Living PCOS Free: How to regain your hormonal health with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

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The writing is clear, and the authors do a fantastic job of debunking myths around PCOS and summarising main points.

Losing weight and following a healthy lifestyle, if carrying excess weight, will significantly improve fertility chances. Management and treatment are based on individual patient needs and combines lifestyle changes and advice, with or without medication. I found it extremely interesting and has since helped me in many ways from having a clear understanding of the syndrome to being able to live a healthy, comfortable lifestyle with PCOS. Eating a fibre rich plant based diet helps promote healthy gut bacteria and helps to reduce inflammation and oxidative stress, normalises blood sugars and reduces insulin resistance.Keep oil consumption to a minimum, especially if weight loss is desired, as oils are calorie dense and devoid of fibre and relatively low in micronutrients.

These tests help to confirm the diagnosis of PCOS and rule out other rarer conditions that may cause similar symptoms. You don’t have to be vegan/vegetarian but the nutritional advice to include more plants (the authors clearly explain the benefits! The book features an easy-to-follow 21-day plan for hormonal health along with plant-based recipes and illuminating case histories. Raised insulin levels (hyperinsulinaemia) in the presence of normoglycemia (normal blood sugars) are often noted. Support recommendations for a low AGEs dietary content in people with PCOS by advising a whole plant-based diet.By bidding on, or purchasing this item, you are agreeing to us sharing your name and address details with that 3rd party supplier to allow us to fulfil our contractual obligations to you. Alarmingly, 3 in 4 of those with PCOS remain undiagnosed because of the complex nature of the condition.

Weight loss and lifestyle management is the mainstay and a focus on lowering insulin resistance will see an improvement of most symptoms. Lifestyle changes is the key to managing PCOS and its symptoms, both in the short term and longer term.

Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. AGEs are produced internally as natural waste products of metabolism, but the other source is from our diet (foods especially when cooked at high temperatures).