Post on pcos! Poly cystic ovarian syndrome
I have been sharing links and writing on a common cause of weight gain as well as infertility on this forum. Due to requests repeatedly on diet for pcos I will briefly but hopefully comprehensively try to cover causes, symptoms, problems as well as management of pcos.
Causes
It is complex and not fully known that if it has actually increased or is more diagnosed now that we have knowledge about it. But the general idea is that GMOs, artificial additives in food and other chemicals that we are more exposed to may be causing an increase in number of people suffering from pcos. Some link it to being passed as hereditary as well. But reason for this syndrome are not specified.
Symptoms
Symptoms are thicker facial hair, thinning scalp hair, obesity, obesity specifically around your lower belly, not ovulating, irregular periods, infertility, and in some cases skin pigmentation. All or some of the symptoms may be showing. Doctors diagnose pcos, by looking at hormone levels in blood, and scanning the ovaries, the ovaries show multiple small balloon like cysts, which are actually the unreleased eggs. The testerone levels are raised and other hormones can or may not be elevated or less than normal ratio.
Some symptoms are similar to thyroid problem so blood work usually specifies what exactly is one suffering from.
Condition
Not ovulating
Thickened ovarian wall
Multiple unreleased eggs in ovaries
Insulin resistance
Infertility
Working of pancreas effected/ insulin resistance/ more production of insulin than required causing weight gain as all sugars/carbs are converted to fat
Pcos management
Reduce weight
Regular work out
Low carb diet
No dairy
Clean and healthy diet ( avoid all artificial colour, chemicals processed foods, GMOs, etc)
This brings your body and hormones back to natural order and the symptoms of pcos become less, as you try to counter it.
Your doctor may prescribe metformin a medicine for diabetics.
You may try some herbal remedies one I really trust is cinnamon tea
Cinnamon helps manage blood sugar levels so in turn it helps your pcos
I hope you will find this post helpful!