Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), is a hormonal disorder affecting women who are in their reproductive years. Common symptoms of PCOS include disruption of menstrual cycle including infrequent or prolonged periods and excessive presence of male hormones. Fertility issues may arise as the ovaries develop fluid filled follicles with failure to release an egg. Other symptoms include hormonal acne breakouts, facial…
If you’re like many women with this syndrome, PCOS weight loss diet and exercise questions are constant companions in your life… What should you eat? Should you indefinitely remain on Keto or Paleo or 5-2 or some other trending diet? What kind of exercise is best? How much? How often? While I have opinions on these topics, there is an…
With the widespread coverage of coronavirus, copious articles, press conferences, and social media posts, including footage of panicked people acting frantically, even unkindly, it’s easy to become swept away in the rising tide of fretfulness. But there’s a catch we need to talk about. As a 2017 article published in Computers in Human Behavior noted: “Exposure to chronic stress can…
How do you feel about your PCOS diagnosis? Do you feel like it’s a part of you? Does it run around your head often? Maybe you’ve even asked ‘Why me?’ I know how overwhelming and disempowering a serious diagnosis can be so I wanted to share my thoughts… And some hope. See, I remember when I was diagnosed with PCOS….
Do you experience period pain? Cramping, nausea, and vomiting? Dysmenorrhoea, the technical term for period pain, is one of the most common experiences in reproductive-aged women. Twenty percent have such bad pain that it seriously affects their lives. Incapacity, being ill from work or school, nausea, vomiting, and being unable to cope even with strong medication. Maybe that sounds a…
Conservatively, 10% of women are living with PCOS. Along with irregular periods, PCOS comes with a host of symptoms and places the women who suffer from it at a higher risk of type 2 diabetes, poor cardiometabolic health and endometrial cancer. In recent years, it has been found that women with PCOS often experience sleep disturbances, too. This can compound…
