tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post7758869330828832899..comments2023-10-23T11:24:13.532-04:00Comments on Diabetes Update: Jimmy Moore Podcast Interview with Jenny Ruhl July 7th,Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-32633059808153397912011-08-09T15:50:03.764-04:002011-08-09T15:50:03.764-04:00Thanks, No Grain! Those are all really good sugge...Thanks, No Grain! Those are all really good suggestions. I remember trying spaghetti squash for the first time recently and really liking it, but did not have it again because it was a little high on carbs. In an effort to raise carbs, that would be a good choice, along with the other squashes.<br /><br />I have to be so careful with the starchier veggies, because my husband has Metabolic Rebecca Lathamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08315286756185845150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-33660654124531263502011-08-09T11:57:17.561-04:002011-08-09T11:57:17.561-04:00Rebecca,
Have you had any thyroid antibody tests ...Rebecca,<br /><br />Have you had any thyroid antibody tests done? Anti-TPO and TgAb are the tests. Positive results to either of these indicates an auto-immune attack on your thyroid gland. Also, persevere when seeking an endocrinologist; IME, one has to sort through those, too. ;-(<br /><br />Also, have you considered potatoes, yams/sweet potatoes, and winter squashes for non-grain/non-legumeNo Grainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18078486071182409375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-8261119666378794962011-08-09T09:59:50.071-04:002011-08-09T09:59:50.071-04:00I will take your advice and see an endocrinologist...I will take your advice and see an endocrinologist. <br /><br />I do want to mention that when I have had drastic weight gains from eating one high carb meal, it has taken me months to take it back off, and it takes me months and months sometimes to get to my lowest weights.<br /><br />My waist-to-hip ratio is on a steady incline for the past two years:<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/3lo745l<br /Rebecca Lathamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08315286756185845150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-4803206754580344562011-08-09T09:38:34.907-04:002011-08-09T09:38:34.907-04:00Chances are if you are gaining weight that fast, i...Chances are if you are gaining weight that fast, it is glycogen refilling. Have you read <a href="http://www.phlaunt.com/lowcarb/19058097.php" rel="nofollow">THIS?</a> The scales' body fat percentages aren't reliable for that. <br /><br />You really do need to see a good endocrinologist. One who practices out of a major regional hospital would be best if you can find one. They tend to beJennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-52545854910338638722011-08-09T09:26:12.833-04:002011-08-09T09:26:12.833-04:00Jenny, no, I have not seen an endocrinologist. I...Jenny, no, I have not seen an endocrinologist. I have seen regular doctors that do not even know that TSH alone tells you nothing, and I have seen hormone doctors who promise weight loss with balanced hormones that never materializes.<br /><br />My body fat today is close to 37%. The average over this past 2.5 years has been 35.5%, with the low at 31.4% (for only very brief periods of time) toRebecca Lathamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08315286756185845150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-61670700644858919602011-08-09T09:10:01.274-04:002011-08-09T09:10:01.274-04:00It sounds to me like you need to see a very good e...It sounds to me like you need to see a very good endocrinologist to find out why your thyroid keeps getting worse. Have you seen one associated with a major regional hospital associated with a medical school? <br /><br />Thyroid will worsen blood sugars that would otherwise be normal and what you posted was very close to normal for someone low carbing.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-11918506012297226422011-08-09T08:37:33.853-04:002011-08-09T08:37:33.853-04:00Thanks again! Just for the record, I have been on...Thanks again! Just for the record, I have been on bio-identical thyroid replacement for over two years (sometimes Armour and sometimes compounded), and my thyroid keeps getting worse.<br /><br />I would love to increase carbs, but the trouble is that I have chosen not to eat grains or legumes, and unless I eat three pounds of veggies per day or a lot of fruit, it is hard to get those numbers up.Rebecca Lathamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08315286756185845150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-81042741410552382552011-08-09T08:28:57.796-04:002011-08-09T08:28:57.796-04:00Rebecca,
