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Got PCOS? Could caloric intake timing help?

And, would the impressive results in this study be any different for non-lean women with PCOS? " In the BF group, a significant decrease was observed in both AUCglucose and AUCins …
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What ratio of Protein/carbs/fat for weightloss with PCOS?

I am a serial dieter who has recently discovered Paleo and I would love if this could be the answer for me. 220lbs 5 ft 8ins with PCOS. I take metformin and Krill oil. I'm usin …
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Hack My Bloodwork - PCOS? Should I really start metformin?

I'm a 5'3" 205lb 31 y.o. female who has been overweight to obese the last 12 years. I'd say ever since I started going through puberty at 7 (body hair, etc) and starting menses at …
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Anybody Diagnoise with PCOS Doing Crossfit and Prescribed Metformin?

I am a 36 year old female, 5'3" and 155 lbs who started Crossfit and Paleo 1.5 years ago. I do have my occasional cheats with Paleo and laziness with Crossfit, but I have not loss …
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Hack my Labs - 24 year old, female, PCOS

Just got all my lab work back from the endo. She says everything is normal, but she also didn't know what paleo was. Have at it! Fasted glucose: 68 mg/dL Testosterone: serum 35/ng …
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Calorie Intake on Paleo - is my deficit too low? - how can I increase it?

Hello, I started the Paleo diet roughly 30 days ago. I am doing it to lose weight to try improve my PCOS symptoms. I am aiming to eat 1200-1300 Cals a day - which is 200/300 les …
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Do I Need to Worry About a Daily Caloric Minimum?

I'm a 24 year old female, 5'8'', 242 pounds. I was recently diagnosed with insulin resistance and probable PCOS (I'm waiting on a follow-up appointment to confirm the latter). I'm …
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Paleo and Metformin for PCOS not unheard of?

Hi there! On my journey with PCOS that's going on 11 years, I've been on combo birth control and aldactone, lapsed into being untreated for 7 years and went back to being on medici …
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Is this the right diet? PCOS + Weight loss. + Please help with breakfast ideas!~

Hi everybody, I'm new here, I found this site because I'm trying to find a PCOS friendly way to lose weight, but also doesn't "only" involve soups. (A lot of diets are just soups …
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Dairy being insulinogenic - What and how often?

What dairy products do you take? And how often? I don't get what it means by moderation... Edited to add: Thanks for all the replies... Did a bit more of reading on it and realiz …
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PCOS… how to naturally raise estrogen to cycle normally, increase libido as well?

Technically this is more than one question, but since they're all related, I think they can be in the same post... In a nutshell, I have a PCOS diagnosis, which came about from me …
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Suitable Snacks?

Hello, I have been on the paleo diet for 25 days now and am doing quite well. I lost 8 pounds in my first two weeks. I tried introducing fruit, apples and bananas into my diet a …
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devasted: PCOS diagnosis

hi there. i have recently been diagnosed with PCOS. i am 22 years old, 111 pounds and am fit and active - i've always eaten a very healthy diet of fish, eggs and vegetables (never …
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Cocounut Milk - can it stall your weight loss like nuts?

Hello, I have been on the paleo diet for 28 days now. At the beginning i lost quite a few pounds but for the last two weeks i've remained the same. It seems the reason for this …
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Talk to me about PCOS and Paleo.

I am a 29 year old female, 100lbs overweight, PCOS with insulin resistance and high free testosterone (taking Metformin and Spironolactone - ugh), severe gluten intolerance (negati …

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