In an article in the May issue of Men's Health magazine, (page 160), Mr. Jeff O'Connell writes about his experience with type II diabetes and the fact that he is skinny, not fat.  His disease is secondary to reactive hypoglycemia and was discovered by Dr Keith Berkowitz in NYC.  His A1C was only 5 after months of agressive dietary therapy and exercise.  Yet is fasting BS was still over 100.  While his initial doc said all was OK, Berkowitz correctly identified the mathematical discrepancy and encouraged him to treat himself more aggressively through diet and exercise.  After much work, he was able to get his fasting glucose down to 99.

I, on the other hand, could be Gerald Reaven's poster boy for metabolic syndrome.  I had a three hour GTT in '97 and peaked at 135 on my BG.  However, he did not check my insulin at that time.  My fasting insulin runs 30-35 while my A1C is 6-7 and my fasting glucose runs 100-110.  I really started having the problem when I married in '89 and my wife, who is bean pole skinny and eats anything, had me start eating "healthy" with lots of carbs like she eats.  I promply gained 40-50 pounds and have struggled ever since.

 I work in surgery all day as a fist assist and cannot eat at the drop of a hat so I tend to graze and there is frequently nothing but garbage to eat lying around.  The only reasson I know what my insulin is, is that I order it.  My endocrinologist never does.  I've tried Byetta and it does nothing for me.  I've actually lost about 20 pounds in the last two months just trying to eat more lean protein and complex carbs and doing intervals and weight training.  I wish I could find a good doc out here, (KC, KS), that could guide me but everyone seems to do the "cookbook" approach to diabetes.  "just follow the ADA guidelines and it'll all work out".  If you know anyone out here, let me know.

 David Fellows, PA-C

I love the topic of this blog because it fits right in with what I've been learning about my body.  After I'd been seeing my chiropractor for about a year, she gave me a long questionnaire to learn more about my overall health.  When she reviewed it, she said I was on the cusp of "insulin resistance" and that this may account for my fluctuating weight, ravenous hunger, and fatigue.  I was so inspired to take care of this once and for all that I started an "elimination diet" meaning I did a fast, a cleanse, and then brought foods in one by one. 

I felt SO MUCH BETTER on that cleanse that I was reluctant to bring certain foods in just on principal.  Gluten and dairy, sugar and caffeine seemed to be the main culprits and I believe that by cutting these foods out of my choices, I ate like Dr. Hyman is suggesting: whole foods, low glycemic load.  I dropped weight continuously and the bags under my eyes subsided.  I had more energy for exercise, reading, walks, and cooking after dinner.  My skin cleared up.

 I kept this up for several months but when a family medical emergency interrupted my regular lifestyle, I slipped right back to those bad habits.  They are bad habits because they make me FEEL bad, let alone I gained 8 pounds in 3 months and the puffy eyes were back.  This is how I came to the Ultrasimple diet and I'm so glad I did.  I'm back to healthy living based on MY body and MY needs.  I have lost some weight but the changes are so global that I feel like I lost twice as much weight.  And I understand now, even without a blood test for glucose levels, that I am a happier person when I follow a low-glycemic diet.  And it means I get to eat nuts! And not worry about fat! There's just not a lot of fat in brown rice and vegetables anyway!!

Jerry f

Sounds a lot like Dr. Atkins.

Did you read  "good calories bad Calorien " by Gary Dupres". 

I lost 40# on Dr. Akins have kept it off.  Also my cholestral is now Normal.

Hi there,

I have PCOS, and very bad insulin resistence... but my ob/gyn doesn't seem to know how that should effect what I eat, only that I need to eat more often. I don't have diabetes, and my blood sugar is pretty low for my weight.

 I lost about 70lbs 3 years ago, but I had a reaction to a sedative and gained back about 110lbs... since then it's been impossible to get any diet or anything to work.

 That drug tends to make it hard to ever loose weight again, but I also think gaining that much weight that suddenly probably made the insulin issue worse.

 What would you recommend?

To Everyone:  I just found out that MSG is way more worse for us than I had previously known!  Please read this article as well as go to the website anotheruntoldstory.com (another untold story dot com) for listening to an interview by the author of this book "Slow Poisioning of America" for even more details.  The date of this interview was April 30, 2008 so please go its archives to access and to listen.  You will not regret it, I promise.   Very important information.  I had no idea just how BAD MSG and all its derivatives is for us.   Scary.  I have researched and found that there some products containging this are under totally different names such as Carrageen which I found that even my cottage cheese and sour creme products from Aldi's even contains this deadly poision.   

SLOW POISONING OF AMERICA [and CANADA]

I wondered if there could be an actual chemical causing the massive obesity epidemic, so did a friend of mine, John Erb.

He was a research assistant at the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada and spent years working for the government.

He made an amazing discovery while going through scientific journals for a book he was writing called The Slow Poisoning of America. In hundreds of studies around the world, scientists were creating obese mice and rats to use in diet or diabetes test studies.