A 5.1% A1c is so normal you won't be...Rebecca,<br /><br />A 5.1% A1c is so normal you won't be able to justify strips. They are very expensive and insurers won't cover them without a relevant diagnosis which you won't have.<br /><br />The thyroid issue is probably why you are gaining and that needs to be addressed with thyroid hormone supplementation first. <br /><br />Try raising your carbs to closer to 100 g a day totalJennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-71811754640345167482011-08-09T08:06:53.020-04:002011-08-09T08:06:53.020-04:00Thanks, Jenny! I have had a full panel of thyroid...Thanks, Jenny! I have had a full panel of thyroid tests, including TSH, Free T3, Free T4 and Reverse T3, and I DO have low thyroid and it is getting worse.<br /><br />I also did an A1C last week, and it was 5.1.<br /><br />I am seeing my bio-identical hormone doctor in two days, and I would like her to run some additional tests (CRP, homosysteine, fasting insulin, etc.) and I would like her to Rebecca Lathamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08315286756185845150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-53318966625118304762011-08-09T07:56:25.487-04:002011-08-09T07:56:25.487-04:00Rebecca,
Those numbers are a bit higher than norm...Rebecca,<br /><br />Those numbers are a bit higher than normal,, though when you have been low carbing, you will usually see a higher reading when you carb up suddenly than you would if you increased carbs gradually over a week or two. That's because your body has downregulated some enzymes etc and needs a few days up upregulate them to digest carbs. <br /><br />It's possible that you'Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-92077108122619552232011-08-08T22:29:26.002-04:002011-08-08T22:29:26.002-04:00Hi, Jenny! I just found your website yesterday an...Hi, Jenny! I just found your website yesterday and listened to the Podcast this evening. I have been low carbing for over two years (Atkins), but have been unable to sustain my weight loss. All I have to do is look at food and I gain weight.<br /><br />I decided the other day to start testing my blood sugar for the first time, and I'm trying to learn what my numbers mean. My morning Rebecca Lathamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08315286756185845150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-1088915760524098952011-07-17T01:00:30.793-04:002011-07-17T01:00:30.793-04:00Thank you, Jenny! You have such great information!...Thank you, Jenny! You have such great information!<br /><br />If it weren't for people like you, I'd probably be blind or dead by now. I had to beg my clinic for mealtime insulin -- 2000mg of metformin didn't budge my A1c, Lantus budged it a little but my postprandials were 250-300 and stayed up there for hours! Once I fasted for two full days before it started to come back down.<br /Sparrow Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00605007402119856421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-59025617099816017312011-07-16T21:51:39.014-04:002011-07-16T21:51:39.014-04:00Sparrow Rose,
I've run into the same incredul...Sparrow Rose,<br /><br />I've run into the same incredulity from doctors about the connection between my tendon problems and blood sugar, but it is well documented. <br /><br />This page has some references:<a href="http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/16162241.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/16162241.php</a><br /><br />Dr. Bernstein also has a paper about diabetic Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-16199997961603438272011-07-16T21:11:22.295-04:002011-07-16T21:11:22.295-04:00I listened to the podcast and felt validated when ...I listened to the podcast and felt validated when you said you had tendon damage as a diabetic complication. I have been saying that my tendons have been damaged by long periods of high blood sugars and that I'm okay (but limping) when my sugars are normal but cannot walk when my sugars are high because the pain flares up in my tendons. <br /><br />Every time I have said such things, though, Sparrow Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00605007402119856421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-16111637086214517342011-07-09T11:40:52.909-04:002011-07-09T11:40:52.909-04:00Jenny, thanks for your answer on metformin. I pass...Jenny, thanks for your answer on metformin. I passed that on to my mom, and she found out the same thing last night reading your book. (She's had your book and Bernstein's for a long time, but she's not much of a reader.)<br /><br />Young doctors--yes, and old lawyers.Lori Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02612141535162268390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-19823418697906269822011-07-09T10:00:12.120-04:002011-07-09T10:00:12.120-04:00Peter, I don't think the case has been proven ...Peter, I don't think the case has been proven that links insulin resistance to complications. If it were, people with Type 1 who are highly sensitive to insulin wouldn't have virtually the same complication profile as insulin resistant people with Type 2.<br /><br />The reverse is also true. There are people who are highly insulin resistant but who keep their blood sugars normal and don&#Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-10642135781293621162011-07-09T08:58:22.219-04:002011-07-09T08:58:22.219-04:00Your podcast was wonderful.
