Managing PCOS For Dummies

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ISBN: 9780470057940 | 0470057947
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 4/30/2007

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Don't be held hostage by Polycystic Ovary Syndrome - with the right diet and effective exercise, you can minimise its impact on your day-to-day life and future wellbeing. Packed with realistic advice from a qualified nutritionist, this guide takes you through everything from picking which treatments to try - and which to avoid - to thriving with PCOS superfoods and finding resources and support to help you stay positive and maintain your focus

Front matter
Cheat sheet: Tips And Information On PCOS
Introduction
About This Book
Conventions Used in This Book
What You're Not to Read
Foolish Assumptions
How This Book Is Organised
PCOS In A Nutshell
Taking Control Of Your Diet
Recipes For Life
Other Helpful Stuff For PCOS
The Part Of Tens
Icons Used In This Book
Where to Go From Here
PCOS In A Nutshell
This part gives an overview that will be covered in more detail in the rest of the book
Sensible And Straightforward Solutions For a Difficult Condition
This chapter gives an overview of the entire book, teasing the reader by briefly touching on everything covered in the book
Understanding PCOS
Defining the condition
Trigger factors
When PCO becomes PCOS
You Know You Have PCOS Because
Physical manifestations
Emotional manifestations
Hidden effects
The Three Pronged Attack
Diet
Exercise
Looking after the you inside
Diet Under the Spotlight
Balanced eating
The low GI approach
Shedding the excess load
Trying Out Other Stuff: the OK and the Not-so-OK
Diets
Alternative therapies
Supplements
Hope on the Horizon
Achieving normality
Medical advances
Knowing
You Have PCOS
This chapter spells out how to recognise the condition
It looks at the physical, emotional and hidden symptoms of PCOS
It gives an explanation of why these symptoms develop and thus alludes to how they could be prevented in the first place or reversed if it has already developed
The chapter also looks at how you or your doctor would spot PCOS
Finally this chapter touches on how to cope with PCOS through a woman's varies life stages and how to prevent it developing if at risk or getting any worse if you already have it
Symptoms of PCOS
Physical
Psychological
Symptoms you can't see but may be lurking
Detecting PCOS
Self identification
Getting a doctors clarification
Prevention is Better Than Cure
Knowing you're at risk
Don't go from bad to worse
PCO Through Life's Changes
Puberty
Pregnancy
Menopause
A lifetime of PCOS
Taking Control Of Your Diet
This part looks at how your diet, whether it be just by following a low GI diet or including weight loss, can help to control symptoms of PCOS
Understanding
The Important Bits About Your Diet
This chapter looks at the basics of healthy eating with particular emphasis from the PCOS perspective
Benefits of Eating the PCOS Way
Fats and Oils
Saturated and trans fats
Poly and mono fats
Other oils
The Right Carbs Are Your Friends
Good carbs
Not so good carbs
Wholegrains and Fibre
Insoluble fibre
Soluble fibre
Protein Power
Vitamins, Minerals and Other Bits and Bobs
The big deal on vitamins and minerals
To supplement or not
Antioxidants and other stuff
Alcohol and Other Bevies
Having a tipple
Getting enough fluid
The low down on caffeine
Salt: Getting the Measure
Getting the Overall Balance Right
The basic food groups
Getting the proportions right
The GI Way
The Right Way For PCOS
This chapter explains the principles of eating the low GI way-the corner stone to controlling PCOS symptoms
Learning About the Glycemic
Index
GI is tops for PCOS
Achieving
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