No strain of rat or mice is naturally obese, so the scientists have to create them. They make these morbidly obese creatures by injecting them with MSG when they are first born. The MSG triples the amount of insulin the pancreas creates, causing rats (and humans?) to become obese they even have a title for the race of fat rodents they create: "MSG-Treated Rats" MSG?
I was shocked too. I went to my kitchen, checking the cupboards and the fridge. MSG was in everything! The Campbell's soups, the Hostess Doritos, the Lays flavored potato chips, Top Ramen, Betty Crocker Hamburger Helper, Heinz canned gravy, Swanson frozen prepared meals, Kraft salad dressings, especially the 'healthy low fat' ones. The items that didn't have MSG had something called Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein, which is just another name for Monosodium Glutamate. It was shocking to see just how many of the foods we feed our children everyday are filled with this stuff. They hide MSG under many different names in order to fool those who catch on.

But it didn't stop there. When our family went out to eat, we started asking at the restaurants what menu items had MSG. Many employees, even the managers, swore they didn't use MSG. But when we ask for the ingredient list which they grudgingly provided, sure enough MSG and Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein were everywhere. Burger King, McDonalds, Wendy's, Taco Bell, every restaurant, even the sit down ones like TGIF, Chilis', Applebees and Denny's use MSG in abundance. Kentucky Fried Chicken seemed to be the WORST offender: MSG as in every chicken dish, salad dressing and gravy. No wonder I loved to eat that coating on the skin, their secret spice was MSG!

So why is MSG in so may of the foods we eat? Is it a preservative or a vitamin? Not according to my friend John. In the book he wrote, an expose of the food additive industry called The Slow Poisoning of America, www.spofamerica.com , he said that MSG is added to food for the addictive effect it has on the human body. Even the propaganda website sponsored by the food manufacturers lobby group supporting MSG at: http://www.msgfacts.com/facts/msgfact12.html explains that the reason they add it to food is to make people eat more.

A study of elderly people showed that people eat more of the foods that it is added to. The Glutamate Association lobby group says eating more benefits the elderly, but what does it do to the rest of us?

'Betcha can't eat just one', takes on a whole new meaning where MSG is concerned! And we wonder why the nation is overweight?

The MSG manufacturers themselves admit that it addicts people to their products. It makes people choose their product over others, and makes people eat more of it than they would if MSG wasn't added. Not only is MSG scientifically proven to cause obesity, it is an addictive substance!

Since its introduction into the American food supply fifty years ago, MSG has been added in larger and larger doses to the prepackaged meals, soups, snacks and fast foods we are tempted to eat everyday.

The FDA has set no limits on how much of it can be added to food. They claim it's safe to eat in any amount. How can they claim it is safe when there are hundreds of scientific studies with titles like these?

The monosodium glutamate (MSG) obese rat as a model for the study of exercise in obesity. Gobatto CA, Mello MA, Souza CT, Ribeiro IA. Res Commun Mol Pathol Pharmacol. 2002
Adrenalectomy abolishes the food-induced hypothalamic serotonin release in both normal and monosodium glutamate-obese rats. Guimaraes RB, Telles MM, Coelho VB, Mori RC, Nascimento CM, Ribeiro Brain Res Bull. 2002 Aug
Obesity induced by neonatal monosodium glutamate treatment in spontaneously hypertensive rats: an animal model of multiple risk factors. Yamamoto M, Iino K, Ichikawa K, Shinohara N, Yoshinari Fujishima Hypertens Res. 1998 Mar
Hypothalamic lesion induced by injection of monosodium glutamate in suckling period and subsequent development of obesity. Tanaka K, Shimada M, Nakao K, Kusunoki Exp Neurol. 1978 Oct
Yes, that last study was not a typo, it WAS written in 1978.

Both the medical research community and food "manufacturers" have known MSG's side effects for decades! Many more studies mentioned in John Erb's book link MSG to Diabetes, Migraines and headaches, Autism, ADHD and even Alzheimer's. But what can we do to stop the food manufactures from dumping fattening and addictive MSG into our food supply and causing the obesity epidemic we now see? Even as you read this, George W. Bush and his corporate supporters are pushing a Bill through Congress. Called the "Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act" also known as the "Cheeseburger Bill " this sweeping law bans anyone from suing food manufacturers, sellers and distributors. Even if it comes out that they purposely added an addictive chemical to their foods. Read about it for yourself at: http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/8458081.htm

"Last month the House of Representatives passed the "Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act" to protect the food and beverage industry from civil lawsuits. Under the measure, known as the "Cheeseburger Bill," people who buy food or drinks couldn't sue the companies that made them, the stores that sold them or the restaurants that served them if they got fat from the products, so long as the products met existing laws. The Senate is expected to take up a similar bill later this year."

The Bill has already been rushed through the House of Representatives, and is due for the same rubber stamp at Senate level. It is important that Bush and his corporate supporters get it through before the media lets everyone know about MSG, the intentional Nicotine for food.
Several months ago, John Erb took his book and his concerns to one of the highest government health officials in Canada. While sitting in the Government office, the official told him "Sure I know how bad MSG is, I wouldn't touch the stuff!" But this top-level government official refused to tell the public what he knew. The big media doesn't want to tell the public either, fearing legal issues with their advertisers. It seems that the fallout on the fast food industry may hurt their profit margin.

