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Welcome to I’m Hormonal — the podcast where we make sense of your bloating, brutal PMS, and missing periods… without blaming it all on “just stress” or “being a woman.”
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I'm Hormonal | Hormone balance, gut health & nutrition insights
17. Nourishing PCOS: Nutrition Wisdom with Bess Berger
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On today’s show, Bess Berger joined me for a conversation about what you can do to best support yourself when living with PCOS. As a Registered Dietitian-Nutritionist, Bess has over 20 years of experience working with clients and she focuses on women’s health–specifically PCOS and menopause support.
If you have PCOS then don’t miss out on this conversation, and come back next week when we deep dive the drivers behind PCOS and more of the ins and outs.
Here’s a glimpse at what we cover today:
- PCOS is very responsive to good nutrition and changes in nutrition.
- Bess’s top recommendations for women with PCOS
- Why it’s important to set a doable and realistic plan when making diet/nutrition changes and why all-or-nothing isn’t the best way to make changes
- The importance of making small changes instead of overhauling your diet all at once
- Bess’s clients’ outcomes are best when they can incorporate changes to food that don’t feel like a diet at all
- How dairy, gluten, processed foods, and blood sugar spikes impact PCOS symptoms
- Carbs are necessary for menstruators
- Why going too long between meals can be bad for your blood sugar
- How soon can you see cycle improvements and changes after making changes to your diet and nutrition?
- Supplement recommendations and how they can change depending on the driver of your PCOS
- Why vitamin D is so essential for PCOS and cyclical health
- The best and first thing you should do to support your PCOS is decrease intake of processed foods and increase intake of whole foods.
Connect with Bess via her website (Nutrition by Bess)
Talk with Bess by phone at (201)281-0787
Email Bess at bessbergerrd@gmail.com