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There are many things in our day-to-day lives which can make the symptoms of PCOS worse, or push a woman who has PCO (without any symptoms) into developing PCOS (with symptoms).

Every day, a sea of potentially hormone-disturbing toxins surrounds you, from environmental chemicals in solvents, plastics and adhesives to toxins in makeup, moisturizers, nail polish, hair dyes and shampoos. Even food and soil are inundated with pesticides and herbicides, not forgetting the contaminants and parasites in the water you drink, and the chemicals and additives added to refined processed food which detract from the nutritional content of the food.

Our bodies don’t need or want any of these chemicals, and have to work hard to process (metabolize) them and get rid of them (detoxify). In the process of metabolizing these toxins, our bodies lose vital nutrients – nutrients we need to feel healthy and beat the symptoms of PCOS.