So what do we do? The food producers and restaurants have been addicting us to their products for years, and now we are paying the price for it. Our children should not be cursed with obesity caused by an addictive food additive. But what can I do about it? I'm just one voice, what can I do to stop the poisoning of our children, while guys like Bush are insuring financial protection for the industry that is poisoning us.

I for one am doing something about it. I am sending this email out to everyone I know in an attempt to show you the truth that the corporate owned politicians and media won't tell you. The best way you can help save yourself and your children from this drug-induced epidemic, is to forward this email to everyone. With any luck, it will circle the globe before Bush can pass the Bill protecting those who poisoned us.

By Ruby (ruby@nimnet.com)

Hi There. Fat makes us glow, it makes our skin smooth, and it slows down the release of sugars into the bloodstream. Fat is soothing, calms our nerves, and increases nutrient absorption. High quality fat, especially raw plant fat found in avocados, olives, nuts, and seeds, tastes absolutely delicious. I am 5 foot 9 inches and 134 pounds. It is easy for me to be "too thin" even while eating a great deal of fat!

Sweet foods tend to cause me to feel stressed. Too much sweet food without fiber at one time speed up my breathing, and in the end, cause me to feel quite thick around the middle. I am able to whittle my middle again by relaxing, exhaling, and soothing my system with lightly sweetened magnesium rich raw chocolates that I create. I also love pumpkin seeds, salads with olive or hemp seed oil, and walnuts. To keep skin moist, nerves happy, and hair glossy, enjoy the fats!!!! And enjoy your perfect weight as a fringe benefit.

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You know, it's funny.  I have never had my insulin levels checked but I know for a fact that I have to eat a low glycemic diet just because of the symptoms you speak about.  When I gain weight, I gain it all in my middle.  That is the first place it goes and the last place to leave.  I am a tall and thin 5'7", 128 pounds.  I look lean, unless you see my stomach.  Thank God at 47 years of age, it isn't shown much anymore (bathing suits only) but I am still chunky there.  I hold on to it.  If I stray from my normal eating plan, which we all do from time to time, I crave sugar every second of every day and I gain weight FAST, all in my middle.  If I can stay on plan (reading books like yours keeps me there more because we all need reinforcements) then the cravings go away.  It is hard to keep on plan for your whole life.  People have to know if you go to a wedding and can't resist the cake, It is hard to not want it again the next day so it's best to stay away completely.  I just had a breakdown at work.  Someone brought in home made cinnamon rolls with cream cheese frosting.  I mean really homemade!  I had to try it.  Did I really?  No, but I made the mistake of doing so.  I am paying the price now.  The cravings are horrible.  Because I spiked my insulin with bad, bad and very unhealthy white flour and powered sugars!  It wasnt' worth it.  Now I am in complete withdrawals. 

Normal
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Hello,

I have suffered with low blood sugar and anxiety/panic/agoraphobia for about 12 years now.  A couple years back, I went on a no-carb diet, took out every possible sugar from my diet and stayed on that diet for a year and a half and STILL had problems with low blood sugar.  I lost about 30lbs in the process.  I came off the diet from pure monotony (I have a lot of food sensitivities) and eventually gained back all the weight and then some.  I don't eat processed carbohydrates, but do eat a lot of potatoes and rice.  My system cannot tolerate brown rice, so white is what I eat (which I know is terrible!).  My system also cannot tolerate a lot of vegetables on their own.  If I eat too many veggies, I have diahrea, so need the starches to help "bind" my gut.  Eat too many starches, get constipation and gain weight like crazy.  I know I don't need a blood-glucose test to tell me I am carbohydrate-sensitive, but since I've already been through a process where I removed sugars from my diet and still had low blood sugar problems, I don't know what to think or do now.

Thank you.

It's like smoking light cigarettes you just have more of them or take bigger drags. Eating low fat is great but not the key to weight loss low calorie exercise proper portions is huge etc. A friend of mines mom just got a slimband because all the dieting she did wasn't helping.

Dear Dr. Hyman and others, 

I have had my fasting insulin and glucose levels measured because my physician suspected diebetes. My test resuts show normal levels of fasting glucose and very high levles of insulin. ( in the 70s) I was refered to an endocronologist and, in brief, she concluded that my body does not "act" or "express" the high insulin levles like other people may. In other words, I'm an unusual case. I have a high insulin level but it's not "important" because it does not cause any trouble. I am not overweight, maybe 5 or 6 pounds.  I exercise and eat reasonably well.  I weigh around 140 and am 5'5" . I  have the type of body that holds fat in the belly. I have more of an apple figure rather than a pear!  I am not hyper or hypo glycemic-I don't think! and make sure to eat protien with every meal. I've never been quite comfortable with the explanation of my insulin level. Although, if my doctor had not measured my glucose and insulin levels I would never had known of this "problem". My brother is an insulin dependent diabetic. He is 55 yrs. and his onset was around 31yrs. I am 48. Any ideas?

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