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

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This practical guide will show you how to successfully manage your condition using proven lifestyle approaches alongside western medicine. Weight loss and obesity management through lifestyle changes (diet, exercise and behavioural changes) should be the first line of therapy and can help with all symptoms of PCOS. Aim to get your healthy fats from whole foods sources such as a handful of nuts, seeds and from avocados. Use salt, sugar and small amounts of oil such as EVVO (Extra Virgin Olive Oil) for flavouring purposes rather than over consuming.

Small cysts (not painful or cancerous) may be seen on one or both ovaries and may be responsible for a variety of symptoms. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Diets low in AGEs reduce inflammation and insulin resistance in people with PCOS while high-AGE foods include beef, pork, poultry, cheese, butter, cream cheese, and processed snack foods. Polycystic ovaries (>12 or more follicles measuring 2 –9mm in diameter and/or increased ovarian volume on pelvic ultrasound scan. Whole plant foods are anti-inflammatory and don’t raise blood sugars or increase insulin resistance.Proper medical nutrition planning by qualified dieticians and nutritionists with a special interest in PCOS can be invaluable.

The Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill ( COCP) is safe and ideal for younger women who want to regulate their cycles and don’t want to get pregnant, helps with reducing unwanted hair and acne. Avoid risky substances including smoking and alcohol, both of which make PCOS symptoms worse similar to processed meat. Half the people with PCOS will be of excess weight carrying more weight around the middle, although the condition is also seen in women of normal body weight.PCOS is an extremely common problem, with approximately 20% (2 in 10) of women in the reproductive age group showing signs of polycystic ovaries on a pelvis ultrasound scan. Even as a doctor, I have learnt a lot and, as well as recommending to patients, will be advising colleagues to pick up a copy for their clinics too. The aim of the medical consultation is for the patient to understand the condition better and receive the right advice. 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.

PCOS is affected by lifestyle factors and diet, which in turn influence body weight, insulin resistance, inflammation, oxidative stress and androgen activity What are the signs and symptoms of PCOS? Management and treatment are based on individual patient needs and combines lifestyle changes and advice, with or without medication.Referral to a dietician or another specialist (endocrinologist/dermatologist) may be indicated for some women.