If I had a dollar for every time I am asked this question! While these diets may help short term, the long term health consequences appear dire...
High-protein and high-fat diets both increase insulin resistance, which as we’ve just talked about is linked to PCOS and disease…
Keto can trigger short-term symptoms like constipation, dizziness, fatigue, headache, nausea, vomiting, insomnia, trouble tolerating exercise… known as the keto flu. Long-term it can lead to a fatty liver (which is already more common in PCOS), kidney stones, and vitamin and mineral deficiencies.
Even more worrisome, studies involving 10s of 1000s of women have revealed that a low-carbohydrate diet based on animal sources increases the risk of death from cardiovascular disease, cancer and all other causes.>