Estrogen and insulin resistance
Common Questions and Answers about Estrogen and insulin resistance
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My cellular thyroid resistance symptoms have improved since reversing insulin resistance and reducing visceral fat (still have a way to go getting rid of all that stubborn internal fat!).
Infection is the most common cause
CRP levels fluctuate from day to day, and levels increase with aging, high blood pressure, alcohol use, smoking, low levels of physical activity, chronic fatigue, coffee consumption, having elevated triglycerides, insulin resistance or diabetes, taking estrogen, eating a high protein diet, and suffering sleep disturbances, or depression.
My reasons for weight gain/difficulty losing weight were severe insulin resistance and untreated hypothyroidism. My hip to waist ratio was 0.96 due to insulin resistance.
You should ask your doctor to run some simple blood tests to rule out hypothyroidism and insulin resistance. Having been off the pred for 5-6 months, it should be out of your system and no longer affecting your ability to lose weight.
Are you replacing estrogen, since your level is low? Low estrogen will also cause weight issues, as happens in many of us when we start peri-menopause.
m a 27yr old female with diagnosised pcos, hypothyroidism, pcos induced insulin resistance, vitamin d deficiency, high testosterone/low estrogen, and acanthosis nigerians. Im on massive amounts of meds for everything and currently have the nexplanon implant for extreme ovarian cysts. My grandmother had grovers disease when she was younger and scleroderma,as well as a near death battle with bilious pemphigoid along with some other autoimmune issues.
1. Why he is treating insulin resistance without diabetes so aggressively and 2. If you were that insulin resistant you wouldn't have been able to lose weight so easily that the doctor commented it was too fast.
I would make sure the doctor explains to you what he is treating and why. I would absolutely want clarification (by A1C test) as to whether you have diabetes.
If you are type 2, insulin resistance is considered key part of the problem (though insulin resistance can also happening in Type 1).
To address insulin resistance you can:-
1. Lose excess weight if you are overweight
2. Adopt a low carb or even a ketogenic diet (be sure to get enough protein and don't overdo the fats)
3. Regular vigorous physical exercise
4. Insulin sensitizing drug such as metformin.
You need to have both your fasting insulin and fasting glucose (sugar) tested. Once you have both blood tests you can calculate your HOMA. Your HOMA will tell you whether you are insulin resistant or not. The formula is on the website I've provided.
IR is a PREDICTOR of SVR. Being insulin resistant impairs your ability to achieve a sustained response to Chemotherapy drugs peginterferon and ribavirin...
HCV slowly damages the mitochondria through a process of oxidative stress.
IR or insulin resistance is a sign of type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes. I am assuming you are referring to either the A1C or fasting blood glucose levels. The first thing of course is a change in life style. This does not mean you have to stop eating everything but to be more judicious in your eating habits. In addition, regular exercise is paramount in reducing those :numbers". Talk this over with your physician and get started on these changes.
t lose weight when I was hyperthyroid due to insulin resistance. I already had insulin resistance and this condition worsened to pre diabetes once I was hyperthyroid. I only started to lose weight since reversing my insulin resistance.
When I was diagnosed with PCOS, both my estrogen and testosterone were abnormally high. From what I understand, the high testosterone keeps follicles from growing, so the surge of the LH hormone that triggers ovulation is either delayed or never happens, and if ovulation doesn't occur, the progesterone level does not rise (the dropoff of progesterone is what causes a period), which is why most women with PCOS have irregular or absent periods.
Although insulin levels were never extraordinarily high, the increase between the 2nd and 3rd hours seems to be abnormal and indicative of delayed insulin response, a pattern associated with insulin resistance.
Several years ago I had elevated cortisol throughout the day. Last year, is was below range for most of the day. It seems to have flip flopped, while DHEA has stayed consistently borderline high (but still in range) and testosterone is elevated.
PCOS is an imbalance of hormones, mainly the male hormones in the female, and can lead to obesity and insulin resistance, then diabetes. Your weight is good for your height. The recommended diet is consuming complex carbohydrates with protein to help lower the insulin resistance. As a vegetarian you eat complex carbohydrates (whole grain, vegetables) so you do not have much to change in your diet.
Was the diabetes test an A1c, with a result of 5.3? You can have insulin resistance and still have a normal A1c test. The best way to reverse insulin resistance is with a low glycemic diet.
You really need to have 24 hour cortisol testing, which is typically done via saliva testing. Many doctors won't recognize that test though. A single cortisol is not real useful.
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