PCOS Diet Book: How you can use the nutritional approach to deal with polycystic ovary syndrome

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HOW YOU CAN USE

THE NUTRITIONAL APPROACH

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If you have PCOS, ensure that you stock up on phytonutrients every day.

It’s quite simple, really. Just make sure you meet your daily fruit and vegetable food requirements. Plant-based foods are brimming with phytonutrients. The best strategy is to include a wide variety of colourful fruits and vegetables in your diet on a daily basis. Variety is the key. Eating a few apples and a banana a day is OK, but not as good as being more adventurous. Research shows that those who eat a diet with a varied mix of vegetables have a 20 per cent lower risk of colon cancer than those whose intake is less varied. A useful trick is to think about the colours of the rainbow when you choose your fruits and vegetables. A good selection of colours will mean that you get a good selection of phytonutrients. So aim for multicoloured meals – check orange, yellow, red, purple and green are all present by choosing foods such as mangoes, blackberries, cabbage, bell peppers, carrots, etc. The deeper the colour, the more phytochemicals are present.

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