Nutrition Science for PCOS Blog & Resources 

If you have PCOS and irregular periods, working out whether you are ovulating can feel confusing. Your tracking app may predict a different fertile window each month, ovulation tests may stay positive for several days, and having a bleed does not always confirm that an egg was released. The clearest approach is to understand what each sign can, and cannot, tell you. Changes in cervical mucus and a rise in luteinising hormone (LH) can suggest that ovulation may be approaching.

If you have PCOS (now known as PMOS), it is easy to feel that you should be taking a long list of supplements. Omega-3, vitamin D, magnesium, NAC, curcumin and probiotics are all promoted online for reducing inflammation, often with confident claims and very little explanation of who they may help. The reality is more nuanced. Some supplements have been studied in women with PCOS and may influence certain inflammatory or metabolic markers. However, no supplement has been show

If you've noticed your weight creeping up since your PCOS symptoms began, you may be wondering what's actually causing it. Perhaps you haven't dramatically changed the way you eat, yet your clothes feel tighter around your middle. Maybe you're experiencing stronger cravings than you used to, feeling hungrier between meals or finding that maintaining your weight takes much more effort. It can be particularly frustrating when you're eating reasonably well and don't feel that yo

Always tired with PCOS? It's not just in your head. Learn the hidden reasons behind PCOS-related fatigue and how food, blood sugar and inflammation could be affecting your energy levels.

If you have PCOS and often feel: exhausted after work constantly hungry in the evenings stuck in a cycle of snacking after dinner out of control around food at night frustrated that you “eat well all day” then overeat later your evening meal patterns may be playing a bigger role than you realise. Many women with PCOS spend the entire day: rushing working through lunch relying on caffeine eating very little trying to “be good” with food Then by evening: hunger feels intense cr

If you have PCOS and also experience bladder discomfort, urinary urgency or ongoing pelvic irritation, it can feel confusing trying to understand whether everything is connected or separate. Some women notice symptoms such as: frequent urge to urinate bladder discomfort even when tests are normal pelvic pain or pressure symptoms that flare with stress or hormonal changes discomfort that seems to come and go without a clear pattern When these symptoms sit alongside PCOS, it is

If you’re dealing with stubborn weight gain, painful periods, fatigue, or sugar cravings that never seem to go away, it could be more...