PCOS - "You'll always be fat" ... DON'T BELIEVE IT!
Today, estimates are that approximately 1 in 8, or half a million, Australian women of child bearing age suffer from Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) which puts it well on the road to qualifying it as an epidemic. Sadly, many women with PCOS give up on losing weight as they believe they 'can't starve themselves forever'. This is understandable since they may have been struggling with their weight since puberty
It's true, losing weight with PCOS does take a different approach but if you are determined to get rid of your excess weight, than going natural could make it easier to lose weight each month. Read my story click here
How do you lose weight with PCOS?
By far the biggest lifestyle contributor to PCOS is poor diet. Research supports that a high consumption of sugar and refined carbohydrates cause an unhealthy rise in insulin levels. Insulin stimulates androgen receptors on the outside of the ovary, causing the typical PCOS symptoms. Eventually this type of diet will cause obesity, which will cause insulin resistance (the inability of the cells to take in insulin) which will aggravate the PCOS even more.
Losing weight is one of the best treatments for PCOS, yet without the proper support and resources it is one of the hardest treatments to achieve.
One of the most important things to remember is that we are all different - what foods to eat vary according to what your individual hormonal influences are. The best approach for healthy weightloss when you have PCOS is to adopt a lifestyle system that improves hormonal balance resulting in metabolic health, allowing you to lose fat & keep it off. It is important for you to:
- Identify hormonal imbalances
- Implement a diet that reflects your hormonal needs
- Exercise regularly
- Implement nutritional & herbal support
Herbs that are known for helping the symptoms of PCOS
Herbs are extremely useful in the treatment of PCOS. Making changes and adding supplements to your diet will help to control weight and balance blood sugar, while herbs go a step further, targeting any problems involving hormone balance.
Herbs can also be very beneficial in encouraging the function of your liver, in order to make sure that it is metabolizing the hormones efficiently and then eliminating them.
Some of the ones to look for are Agnus castus, Milk Thistle, Evening Primrose, Red clover blossoms, & Raspberry. These are just a few of the many available herbs used to treat PCOS. Always check with your herbalist and Dr to avoid any complications. Just because herbs are natural doesn't mean they don't have dangers, take the recommended dose and do your research. Several herbs can not be taken with fertility medicines check with your DR.
If you have PCOS and want to fall pregnant naturally, you can enhance your fertility and your chances of having a healthy baby by losing weight and taking control of your PCOS. This is why weight reduction should be the first line of treatment for overweight PCOS suffers trying to conceive. This needs a multidisciplinary approach to weight management that fosters lifestyle change through proper diet, exercise, behavior modification and stress reduction.
The tragedy of course: is that this is easy to advise, but very hard to do. No one wants to be overweight and losing weight can be really hard to accomplish if you have PCOS. But with the right help, in most cases it can be achieved.
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