The Pcos Diet Plan ─ A Natural Approach to Health for Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

An updated edition of the first nutrition-based PCOS book written by a
registered dietitian, this prescriptive guide focuses on using diet and
exercise to manage polycystic ovary syndrome and has new information on
diet therapy and exercise, current food and fitness logging technologies, and
all-new nutrition-backed meal plans.

PCOS is the most common hormonal disorder among women of reproductive
age, according to the Mayo Clinic. Characterized by numerous small cysts in the
ovaries, PCOS affects up to 10 percent of all women and 14 million women in the
United States alone. It is linked to infertility, diabetes, heart disease, and
endometrial cancer. While this disorder is believed to be genetic and incurable,
it is controllable. In this prescriptive plan, dietitian Hillary Wright demystifies the
condition by explaining its underlying cause--insulin resistance--and helps
readers understand how diet and lifestyle can influence reproductive hormones
and decrease risk for diabetes, heart disease, and infertility. This book is packed
with simple dietary and nutritional specifics: day-to-day strategies, sample meal
plans, and shopping and snack lists. Updates include new information on diet
therapy and exercise, the newest research on PCOS and soy and dairy, revised
meal plans, and updated resources and shopping lists. The PCOS Diet Plan is the
most comprehensive and authoritative guide to managing this increasingly
diagnosed condition.

HILLARY WRIGHT is the director of nutritional counseling at the Domar
Center for Mind/Body Health at Boston IVF, a Harvard-affiliated fertility treatment
center. She is a registered and licensed dietitian with more than twenty years
experience counseling clients on diet and lifestyle change. Wright serves part-time as
a nutritionist at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. She is also a former
contributing editor and regular writer for the newsletter Environmental Nutrition.