What is Reddit's opinion of The Glycemic-Load Diet: A powerful new program for losing weight and reversing insulin resistance?

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Noomer here. What you will learn there is something called volumetrics. It's eating food high in fiber to give you a full feeling on low calories.

For the diabetes, read the book The Glycemic Load diet. It's super easy to understand and gives you a great kick off to eat foods that won't spike your blood sugar.

I recently stated GOLO. It teaches eating protein and fiber to keep you full. I've only been doing this for a week but I am feeling the difference. And I'm able to stay at our below my calories each day because I am very content with what I'm eating.

Finally, follow GlucoseGoddess on IG. She shows what to eat before anything carb/sugar heavy to keep your glucose level stable.

If I had this advice and info when I was your age my life would be so different. I'm much older and way heavier and hoping I've finally found the key for me.

I wish you all the success. I know you can do it!! Educate yourself and wait for that light bulb moment.

Read this: https://www.amazon.com/Glycemic-Load-Diet-powerful-reversing-resistance/dp/0071462694/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=glycemic+load+book&qid=1619415860&sr=8-3

Easy to understand and follow glycemic index vs load and what foods to the body.

Short answer is no.

Bread is broken down into glucose (sugar) and causes blood sugar levels to spike rapidly. This can lead to health problems such as diabetes and obesity. Whether it is a problem for you depends on how well your body uses insulin. The way it is supposed to work is insulin is produced to allow the muscles to consume glucose, removing it from the blood. When the insulin doesn't allow the muscles to remove the glucose like it should (insulin resistance), you will have elevated blood sugar levels.

There are 3 factors that affect this are:

1) Genes 2) Sedetary life style 3) Over-eating carbs

If you are young, active or you have good genes, you can eat bread just fine because your body will process the glucose like it should. But this can change over time. Every year or so, get your fasted blood glucose checked by a doctor so you can see how you are doing. If your glucose levels are high after fasting 8 hours (>100 mg/mL), you have pre-diabetes and will need to make some life-style choices to avoid getting full diabetes (>125 mg/mL).

Other starchy foods like rice, potatoes, and pasta are just as bad as bread. You can get the carbs your body needs for energy from other sources like vegetables, fruits, and nuts that are packed with more nutrients, and break down into glucose more slowly, avoiding spikes.

If you are interested in more information, this is an excellent book which explains all this in detail. https://www.amazon.com/Glycemic-Load-Diet-powerful-reversing-resistance/dp/0071462694

I just finished reading it, so I can't tell you how well it works in practice. But the author did a great job explaining everything and it makes sense to me.

Yes it's otc.

Im in Europe so I don't have a recommendation per se but many here recommended the brand from iHerb Now. Look at the package for dosage. Better start slow.

I hope it helps you! Im trying to get of from my gyno.

Do you have a good doctor to talk to?

I'll leave some books that helped me and taught me a lot

https://www.amazon.com/Glycemic-Load-Diet-powerful-reversing-resistance/dp/0071462694

https://www.amazon.de/Complete-Insulin-Resistance-Diet-PCOS/dp/B084DG7DK4

hi there!

i can't help with the medications, as i'm also only on birth control. i don't take any supplements, either. i try to get as much protein and as many nutrients from my diet as possible.

i eat 5 or 6 times a day. i never let myself get truly hungry. i lots of protein, lots of veggies, some fruit. yesterday was a pretty typical day for me. (edit: i just realized that this is only ~1400 cals, which is less than typical for me, but the types of food i ate were typical.) here's what i ate:

7 am:

1/3 cup all-bran bran buds (tastes better than it sounds) with whole milk 2 pieces of uncured bacon cup of decaf with whole milk

9 am:

2 eggs with diced tomatoes and mild cheddar cup of decaf with whole milk

12 pm:

one large red pear with a hunk of freres cheese

4 pm:

salmon fillet with a habanero dry rub; cooked with corn, tomatoes, shallots, green beans, garlic, and lime.

8 pm:

bowl of sliced summer squash and corn with lemon and a tiny amount of butter.

all of this only added up to about 1400 calories, which is much less than i usually eat, but it was all extremely filling.

my advice is don't go too long without eating. it's terrible for people with PCOS/insulin resistance to let their blood sugar yo-yo that way. i used to do it and was constantly battling sugar crashes and mood swings because of it. now i carry snacks with me wherever i go so i don't get into a situation where i'm stuck somewhere without food. usually i carry cashews and some kind of veggie with me.

i really thought that going sugar-free would be impossible for me. i could not go a day without cookies, ice cream, bread, whatever. but after doing lots of research into PCOS and insulin resistance i couldn't deny that i was doing myself no favors by continuing to eat the way i was. all i'm saying is don't discount avoiding carbs. it really doesn't have to feel like punishment and deprivation. the first week i acted like a dirty hag to everyone, but since then, it's been pretty smooth sailing. and i still allow myself indulgences: i had pizza on friday (though i cut off the crusts) and some chocolate on saturday. i just make sure that i pair them with enough protein to help balance the sugar spike.

also, it's entirely possible that you are not eating enough. i don't know how much you weigh or how much you lift, but my basal metabolic rate is around 1800 cal/day, which means on hard exercise days i am eating 2200-2500 cal/day and still i am creating a calorie deficit.

weight lifting is great (i just started ... baby steps!), but don't forget to engage your slow-twitch muscles by going for walks. i used to hate walking, but this book convinced me that it's a pretty good thing to do for insulin resistance and weight loss, even though it doesn't feel like exercise.

i know you didn't want to just be told "stay away from carbs," but this is what is working for me! YMMV.