What is PCOS?
What is PCOS?
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome is a health condition linked with hormonal imbalances and insulin resistance. It can bring about a whole range of symptoms and health problems that can be very distressing for the PCOS sufferer. These symptoms can range from irregular or non-existent periods, excess body and facial hair, acne, food cravings, chronic weight gain, tiredness, fatigue, depression, hair loss, mood swings, breast pain, abdominal pain, aching joints, dizziness, fertility problems, and an increased tendency to faint.
Research acknowledges that as many as one in four women has PCOS, even though they may not be aware of this fact. Lots of the symptoms can be masked or diagnosed as PMS. Not every woman with PCOS suffers with all the related symptoms. You could have any combination of them to any degree of severity, or even have no obvious symptoms at all except the cysts on your ovaries that give the condition its name. PCOS is believed to be caused by the inability of the ovaries to produce hormones in the right proportions and can be diagnosed with an ultrasound scan.
There is no cure for PCOS but it can be treated with a personal PCOS metabolic rate diet and lifestyle changes. Dietcare will provide a set of metabolic rate diets to help you as an individual. There is also a range of medication that may be prescribed by your doctor to help reduce various symptoms. When you suffer with PCOS, your metabolic rate can be much slower than normal, because of the medication that you may be taking, and this can affect how quickly you lose weight. Certain medication, taken over a period of time by PCOS sufferers, can deplete the body of essential vitamins.
How dietcare Can Help
Dietcare’s unique slimming course has already helped thousands of women with PCOS lose weight, reduce unpleasant symptoms and even overcome fertility problems.
On our course each client with PCOS completes a confidential questionnaire, so that a personal set of healthy-eating, weight loss diets can be provided to suit the individual needs of each female. Dietcare has produced a special low fat, low sugar, low carbohydrate, and protein diet, with added vitamins and minerals that is proving very successful and effective for PCOS sufferers.
Our experience has shown that PCOS sufferers need more than diet advice and support. They need one-to-one counselling to help them to cope with their symptoms. Dietcare offers each client a specially trained Personal Diet Adviser who will guide them through their course, on a one-to-one basis.
Weight Loss – Symptoms – Becoming Pregnant
Many of our slimmers with PCOS have found that their unpleasant symptoms reduce as they lose weight on their diet, and their craving for carbohydrate diminishes.
In fact, several women, who have lost weight and wished to conceive, have now become pregnant naturally, without IVF intervention. It is a known fact that losing weight healthily, giving your body the vitamins that it needs, and getting yourself to optimum health, will give you the best possible chance of getting pregnant – if that is your goal.
The Healthy Eating Plan, provided by Dietcare is proving a real breakthrough. With this plan and the constant support provided by your Personal Adviser, you will be successful like so many before you.
If you want any more information, please e-mail Dietcare and you will receive all the help and support necessary from experts who care enough to understand your symptoms and provide the support that you need to be successful.
