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Re: PCOS and Infertility and Diet

From: Joan (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 19 Jun 2001 17:33:56 -0500 (CDT)


It is generally thought that controlling insulin levels-either with an insulin sensitizer like metformin or avandia, or with low carb diet can help the endocrine system normalize and improve egg quality.

Here is a web-site that provides some general info:

http://www.inciid.org/faq/pcos.html The diet info is towards the end.

Here is a website that compares food with the glycemic index-ie: distinguishs between 'good' and 'bad' carbs:

http://www.mendosa.com/gilists.htm

This is the approach I prefer, though there are alot of options available.

Best of luck Joan

At Tue, 19 Jun 2001, anonymous wrote: >
>I was diagnosed with PCOS 4 years ago and have tried intruterine
>insemination 3 times without success. I've heard that changing my diet
>would help increase my chances of becoming pregnant. Does anyone have
>info on this?




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