Overcoming PCOS with Dr. Neal Barnard
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
4.9 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 25 February 2020
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome is one of the leading causes of infertility among women. Many of the up to five million women living with PCOS in the United States face the difficult question, "will I ever be able to get pregnant?"
On this episode of The Exam Room podcast, "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll explores the best diet and foods for women with PCOS as he's joined by Dr. Neal Barnard. Dr. Barnard shares the nutrition science behind food and the hormones associated with the condition. Plus, he discusses how making changes to the diet can help the condition and improve the chances of a woman becoming pregnant.
Plus, Chuck is joined by Alison Tierney who overcame PCOS by making two big changes to her diet that are almost unheard of in her native Wisconsin. The woman from the land of cheese stopped eating meat and dairy!
She and her husband had been trying in vain to have a child, but were having no success. It wasn't long after ditching cheese and meat that Alison found out she was expecting their first child!
Chuck also welcomes "The Happy Herbivore" Lindsay Nixon back to the show for another delicious recipe from the Your Body In Balance book — Moroccan pizza!
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About The Book
In Your Body in Balance, Dr. Barnard describes how food and hormones play a powerful role in:
- Fertility and menopause: Learn how foods affect the hormones that play a role in fertility, premenstrual syndrome, endometriosis, menstrual cramps, and polycystic ovarian syndrome. Learn how a plant-based diet can help manage menopause and reduce symptoms, including hot flashes.
- Sex-hormone related cancers: Read the science behind how foods affect estrogen and testosterone levels and the roles they play in breast, prostate, and other forms of cancer.
- Balancing the thyroid: Read about the surprising effects of diet on hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism.
- Type 2 diabetes: Learn about how a healthy, plant-based diet can restore insulin function and help manage type 2 diabetes.
- Regulating metabolism: Learn how a plant-based diet can boost metabolic rate and affect how body fat is stored and burned.
The book also gives readers practical tips and resources, including answers to frequently asked questions.
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Chuck Carroll
Twitter: @ChuckCarrollWLC
IG: @ChuckCarrollWLC
Facebook: https://wghtloss.cc/ChuckFacebook
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Dr. Neal Barnard
Twitter: @DrNealBarnard
IG: @DrNealBarnard
Facebook: http://bit.ly/DrBarnardFB
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Physicians Committee
Twitter: @PCRM
Facebook: https://wghtloss.cc/PCRMFacebook
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Alison Tierney
IG: @wholesomellc
Facebook: http://bit.ly/wholesomellc
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Lindsay Nixon
Twitter: @happyherbivore
IG: @happyherbivore
Facebook: http://bit.ly/HappyHerbivoreFB
Web: http://bit.ly/HappyHerbivoreCom
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| 0:00.0 | I turned to my husband after I had done even more of my research and I said, |
| 0:04.8 | I don't need you to do it with me, but I do need your support in it. |
| 0:08.4 | I'd like to try a plant-based diet to help achieve pregnancy. |
| 0:12.4 | And he, of course, hands down, said, |
| 0:15.0 | absolutely anything that you think is going to help. |
| 0:17.7 | Let's do it. |
| 0:18.8 | And three weeks later, I had my first ovulation in a year and a half and got pregnant that cycle. |
| 0:30.9 | Well, hello there. |
| 0:32.6 | And welcome to the Exam Room podcast brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:36.4 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion, Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:39.5 | Thank you so very much for giving the show a listen this week, |
| 0:43.1 | where view or a download, wherever it is in the world that you are. |
| 0:48.4 | We appreciate the fact that you are here. |
| 0:53.0 | And this is Episode 7 of the Your Body in Balance series. |
| 0:57.9 | I just had to believe that we've already reached Episode 7 for this thing, |
| 1:02.2 | where we're continuing to examine all things related to the new science of nutrition, hormones, |
| 1:10.1 | and your health. |
| 1:12.5 | And today, we're going to be examining one of the most common causes of infertility in the US. |
| 1:19.5 | This is a condition that affects as many as five million women across the country. |
| 1:26.1 | And it's one that so many of you have written in to ask about. |
| 1:31.8 | Polycystic ovary syndrome. |
| 1:34.6 | Better known as PCOS. |
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