Polycystic over syndrome as we shorten it as PCOS is one of the most common women’s health problem. There are a lot of women who have this diagnosis in the world. It’s adviced that after receiving this diagnosis, you need to get support from a nutritionist to maintain your healthy weight. Although the fact that it is more difficult for women diagnosed with PCOS to lose weight than normal women, but it is not impossible with the right nutrition plan.
First of all, let’s take a look at what the underneath it. It is called polycystic due to the cysts in the ovarium can be seen in ultrasound and diagnosed by a gynecologist. One of the main PCOS symptoms is an irregular menstrual period, followed by acne, increased testosterone level and increased fat mass around the abdominal area. Sometimes only experiencing these symptoms might be enough to diagnose pcos, even if there is no cysts determined on the ultrason scan.
As we go back to PCOS outcomes, insulin resistance is one of the most common biochemical outcome. Insulin is a hormone that is secreted by pancreas, regulates the blood sugar level and ensures blood glucose to be used in cells and turn into an energy. When insulin resistance occurs, the insulin level in fasting gets higher than it should be as well as glucose level in blood. As it’s all about glicose-insuline, It’s observed that patients with pcos are more likely to have diabetes in the long term if outcomes are not in under control. It’s necessary to get professional support regarding insulin resistance to prevent the risk of having diabetes for the long term for pcos patients.
So what do we do during our meetings? We create a healthy nutrition program for people diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome, taking into account the blood value results, medication /nutritional supplement used, if any.
When you come to your first appointment, you get a detailed body composition analysis and evaluated results of this analysis, your fat mass, how it affects your metabolic status and appropriate nutrition plan to reduce the negative outcomes.
Especially since insulin resistance accompanies this diagnosis, we aim to reduce your abdominal and waist fat and keep it to a minimum. When you come for a check-up every week, we perform detailed body composition analyses and record the progress. Following this, we renew your nutrition program every week. The aim here is to create a nutrition program that is most suitable for your metabolic state, hormonal balance, and social life and that you can maintain.
If you do not have any physiological mania, adding outdoor walks to your healthy routine will also help you to lose weight comfortably and reduce your fat mass.
Pcos is not a disease and can’t be cured 100% as it’s only a syndrome however we reduce the symptoms and negative outcomes with a proper nutrition plan.