| By now we know that diet plays a key role in PCOS | | | | The Glycemic Index is not a diet. It's a rating of how |
| treatment, but with everyone shouting from the | | | | quickly the average body converts specific |
| rooftops, how can you tell the good diets for PCOS | | | | carbohydrates into blood glucose. For instance, the |
| patients from the bad? Below is an overview of | | | | sugar in a jelly bean very quickly becomes sugar in |
| three of the best diets for PCOS sufferers. A 'good' | | | | your bloodstream, while the sugar in an apple is |
| diet for PCOS is one that doesn't eliminate necessary | | | | slower and the sugar in a dried apple slice is slower |
| nutrients, that a person can really 'stick to' for life, | | | | still. For years I suffered from cravings, blood sugar |
| and that gives a woman control over her weight. | | | | crashes, and intense need to eat that seemed...weird. |
| Weight Watchers | | | | I wasn't binging, I was filling a bottomless hole. And I |
| When I sought treatment for my PCOS, my doctor | | | | wasn't eating 'junk' in the way most of us mean it. I |
| recommended that I join Weight Watchers. I | | | | might eat a baked potato with chili, a salad, and a |
| dismissed his advice because I considered Weight | | | | chicken breast and I'd still be starving. The glycemic |
| Watchers silly or temporary. I have had success with | | | | index solved that. For me, the GI diet is the best of |
| a different diet for PCOS, but have rethought my | | | | the best diets for PCOS. |
| position on Weight Watchers because it works. | | | | The originators of the Glycemic Index are doctors. |
| Weight Watchers 'points' program relies on a simple, | | | | They've been researching the difference between |
| effective model - you get to eat a certain number of | | | | carbohydrates since the 1970s. They've developed |
| points per day. If you know you're going to have | | | | diet plans specifically for PCOS sufferers. I've been |
| cheesecake, you know how many points you have | | | | eating by the glycemic index now for 8 years, and I |
| for the rest of the day. One of the traits of 'thin for | | | | feel no deprivation, no need to 'break free'. I have |
| life' people is that they do this automatically - if they | | | | eliminated certain foods from my overall diet because |
| 'splurged' the night before, they will eat fewer | | | | they make me feel so sick - like the aforementioned |
| calories either before or after to 'pay back' for their | | | | jelly bean. But the feeling of wellness and more, the |
| splurge. | | | | control I have over my weight and health despite |
| The beauty of the Weight Watchers points program | | | | having been diagnosed with PCOS makes me not |
| is in its flexibility. There is nothing you can't eat, but | | | | even tempted to ignore the GI rating of foods. I |
| you can't eat everything. This is definitely a model | | | | love the GI diet, I am a fan. |
| you could adhere to for life. The downside is that if | | | | The upside of the Glycemic Index is that you have |
| you often travel or eat in independent restaurants, | | | | absolute freedom and flexibility. You can be a |
| you might not know how many points are in the | | | | vegetarian, gluten free, egg free, lactose free - it's |
| foods you eat. | | | | so flexible that it works with any other dietary needs |
| South Beach Diet | | | | you (or someone in your family) have. Additionally, if |
| The South Beach Diet at first feels like a fad, | | | | you are a person who eats because of over hunger, |
| because it became so popular and so many people | | | | the glycemic index can help you reduce the hunger |
| were on it. But it's not a fad. The South Beach Diet | | | | that causes you to eat too much. The downside is |
| was developed by a heart doctor who wanted to | | | | that it is not restrictive in a certain sense, and if |
| help his very ill patients reverse their disease process. | | | | you're serious about weight loss, you still have to |
| The South Beach Diet is definitely a diet you can | | | | look at how many calories you're eating. |
| stick to for life, it works, and it doesn't eliminate | | | | In summary, there are many choices of diets for |
| necessary nutrients. The downside of the South | | | | PCOS patients - and they all work! These are 3 diets |
| Beach Diet is that it is very restrictive, especially at | | | | that you have a good chance of staying with for life, |
| the beginning. If you are a person who likes rules and | | | | which will give you control over your PCOS weight |
| limits, and who feels overwhelmed by too much | | | | and related health issues. Choose the one that's the |
| choice, SBD might be the best choice of the diets for | | | | best fit for you and get going! PCOS is not your |
| PCOS patients. | | | | master! |
| New Glucose Revolution's Glycemic Index | | | | |