PCOS: Beauty Queen's Diet Made Symptoms Vanish | Holly Plank

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🗓️ 8 October 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

A beauty queen eliminated her symptoms of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) by changing her diet.

Holly Plank is one of the millions of women who suffer from PCOS. She tried many treatments, but it wasn't until she became focused on her diet that she was able to conquer them.

The same changes also helped Holly eradicate the symptoms of premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD).

Holly shares the diet changes she made with "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll on this episode of The Exam Room Podcast.

Now she is using her story of healing to help and inspire others as Mrs. Maryland. In addition to her work with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Holly is also the founder of the Half Plate Challenge. The program encourages everyone to fill at least half of their plate with fruits and vegetables as a great first step toward living a healthier life.

On This Episode

- Diet and PCOS

- Food and hormone regulation

- Keeping symptoms in check long-term

- The effect of cheat days on PCOS and PMDD

- And more

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Today on the exam room.
0:04.7	When I first went to the doctor, I was turned away.
0:07.4	I said, hey, I think something's going on with me
0:09.1	hormoneally, and I was googling my symptoms,
0:12.4	like, could I get tested for PCOS and my doctor looked at me and she said you don't look like you have PCOS. I'm not going to do unnecessary testing.
0:20.0	And I was like, what does PCOS look like?
0:22.6	You know, what does that mean?
0:24.8	So I went home and for several months I was still suffering,
0:28.0	you know, and I wasn't getting answers.
0:29.7	So I thought, I'm gonna get a new doctor.
0:31.6	Got the results back and my testosterone levels were at 270.
0:36.7	For reference, normal testosterone levels for women should be between 30 and 140.
0:41.5	I had the sists, I got the ultrasounds, had the sists I got the
0:43.0	ultrasound had the sists and in order to get that diagnosis it was hard you know I had to
0:49.2	break up with my doctor I had to keep fighting for myself so it was it was a challenge for sure but I think it's a
0:54.8	lesson that you are your own best advocate. You have to speak up for yourself. Welcome to the exam room podcast brought to you by the Physicians Committee.
1:10.6	Hi I'm the Weight Loss Champion Chuck Carroll, raising health IQs, coast to coast, and around the world.
1:17.0	Hi to the exam roomies listening in New Orleans, Louisiana, Portsmouth, Virginia, and Newcastle, England.
1:24.0	Wherever you are, we appreciate you helping to make the world a healthier place.
1:28.0	This is episode A.T. of season 7, number 579 overall and today we are going to be joined by a
1:37.2	beauty queen whose health was once anything but gorgeous. Holly Plank, she is Mrs. Maryland 2024 and a beautiful soul inside and out.
1:50.3	And maybe it's everything that Holly has been through that has made her this healthy
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