is NOT the answer and it ins't going to attack/fix the root cause of her problem (her thyroid levels on the blood work came back in the middle range of normal).
Help Please!!! We're both very frustatred!
