Nutrition for PCOS Series

Whenever conventional (allopathic) medicine calls a health condition “syndrome”, this means they do not have any idea what that is and where it is coming from or how to treat it. Once a person is diagnosed of “a syndrome” they will endure all types of “trials” to control this issue NOT to heal it (as every other disease in conventional medicine I assume, only they don’t know the exact medication to control a syndrome). If you are looking to heal, you must look at the core reason and fix it.

PCOS has always been linked to insulin resistance. Studies show that it is common for women with PCOS to be insulin resistant, overweight and develop type 2 diabetes at some point of their lives. 

Researchers are so focused on the belief that PCOS will cause diabetes. However, some scientists believe that PCOS, in some women, could be a symptom that manifests due to high insulin levels in the blood way before clinical insulin resistance and diabetes are manifested (it is unknown why those specific women will get PCOS while others will not).

True! If findings prove that it is NOT the ovaries fault (post2)! Then how could the ovaries cause diabetes? It makes more sense to me that it's something else.

As mentioned in post 2 last week, ovaries never become resistant to insulin. Which means that while all the other cells of your body become resistant to protect themselves from the insulin overflow, ovaries will not be able to enjoy this luxury. They just keep on getting overdose of insulin and sugar. 

What if ovaries will get sick first? Before the pancreas, the nerves, the heart and all other organs affected by insulin resistance do? 

If this is the case, then all the women who are not careful with their sugar intake, and are at risk of the epidemic insulin resistance might also be at risk of PCOS! 

In all cases, in my opinion, women with PCOS should work on giving a break to their ovaries from insulin by following a healthy ketogenic diet. This diet is high in healthy fats, moderate in protein and very low on carbs (excluding carbs from green vegetables). Note that high protein diets are not ketogenic diet (more about this on my website). 

In a study published by researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine, one group was fed a low calorie normal protein (0.8 gm per kilo of body weight) and the other was fed a low calorie high protein diet (1.2 gm per kilo of body weight). 

After the 2 groups lost 10% of their body weight. Only the first group improved its insulin sensitivity while the second group became more insulin resistant. 

The reason for this is that protein breakdown also stimulate insulin response that could be sometimes be higher than carbohydrates for example:

Lean beef and fish release as much insulin as brown rice.

Pasta (white or brown) and porridge release less insulin per calorie than cheese, beef and fish

The only macronutrient that does not stimulate insulin response is fat. That is why a fatty piece of meat will not cause an insulin spike like a lean piece of meat will do. 

Intermittent fasting added to ketogenic diet will lower your insulin to a level that will give your cells a break and at some point will increase the cells sensitivity to insulin. 

While on ketogenic diet, you MUST eat as much green vegetables as you can (I like Dr. Eric Berg’s suggestion of at least 7 servings of vegetables per day) 

For more information about healthy ketogenic diet I suggest checking Dr. Eric Berg’s and High intensity Health YouTube channels or ask you holistic health practitioner.

Women who have not developed PCOS but have insulin resistance should start considering a healthier diet low on sugars and processed food.

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