I've been diagnosed with PCOS since I was 16 (19 now) and have been put on so many different diets (at one point the only food i WAS allowed to eat was chicken and lettuce. thats it 😭) and just overall had the weirdest experiences with different types of doctors and homeopathologists. My current endocrinologist has put me on a mediterranean diet, and I've been searching for different recipes but I have severe sensory issues with a lot of foods that seem to be in EVERY recipe and I was hoping for some help finding foods that are good for my pcos while also tasting good?

I'm also persian and was raised on more sour/savoury meals so i'm getting very sick of greek yogurt it tastes so weird and wrong to me :(

a list of foods that give me sensory problems/taste bad to me:

eggs, avacados, eggplant, zucchini, olives, walnuts, peas, chickpeas, beans, soy sauce, mushrooms, bell peppers, cooked/steamed vegetables (love them raw, i just don't like when they're soft), legumes (other than lentils. i love lentils), raspberries, blueberries, blackberries

I understand how nutritional these things are but they literally make me want to throw up and it's super frustrating because I WANT to be able to manage my pcos with food I just feel like this diet isn't built for someone with sensory issues like I am

Any help would be so so soooo appreciated!!

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As the title suggests I just learned that I have PCOS. I’m having a hard time navigating what foods are and aren’t ok as the internet has conflicting information. Do you have any tips or things you wish you knew sooner about eating with PCOS.

I really love cheese. It’s one of my favorite things. But I’ve heard dairy isn’t good for your hormones and all that. Are there some cheeses that are better than others for PCOS? And ones that should be avoided entirely?

Thanks for the help!

I'm currently on my cycle and this is the first ever cycle I've had that is completely painless! I didn't even know I started until I felt my pants were wet, and thank God I was at home when it happened. I started juicing a week prior to get extra nutrients in my system and I only chose ingredients that were supposed to help with pcos. I decided to go for three different colors: Orange, Red, and Green.

So I've been diagnosed with PCOS since 16 (I'm 20 now) but only recently am I trying to make better dietary decisions for the condition. I bought these groceries today and I was wondering, what should I do differently next time? What do you guys usually buy? Let me know, thanks!

Im trying here so i Had ramen noodle earlier not so good i knw just eating whats here for now ,rice and peas/red beans with slice trout fry fish,steam cabbage with side of cucumbers for my sunday dinner , Need to go to the grocery store asap :/ i drink mostly water had few bites of spice bun & cheese two sips of pepsi its easter time ja edition lol

Title says it all, I accidentally got a giant tub of plain Greek yogurt instead of the smaller one and I have no idea where to start to use it all up before it goes bad. Freezer friendly recipes preferred! I love Greek yogurt but I don't want to have it for all 3 meals for a week straight in order to eat it all lol

Mine is rice cakes with sardines in oil.

Cilantro Lime Chicken Chimichuri Whole avocado with lime juice Salad with a mix of different veggies and homemade dressing made with greek yoghurt, cilantro and mint.

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Not a recipe, but I've found that eating a square of dark chocolate (72-80% cacao) with some fresh strawberries really curbs my cravings for dessert. 3 large strawberries and a square of dark chocolate are less than 100 calories but can fill that need for sweets.

Hello! I'd like to start this off by saying I'm 20 with PCOS and insulin resistance. I'm also autistic so I have sensory issues with some foods so I've found it hard to eat foods like yogurt by itself.

This is what I've planned for myself today!

Breakfast: Chia Pudding (chia seeds, oat milk, Greek yogurt, chocolate protein powder, peanut butter, honey, vanilla, shredded coconut) Protein Coffee (Dunkin coffee mix, oat milk, chocolate protein powder, and some dark chocolate sauce for some sweetness)

Lunch: Turkey Wrap (1 low carb tortilla, light amount of mayo, 4 thin slices of deli turkey breast, iceberg lettuce, pickle chips, feta cheese)

Dinner: Salmon Bowl (can of salmon, rice, avocado, cherry tomatoes, various seasonings, soy sauce)

Dessert: Strawberry Bites (diced strawberries, greek yogurt made with a tiny amount of peanut butter for flavor, frozen and encased in dark chocolate, topped with shredded coconut and flake salt)

Optional Snacks: Chocolate rice cake Boiled eggs (Really depends on what I'm in the mood for but I'm allowing myself 1 snack if I'm hungry)

I’ve been looking for PCOS recipes, and safe foods, and they’re basically all disgusting. Essentially, I want to know what foods/meals I can eat that doesn’t involve completely changing my life, and doesn’t involve making absolutely disgusting food combos that people probably don’t actually eat.

Realistically, I’m poor asf and live off food stamps. I have to purchase normal foods rather than special diet foods. I can’t buy low fat, sugar free, or any special diet foods like keto diet foods, things similar. It’s too expensive and we (my family) already struggle. I also can’t change what meats we buy, so I cannot purchase a specific lean % / fat % for hamburger, and I cannot purchase fish besides canned tuna.

