iThei mdcdaelcinfd o c elllllrllll ThofthThse I seem salt-sensitive (I tend to retain water).I get panic at-
tacks in the afternoon if I skip breakfast. I am often moody, impatient, or anxious.
My memory and concentration are poor.
Eating makes me calm.
I get tired a few hours after eating.
I get night sweats.
I am tired most of the time.
I have extra weight around the middle (waist to hip ratio >
0.8; measure around the bellybutton and the bony promi-
nence at the front of the top of the hip). My hair thins in places where I don’t want it to (my head)
and grows where it shouldn’t (my face, if I am a woman). I have a family history of polycystic ovarian syndrome or
am infertile. I have a family history of high blood pressure.
I have a family history of heart disease.
I have a family history of type 2 diabetes (what used to be
known as adult-onset diabetes). I have chronic fungal infections (e.g., jock itch, vaginal
yeast infections, dry scaly patches on my skin).