| If you are suffering from polycystic ovarian | | | | your blood. |
| syndrome also known as PCOS, you can try to | | | | Thus women with PCOS who are trying to get |
| follow a low GI diet for PCOS to get pregnant. | | | | pregnant have to treat their insulin resistance and |
| Chances are you never knew that a low GI Diet can | | | | one of the ways is consuming food according to the |
| boost your odds of conceiving a baby. Well, you are | | | | glycemic index also known as GI. |
| about to find out now. Let's kick start your fertility | | | | In the GI diet, you would have to consume food |
| today. | | | | which is on the lower levels of the glycemic index as |
| Most women diagnosed with PCOS will have | | | | these foods contain less sugary levels. This helps curb |
| decreased chances of getting pregnant. Some go on | | | | any sudden increase in your blood sugar levels which |
| to gain side diseases such as heart ailments and high | | | | prevents an influx of insulin in your bloodstream which |
| sugar blood levels which often lead to diabetes. | | | | your body resists. |
| To treat PCOS, you will usually be prescribed Clomid | | | | The type of food you should consume if you want |
| to treat the condition and should you wish to get | | | | to get pregnant with a PCOS condition are fruits and |
| pregnant, expensive procedures such as In Vitro | | | | vegetables and whole grains. Avoid food such as |
| Fertilization would be an option. | | | | potatoes and refined sugars. |
| Another way to treat your polycystic ovarian | | | | For example, if you eat bread daily, use whole meal |
| syndrome is to follow a low GI diet for PCOS. A side | | | | bread instead of just plain white bread and if you |
| effect of PCOS is insulin resistance hence when you | | | | love eating fruits, avoid those that are very sweet. |
| consume which contain sugar; your body may not be | | | | For any diet to work, you will need discipline and that |
| able to properly channel the sugar through the insulin | | | | includes the low GI diet for PCOS otherwise your |
| which causes an increase in the amount of insulin in | | | | efforts will come to naught. |