Healthy PCOS

  Change is hard, it's even harder when you have zero energy to do so. This is the problem facing many of my PCOS clients. They know action is necessary and they truly want change but, finding the energy to do so it's just such a challenge within itself. Change is hard, it's even harder when you have zero energy to do so. This is the problem facing many of my PCOS clients. They know action is necessary and they truly want change but, finding the energy to do so it's just such a challenge within itself. There are many factors affecting someone's energy levels , everything from diet, sleep, mood, time of day, heck, even the weather can impact your energy levels. Specifically talking about low energy levels around PCOS  and the culprit is your hormonal state. Culprit 1: INSULIN RESISTANCE (IR) IR  (Insulin Resistance)  is a condition where the cells of your body no longer respond to the hormone, insulin, as normal. Insulin acts as a 'key' to the cells of your b...

Menstrual cycle period issues in PCOS are a common symptom of PCOS and I find many women haven't been truly educated on exactly what's going on. Remember that every womans PCOS will manifest differently so this will not apply to every woman. 1️⃣ It starts with an underlying triggering issue such as insulin resistance causing high insulin levels, your adrenals being under constant stress or excess body fat tissue. 2️⃣ This causes the female body to start producing androgens (male sex hormones) in too large of quantities, this is what's known as androgen excess. 3️⃣ This causes a cascading hormonal imbalance between LH (luteinizing hormone) and FSH (follicle-stimulating hormone). The ratio between these two hormones is vitally important for the menstrual cycle and ovulation. 4️⃣ The end result being that the menstrual cycle is out of balance and unable to function properly, leading to irregular periods, heavy or light periods, anovulation, or simply not having a period at al...

Intermittent fasting (IF) is one of the hot 'fads' around PCOS currently but, does it live up to the hype? WHAT IS INTERMITTENT FASTING? IF is not a diet as it doesn't dictate what to eat, and how much to eat. IF is simply an eating window that can support any 'typical' diet. The most common forms of IF will be 16:8 (16 hour fast, 8 hour eating window), 20:4 (20 hour fat, 4 hour eating window) or 5:2 (two days per week eating under 500 calories - ouch). The fasted window = no calories. Water is fine and so is any liquid that contains zero calories. POSSIBLE BENEFITS OF INTERMITTENT FASTING FOR PCOS 👉 Insulin levels drop significantly (up to 20-31%) helping to reverse insulin resistance but, not 100% proven in women. 👉 Reduce inflammation and oxidative stress 👉 Improvement in risk factors, including blood pressure, total and LDL cholesterol, blood triglycerides 👉 Increased fat loss but, this will simply be down to the fact some will find that only being able to ...