MINI PCOS POD: Period pain and PCOS, coming off birth control, how long lifestyle changes take to work and the deal with juice cleanses
Another week, another spicy quick fire Q&A! This week we’re talking about a variety of topics - everything from bad period pain, birth control to lifestyle changes, blood tests coming back “normal” and juice cleansing (eeeek).
With so much information floating around the internet, lots of influencers sharing their thoughts and products and doctors saying ‘you’re fine’, it can be really hard to know what works, what doesn’t, what’s complete shiiiite - and who to listen to! So in this episode, I address all of your burning questions related to addressing your PCOS.
If you’ve never listened to our Mini PCOS Pod’s before, it’s essentially a shorter form podcast where I answer your questions from our instagram rather than addressing a big topic!
This episode is for you if:
- Deal with debilitating period pain
- You think you might have adrenal issues
- Your cervical fluid looks like it should pre ovulation but you’re not ovulating
- Are trying new lifestyle changes
- Your doctor has told you that your blood tests for insulin are ‘normal’
- You can’t do many diet changes
- You’re thinking of trying a celery juice cleanse to support your body’s detoxification pathways
Some things we cover in this episode:
- Whether really bad period pain is normal for PCOS or if it could be something else
- “Type 2” PCOS - adrenal and insulin resistant
- How pre-ovulation cervical fluid works and what happens in PCOS
- How long you should wait before expecting to see changes in your symptoms are making alterations to your lifestyle
- Which tests are the most reliable (and which are not) to test early stage insulin resistance
- The most important lifestyle changes
- The real deal with celery juice cleansing
Resources:
- The PCOS Nutritionist Instagram
- Dr Lara Briden: Why period pain is not a symptom of PCOS and all things Endometriosis
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