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A study published in March 2006 confirmed that a low-carb diet improves the symptoms of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) (1).The authors of this study stated "a moderate reduction in dietary carbohydrate reduced the fasting and post-challenge insulin concentrations among women with PCOS, which, over time, may improve reproductive/endocrine outcomes." Stripped of the "jargon", what does this all mean? Since the root cause of PCOS in most cases is Insulin Resistance, a low-carb diet can help to improve your body's response to insulin. With Insulin Resistance, the body becomes insensitive to the insulin it produces, leading to elevated circulating levels of insulin. This, in turn, causes hormonal imbalances, such as increased testosterone and other androgens (masculinizing hormones), associated with PCOS. A useful resource on PCOS and Insulin Resistance can be found at www.pcos.insulitelabs.com.

The hormonal imbalance leads to the PCOS symptoms many women experience with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, such as irregular menses, infertility, excess facial and body hair, acne and brown skin patches and male-pattern hair loss. PCOS can prevent ovulation, making it impossible to become pregnant.

Elevated insulin levels also contribute to weight gain, as well as the formation of cysts on the ovaries, in part due to hormonal imbalances and also because the ovaries are highly sensitive to the influence of insulin.

Eating a diet low in carbs can lower your insulin levels and improve many symptoms of PCOS. The study also showed women who ate a low- carb diet reduced their triglycerides and testosterone levels, which are commonly elevated in women with PCOS. The low carb diet helped to decrease overall insulin secretion, improving Insulin Resistance.

Examine your diet today and start decreasing your carb intake gradually. The best way to get started is by cutting out high carb foods such as potatoes, bread, white rice, corn, pastries, cookies and tortillas.

A useful resource to check how many carbs are in certain foods is a carb counter, such as the one found at www.carb-counter.org. This is an excellent way to get started on improving your health. Long-lasting dietary changes are difficult to make, so don't be hard on yourself if they don't occur overnight. Just remember to get back on track after any setbacks and you will soon be pleased with the results.

(1) Douglas CC, Gower BA, Darnell BE, Ovalle F, Oster RA, Azziz R.,

Role of diet in the treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome.

Fertil Steril. 2006 Mar;85(3):679-88. PMID: 16500338

Low Carb Diet Help

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re probably aware that trans fats are thought to contribute to heart disease, weight gain, and other health problems. These transformed fatty acids are commonly referred to as Trans Fatty Acids or TFA’s and are present in most of the packaged foods found in the grocery store and your pantry!

Trans fats are produced by hydrogenation - the process of heating an oil and passing hydrogen through it. This process turns liquid oils into solid (margarine, Crisco) and extends the shelf life of most processed foods. The high temperatures used to heat the oils also destroy the essential fatty acids and transforms them into trans fats (short for transformed fatty acid). These fats compete with essential fatty acids for absorption in the body and are thought to contribute to coronary heart disease by raising LDL cholesterol levels (bad cholesterol), while lowering the HDL levels( good cholesterol). They also increase platelet aggregation, which in turn increases the chance of blood clotting, strokes and heart attacks. And if that isn’t bad enough, they also create free radicals that have been linked to cancer.

If you are on a low carb diet, chances are that you don’t eat very many processed or fried foods so you won’t be consuming much food with trans fats. If you are sticking to mostly low fat meats and vegetables you’re probably in pretty good shape as far as trans fats ingestion goes. Margarine is high in trans fats, but there are several brands out there that have no trans fats so if you are eating a lot of margarine, you may want to look into the brand you are buying. Mos of the foods high in trans fatty acids like chips, donuts, muffins, cakes, candy, soups, breads, margarine, cheese spreads, and cookies are no-no’s on a low carb eating plan so cutting them out of your diet has the added health benefit of reducing your intake of these fats.

How do you know if a food has them? Well, the food industry doesn’t make it easy, they rarely put their content on the labels so you will need to figure it out by reading the ingredients. When buying packaged foods beware of the word “hydrogenated" or “partially hydrogenated" in the list of ingredients. These foods will contain trans fatty acids. If you are leading a low carb lifestyle you probably won’t be buying these foods anyway so not to worry!

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