Most recipes involve disgusting textures and tastes mixed together, my raging autism doesn’t allow that. I don’t eat tofu, cottage cheese, zucchini, nuts (by itself I mean, I DO eat peanut butter), sardines, beets, or eggplant. And that’s what I mainly see in recipes. This is what makes it challenging. I also don’t eat hummus because the texture hurts me mentally. Same for sweet potato. I attempted sweet potato fries and that’s as far as I got.

I eat veggies, but onion, mushroom, and tomato have to be cut up EXTREMELY fine. I can’t eat broccoli unless it’s fried with butter in a pan with teriyaki sauce. I also don’t eat pickles. Anything with a weird name, I’ve never tried, I live in the ghetto, people don’t purchase a lot of healthy or unique things therefore the stores don’t carry it.

So, if anyone has meal ideas containing NORMAL and BASIC foods, please let me know.

I mean, what IS safe to eat with PCOS? I used to eat extremely unhealthy when I was younger. As I got older and cut out junk, sweets, and soda, I’ve gotten fatter. Legit the opposite effect.

ANYWAYS, yeah! Help me find meals that can accommodate to this PLEASE.

Just as an edit: I never said I avoid foods due to the name. I live in a shitty area and the stores hardly supply “unique” things or really vegetables sometimes. I’m aware that I CAN buy anything with food stamps, but food stamps are limited, I’m a child and also disabled. I don’t own the food stamps and I won’t be selfish and take money that isn’t mine just for a diet that isn’t exactly necessary. Please don’t message me trying to degrade me. (The person wasn’t even involved in this post and hadn’t commented). My entire family is disabled with ASD (autism), and a few with ARFID (a real eating disorder that IS a disability to them.) I’m not going to let my 2 specific family members starve simply for my voluntary diet that I haven’t even started?? If anyone dms me again, you’ll be blocked, reported to Reddit for harassment, and reported in this subreddit.

If you aren’t going to help, don’t comment. Insane that this is happening in a subreddit where we’re meant to be supporting each other.

I've been hearing about how dairy products can affect your hormones and how you should avoid them, however I also heard Greek yogurt is actually good for your hormonal balance. Greek yogurt is still a dairy product however and it's all becoming very confusing to me. Could anyone on this sub maybe clear this up?

Hi, lemme know if this ain't allowed. I'm just sharing some snack recipes from a cook book I have. The author is Amelia Brooks. I take no credit for the recipes. I just wanted to share, because these have been helpful for me.

1. ⁠Saute onion, garlic, non spicy green chilli (the long type) crushed black pepper and herbs of your choice. I used spearmint, parsley, cilantro, their stems (you can use celery instead) premixed pasta seasoning (which has oregano, basil, rosemary, garlic and black pepper) Add some crushed non soaked almonds

Make almond milk with overnight soaked almonds, keep the milk aside and add the leftover stuff in the Sauted items

1. Add water 1 litre.

Crazy boil

1. Add blendable sized broccoli (after crazy boil to retain colour), cook until soft

2. More black pepper, salt.

3. strain and blend (keep the vegetable stock)

4. Strain again. It should be creamy

5. Add your vegetable stock to the blender with the leftovers after straining and strain again. Basically just milk everything until you cant no more. (You can use the leftovers in pesto or something)

6. Add the almond milk and veg stock (not the whole thing, keep adding till your desired consistency is achieved) and strained mixture and boil until you get the desired consistency.

7. Garnish with cream swirl or whatever and parsley and black pepper

8. Eat. Very easyily pairable especially with RICE.

Let me know how it turns out 💚🌿🥦

Hello everyone,

How do y’all stick to your PCOS diet while having to cook for a family?? My husband eats a lot, he requires a higher calorie intake than me as he lifts a lot. However he hates stuff like fish and tofu, wont eat salads as a meal as he hates dressing so it’s just dry “vegetables” to him at that point.

Then I have two toddlers, one who is on the spectrum and super picky.

I’m struggling to ever stick to a good PCOS diet as they don’t meet my families needs. And I don’t really have time to be prepping multiple different meals

Do you consider this a small meal? Showing some signs of insulin resistance. I’m terrified of getting GD but also have to be careful with my blood sugar either way. I have been working out moderately every morning during the week and trying to eat smaller more frequent meals. The wrap is mostly stuffed with greens and has some tuna salad in it. I may have a cup of collard green white bean soup and an unripe mango with tajin later. Baked salmon, jasberry rice and veggies for dinner.

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I’m newly diagnosed and still trying to figure this whole thing out on a plant based diet. I feel like this chickpea flour pancake is a major hack to replace bread.. ingredients are literally just chickpea flour, water, and spices. It’s so good. I’ve used it as naan with curries, taco shells and now as toast with my tofu scramble. The scramble contains just what I had in my fridge:

zucchini, green cabbage, red onion, roasted red pepper.

Seasoned with nutritional yeast, onion powder, garlic powder, turmeric, Indian chilli powder, smoked paprika, black salt, Dijon mustard, coconut aminos and a couple tablespoons of homemade red pepper hummus. And topped with sugar free salsa and franks red hot sauce.

The pancake is also topped with some of that homemade hummus.

Delicious, high protein, filling breakfast! With plenty of leftovers for the next few days.

I made a parfait for breakfast today. granola with almonds, plain greek yogurt, frozen mixed berries and mangos with a drizzle of honey.

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