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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Diabetes / August 2007Insulin resistance/hyperinsulinemia and vertigo
Arch Intern Med. 1986 Aug;146(8):1497-500.Links Identification and treatment of metabolic abnormalities in patients with vertigo. Lehrer JF, Poole DC, Seaman M, Restivo D, Hartman K. Hyperinsulinism, impaired glucose tolerance, and hypertriglyceridemia may be risk factors for atherosclerotic heart disease and have also been described in patients with vertigo, whose symptoms and findings responded to appropriate dietary therapy. We studied 100 patients in an otolaryngology practice to determine the role of these abnormalities in identifying patients suitable for dietary therapy and to assess the efficacy of dietary therapy in the treatment of vertigo in such selected patients. The determination of hyperinsulinism and hypertriglyceridemia were of value as supplements to the traditional glucose tolerance test in detecting reversible metabolic vertigo. Reactive hypoglycemia was found in only four patients and thus appears overdiagnosed as a cause of vertigo. *******Insulin resistance appears to be the basic abnormality in this syndrome, which, in our series, occurred predominantly in overweight patients. ****** PMID: 3524492 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Susan <nevermind@nomail.com> wrote in part: >x-no-archive: yes > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > PMID: 3524492 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] This was the prevailing theory for a while, as I recall. And I'm guessing the "dietary therapy" they were talking about was a low fat diet! I don't think any of this has panned out over the past 21 years, though the amount of research in the area is pretty slim. There's no doubt that Meniere's involves stress hormones, but it's not yet been sorted out what is cause and what is effect and which hormones are involved. A few women with Meniere's have "cured" themselves from all vertigo attacks by taking estrogen supplements... -- Jim Chinnis Warrenton, Virginia, USA > This was the prevailing theory for a while, as I recall. And I'm guessing > the "dietary therapy" they were talking about was a low fat diet! I don't > think any of this has panned out over the past 21 years, though the amount > of research in the area is pretty slim. The study I saw that improved tinnitus was low carb and very low calorie. Lowers insulin; higher insulin tends to raise cortisol. > There's no doubt that Meniere's involves stress hormones, but it's not yet > been sorted out what is cause and what is effect and which hormones are > involved. A few women with Meniere's have "cured" themselves from all > vertigo attacks by taking estrogen supplements... Estrogen raises cortisol binding globulin, thereby lowering free cortisol and cortisol output by the pituitary because the cells stop signalling for more cortisol. That makes perfect sense. Susan Susan <nevermind@nomail.com> wrote in part: >Estrogen raises cortisol binding globulin, thereby lowering free >cortisol and cortisol output by the pituitary because the cells stop >signalling for more cortisol. That makes perfect sense. Interesting. Thanks. -- Jim Chinnis Warrenton, Virginia, USA > convicted neighbor Susan <nevermind@nomail.com> wrote in part: http://HeartMDPhD.com/Convicts > >Estrogen raises cortisol binding globulin, thereby lowering free > >cortisol and cortisol output by the pituitary because the cells stop > >signalling for more cortisol. That makes perfect sense. > > Interesting. Thanks. Except the pituitary does not make cortisol. Cortisol is made by the adrenal glands, which sits atop the kidneys. Moreover, cortisol binding globulin (CBG) falls significantly when simply lying down: http://www.eje-online.org/cgi/content/abstract/146/2/231 This explains why hunger increases at night as folks lie down to go to sleep. It is the world's great lie about hunger that causes the irrational compulsion to snack at night: http://HeartMDPhD.com/PressRelease It is the overeating that is causing the VAT, which is causing the problems. Be hungry... be healthy... be blessed: http://HeartMDPhD.com/PressRelease Prayerfully in Jesus' awesome love, Andrew <>< -- Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD Cardiologist |
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