The PCOS Diet Book: How You Can Use the Nutritional Approach to Deal with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome [Paperback]

Colette Harris (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 25, 2002

In this book the authors offer a practical lifeline to sufferers with advice on diets for: boosting fertility, preventing diabetes, and heart disease, breaking out of the cycle of emotional eating, and nutritional supplements and herbal remedies.

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As many as one in 10 women suffer from Polycystic Ovary Syndrome [PCOS] and Colette Harris explains how with the right nutritional approach sufferers can lose weight, improve their skins, overcome exhaustion, depression and mood swings.

About the Author

Colette Harris is Editor of Here's Health. She discovered she had Polycistic Ovary Syndrome three years ago. Theresa Cheung is a full time writer with 5 health books already published in the US including a book on androgen disorders in women. She is author of Men and Depression. She is also a sufferer of PCOS

Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Thorsons (October 25, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0007131844
• ISBN-13: 978-0007131846
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 6.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #169,617 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #21 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Disorders & Diseases > Genitourinary & STDs

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244 of 245 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars PLEASE CONSIDER THIS and then read this book!, February 28, 2004

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This review is from: The PCOS Diet Book: How You Can Use the Nutritional Approach to Deal with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (Paperback)

I almost didn't buy this book because of the review complaining about how hard it was to find some of the food items listed in it. I bought it anyway and am extremely glad I did. It's true that there are a few items in here I might not be able to get in the US, but if you really READ the book, you'll find a tremendous amount of very specific information regarding foods that are readily available here (wholegrain pasta, wholewheat bread, apricots, spinach, brocolli) and very specific information regarding the ways in which these foods will affect your body. There is also a great deal of information on vitamins, minerals, weight loss, fertility, and alternatives to taking the birth control pill to regulate your period. You can even pick a PCOS-specific symptom that has been bothering you (say, your acne, for example) and they clearly list foods and natural remedies as well as changes you can make in your daily life that will help you control that specific problem and clearly explain WHY these problems occur in the first place. I was diagnosed with PCOS in my early teens and despite many doctors visits and pills have never felt like I had any control over my symptoms until I read this book. Please don't be turned off by it because you can't get one item on a list of twenty suggested foods. This book is for anyone who is ready to take control and make positive steps towards living with PCOS.

46 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Dietary Advice for those with PCOS, June 13, 2005

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This is a great book! As a vegetarian, I love the fact that she gives vegan/vegetarian options for protein. Do not be discouraged by the rating on this book that complained about the foods listed. I recognized nearly every food listed. It does not list just aubergine as one person that rated this book said. It actually says "Tomato with Eggplant (Aubergine)" So I don't know why this was even brought up. I have seen all of the foods in question listed (most at my local grocery store, some like Quorn at my local health food store). I own many cookbooks, so I do not have a problem converting measurements. I just convert them once and write them in the cookbook. I think the information in this book far outweighs the minor inconvenience of having to convert recipes.

35 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a must have, August 19, 2005

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I have been living with PCOS for what seems like forever. I have been to doctors and infertility specialist that have done nothing for me. This book has brought me hope and an incredible amount to useful information. Yes, it is written by a british author but that takes away nothing from the information. If you are diagnosed with PCOS they should hand you this book. Read it and make notes and just try it. It is already working for me.