Symptoms
Here are the most common symptoms associated with PCOS:
- Menstrual irregularities like irregular, skipped or heavy periods.
- Inability to get pregnant.
- Acne.
- Excess facial and body hair, showing up in a male pattern (including the upper lip, chin, and chest).
- Obese
Cause and treatment
PCOS is much more common in women with excess weight, type 2 diabetes and previous gestational diabetes.
The strong connection to excess weight, high insulin levels, and other metabolic problems, a low-carb diet is potentially ideal for reversing PCOS.
Eating low carb is one of the most effective treatments that consistently and reliably helps with weight loss, lowers insulin levels, and reverses insulin resistance.
Reversing PCOS and getting pregnant
There are several stories of women reversing their PCOS symptoms and in some cases suddenly getting pregnant after going low carb.
Fertility specialist Dr. Michael Fox has more than a decade of experience helping patients with PCOS and infertility, using a low-carb diet.
Dr. Fox found that compared to only using drugs, adding a low-carb diet for PCOS patients.
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