Pianobeiner, how long have you been low-carbing? It has a dramatic affect on all those numbers, even after a relatively short time. Also, did you take any tests before you started low-carbing to use as a comparison?

For me, I've been low-carbing for 1 1/2 years. I started out with my only indicator being my fasting blood sugar of 138 taken before I started. My first cholesterol test was taken after I had been low-carbing for 3 months and was excellent, and my fasting bloodsugar had only dropped to 135.

After about 9 months, my "average" bloodsugar was 109. At least that's what my doctor said (I'm guessing at some "real-world" conversion of the Ha1c test), I didn't get a chance to see the results myself. She did say that there was no longer any hint of diabetes in my numbers.

As far as PCOS, when I started low-carbing, I was on the pill since just after my first set of tests, but my period had been so irregular throughout my life that I had never had even two that could be called "regular." I have gone as long as 3 years between periods, but the last year before I started low-carbing, I essentially had a year-long period (i.e. constant bleeding) and thought I was going to have to have a hysterectomy.

About 11 months ago, I quit taking the pill and have now had 10 regular periods -- my cycle is running 31 to 35 days -- and I feel better off the pill than on. So you could say that my PCOS cleared up after about 6 months, but it's hard to say. And of course, I don't need a hysterectomy.

As far as insulin resitant, I don't think that's really cured for me yet. I'm still very sensitive to carbs, feel them, put on weight when I eat too many. I think that may be a better indicator of your insulin resistance. I think your numbers will look normal simply because you are not eating carbs to bring them up. It seems to me the real test of insulin resistance would be to measure your insulin response to carbs.

HTH,
;-Deb