Polycystic ovary dietary taboos

The core dietary taboos of polycystic ovary syndrome are essentially to avoid foods that can aggravate insulin resistance, increase chronic inflammation levels, and disrupt hormonal rhythms. There are no foods that are absolutely untouchable, only dietary patterns that are not suitable for your personal metabolic state. Don't believe the extreme statements posted on the Internet about "no carbohydrates at all" and "don't drink milk tea in this life". If you really go by that, it's very likely that my aunt didn't adjust well and turned herself into emotional eating first, which made it worse.

I met a 26-year-old girl before. When she was first diagnosed with polycystic disease, her BMI was only 21, which was a standard weight. After reading the guide online, she cut off all carbohydrates and ate only boiled vegetables and chicken breasts every day. She did visit her once every three months, but during that time she lost her hair so much that her hair was almost as wide as a finger. She broke down and cried at work. She didn't even have the patience to talk to her colleagues. When she went for a follow-up check-up, her hormones were even more chaotic than before. The doctor asked her to quickly add rice back.

When it comes to sugar control, many people’s first reaction is to ban all high-GI foods. In fact, this is also a controversial point in the industry. The general advice from traditional endocrinologists is to limit the daily intake of refined sugar to less than 25g, and try to choose low-GI whole grains instead of white rice and white noodles to avoid large fluctuations in blood sugar. After all, polycystic patients generally have varying degrees of insulin resistance. You can think of insulin as the sugar courier in the body. If you usually eat too many high-sugar and high-oil foods, the couriers will crowd at the door of the cells and no one will receive them. The excess sugar will either turn into fat and accumulate in the waist and abdomen, or it will stimulate the ovaries to secrete more androgens, which in turn aggravates the symptoms of polycystic disease. But now more and more functional medicine researchers are also suggesting that you don’t need to stick to the GI value. They also recommend that everyone buy a fingertip blood glucose meter that costs tens of dollars and measure the blood sugar response after eating different foods. Some people eat a bowl of white rice and their blood sugar only rises by 1 point, while others eat half a corn and it can rise to 8. Individual differences are so large that it is impossible to use a unified list card.

Of course, there are also several types of foods that, whether you are fat or thin, will most likely cause trouble if you eat them. For example, if you drink cheap milk tea with high fructose syrup and creamer in the afternoon and drink a cup of full sugar, your blood sugar will go on a roller coaster for the next three or four hours. Not to mention that insulin can't handle it, many people's faces will be so oily that they can make an omelette the next day after drinking it, and acne will pop up on their chins. This is because androgens have been stimulated. There are also trans fatty acids in mille-feuille and egg tart shells made with shortening, as well as in repeatedly used fried skewers and fried chicken fat. Many clinical studies have confirmed that these substances will aggravate the already high chronic inflammation levels of polycystic patients. Not only will they make insulin resistance more severe, but they may also increase the risk of long-term cardiovascular disease. I have a patient who loves to eat fried skewers at the entrance of the school. He eats it at least three times a week. His aunt did not come to visit him for six months in a row. Later, he endured the withdrawal for three months and came back on his own without taking any medicine.

There are also a few "suspected taboos" that everyone is arguing about, but there is really no need to worry about them. For example, in soy products, some people say that soy isoflavones are phytoestrogens, which will disrupt their own hormone levels. Others say that drinking soy milk can reduce androgens. In fact, the current research conclusion is that consuming 300~500ml of pure soy milk every day (without adding additional sugar) ), the dose of soy isoflavones is actually very low, but it can play a two-way regulatory role. People with high androgen can help reduce the dosage, and people with low estrogen can supplement it. As long as you don’t have breast swelling and pain or delayed pregnancy after drinking it, you can drink it normally. There are also ice drinks. Many elders say that people with polycystic cysts should not touch ice. In fact, this is not true in Western medicine, but many girls who are thin and have polycystic cysts have reported that every time they drink iced milk tea before visiting their aunt, the aunt will definitely postpone it for half a month. This actually means that your body is more sensitive to cold stimulation, so you should drink less. If you don’t have any reaction after drinking ice, eating ice cream in summer is totally fine.

To be honest, among the polycystic patients I have come into contact with, those who are able to stick to their dietary adjustments are never the kind of people who eat strictly according to the list. Instead, they always leave room for themselves. For example, if you really want to drink milk tea, choose one made with 30% sugar and fresh milk. Drinking it once or twice a month is much better than holding it to the extreme and showing off three cups at a time. You don’t have to count in front of the calorie meter every day. You can take a small notebook and write down whether you have acne after eating, whether your aunt has postponed, and whether your weight has skyrocketed. You will slowly be able to figure out the bottom line of your body, which is more useful than any unified taboo list on the Internet. After all, polycystic disease is a problem that requires long-term treatment. Compared with "what you must not eat", how to eat comfortably and keep your body stable is the most important thing.