Worried that a PCOS diet has to be drab, flavourless and repetitively boring? I hear you! My first boyfriend’s Dad used to say, ‘Do you have to live on rabbit food?’ This was a reference to my being vegetarian, but it is appropriate for how women with this common syndrome often feel about the PCOS diet being prescribed for them……
chocolate
Now this is a question I know many women with PCOS would love to be answered with an empathic ‘YES!’. But could it actually be true? But how could chocolate actually help? It is critical for a woman with polycystic ovaries to address higher than ideal levels of inflammation, as inflammation is a common finding in PCOS. Inflammation aggravates insulin…
Ah, chocolate! There’s nothing like sitting down and slowly unwrapping your favourite chocolate bar. The smell… the texture… the taste… And did you know that chocolate even has some health promoting properties? Or that chocolate cravings give you some valuable insight into potential health problems? It’s true! Let’s take a look… One study showed a small piece of chocolate every two weeks…