The question that nag...Your podcast was wonderful.<br /><br />The question that nags at me is, now that I'm manipulating my blood sugar numbers through carb restricting, do they reflect my health or my diet. I keep reading that restricting carbs lowers blood sugar, but doesn't affect insulin resistance, which is the real problem.<br /><br />I have the same wonderings about heart markers: if I eat like Ornish,Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02266618729820780848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-70372239773723209142011-07-09T05:46:45.018-04:002011-07-09T05:46:45.018-04:00Lori,
Compromised kidney function is a counter-i...Lori,<br /> <br />Compromised kidney function is a counter-indication for metformin. It might be helpful to see an endo, ideally a young one who is more aware of the impact of low carbing on blood sugar. The first one I saw looked at my A1c and pretty much said "WTF are you doing here". He didn't understand that I was only eating 30 g of carb a day to get those numbers. With the Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-12971804567260996972011-07-08T22:16:41.991-04:002011-07-08T22:16:41.991-04:00Jenny, thanks for the response; I read it to my mo...Jenny, thanks for the response; I read it to my mom. (She doesn't have a computer; I called her last night and set the phone by the computer speaker so she could hear your podcast.) She has Bernstein's book; however, since her GP won't prescribe metformin (?) and she had some bad kidney function readings, she'll see if she can get a referral to an endocrinologist.<br /><br />She&#Lori Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02612141535162268390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-35681378872555987592011-07-08T15:25:39.127-04:002011-07-08T15:25:39.127-04:00NightSapper, Reports like yours, if I hear more of...NightSapper, Reports like yours, if I hear more of them will cause me to reconsider my current opinion about Victoza. But when a brand new drug comes out I have to rely on the prescribing information and what it says. What I've published about Victoza comes straight from the prescribing information. The thing about Byetta is that it has been out long enough that the real side effects have Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-33533822893681132962011-07-08T15:16:38.056-04:002011-07-08T15:16:38.056-04:00Karen, If you watch your calories and add carbs ve...Karen, If you watch your calories and add carbs very slowly so that your body has a chance to adapt you should be fine. That's actually what the old Atkins diet book told people to do but few people ever did it slowly. <br /><br />If you get hungry, KNOW that you're hungry and don't feed that hunger, and stabilize at that carb level for a while until you aren't getting hungry.<br Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-68978029700234074772011-07-08T15:13:39.731-04:002011-07-08T15:13:39.731-04:00Lori,
Is your mom taking Metformin? Metformin all...Lori,<br /><br />Is your mom taking Metformin? Metformin allowed me to raise my carb intake just enough to avoid that VCLD exhaustion. Family doctors can prescribe it and it is a cheap generic.<br /><br />Other than that, low doses of insulin would allow her to eat slightly more carbs, and in my case, adding insulin to my regimen felt like I was a dried out plant that had been watered. I really Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384082448952856117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-40824588599331761592011-07-08T14:57:26.237-04:002011-07-08T14:57:26.237-04:00I know this is OT, but have you reconsidered your ...I know this is OT, but have you reconsidered your approach and opinion of Victoza? My MD put me on this and it has been nothing short of amazing in helping my stay low carb, and get my numbers down, as well as losing weight. I do dislike big Pharma in general, but in this case they may have just gotten it right. This is far superior to Byetta in my experience, less nausea and far better at NightSapperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15386066562901753250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-51782455347195519732011-07-08T11:47:17.161-04:002011-07-08T11:47:17.161-04:00Thanks for the podcast Jenny! I was afraid to go u...Thanks for the podcast Jenny! I was afraid to go up in carbs altho Im "kicking at the traces" Im so afraid Ill end up gaining all my weight back. So it seems some but maybe not all!? Hopefully! Thanks again. Im on Atkins forum and send people your way when they come in diabetic and looking for help! KarenKarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17274085359249172041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30206473.post-18773981811934069802011-07-08T11:44:27.490-04:002011-07-08T11:44:27.490-04:00Very interesting about a small portion of diabetic...Very interesting about a small portion of diabetics having damaged dietary fat metabolism. I didn't know that. <br /><br />My mom listened to the first half-hour of the podcast and agreed with everything you said. She's 81, t2 diabetic, eats VLC, and her energy is flagging. However, even a mouthful of high-carb food sends her BG way up. Any suggestions, besides finding an endocrinologist?Lori Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02612141535162268390noreply@blogger.com