What is PCOS

 No, it is not a name for a programing language or short for an organization. Let's learn what it is?

Polycystic ovarian syndrome, or PCOS, is a condition in which a woman’s levels of the sex hormones estrogen and progesterone are out of balance. This leads to the growth of ovarian cysts (benign masses on the ovaries). PCOS can cause problems with a women’s menstrual cycle, fertility, cardiac function, and appearance.

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, between 1 in 10 and 1 in 20 women of childbearing age suffers from PCOS. The condition currently affects up to 5 million women in the United States.

Symptoms of PCOS

Symptoms of PCOS typically start soon after a woman begins to menstruate. The type and severity of symptoms vary from person to person. The most common characteristic of PCOS is irregular menstrual periods.

Because PCOS is marked by a decrease in female sex hormones, this condition may cause women to develop certain male characteristics, such as:

• excess hair on the face, chest, stomach, thumbs, or toes
• the decrease in breast size
• deeper voice
• thin hair
  

Other symptoms include:

• acne
• weight gain
• pelvic pain
• anxiety or depression
• infertility

While not having the symptoms of the disease, many women with PCOS have other concurrent health problems, such as diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol. These are linked to the weight gain typical in PCOS patients.

Do you have increased blood sugar levels?

• If your answers to the above questions are ‘YES’, perhaps you are eating the wrong foods..Yes, it is correct….

• The foods you are eating and your lifestyle are two of the prime reasons for the PCOS and all other related problems.. In this short article I have trimmed all the fluff and giving you what you require exactly… So pay very close attention here and follow the suggestions for getting rid of PCOS….

The following five foods are deadly for PCOS and therefore avoid them…

1) White sugar

Are you experiencing low energy and fatigue?

Then avoid white sugar !

2) Red meat

Do you know? Red meat contains harmful toxins…

Do you want to stop the growth of cysts?

Then stop eating red meat….

3) Dairy products

Do you want a healthy liver?

Then minimize all the dairy products… 

4) White flour based products

Are you overweight?
Avoid white bread, pasta, pastry and cakes...

5) High GI Foods

Do you suffer male pattern body symptoms?

• Low GI: Green vegetables, most fruits, raw carrots, kidney beans, chickpeas, lentils and bran breakfast cereals
• Medium GI: Sweet corn, bananas, raw pineapple, raisins, oat breakfast cereals, and multigrain, oat bran or rye bread
• High GI: White rice, white bread and potatoes

Then minimize high GI foods….

If you already have PCOS don't panic you can reduce the symptoms with this 5 healthy food. read more.

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