7 EATING HABITS TO AVOID, IF YOU HAVE PCOS/ PCOD

ARE YOU DOING ANY OF THESE 7 MISTAKES TO LOSE WEIGHT FAST IN PCOD/PCOS?

You may be following any of it thinking that it’s healthy BUT it’s not. These few habits you may think is great way to lose weight but it can even worsen your condition and symptoms of PCOD/PCOS. Following are the habits that girls should avoid if suffering from PCOD.

1. EATING TOO MUCH OF FRUITS

This is very common mistake we mostly do while losing weight in PCOD. Undoubtedly fruits are great source of fibre and micro nutrients BUT you need to understand your body first.Fruits are high in sugar so better avoid taking lot of fruits in one go. You don’t have to increase your sugar as excess sugar can make you sick.

SO YOU CAN NOT EAT FRUITS ? No , you can enjoy fruits but in moderation.

Better avoid FRUIT JUICE as sugar levels in fruit juice causes significant spike in blood sugar levels where as fruits contain fibre which needs to be broken down by the body in order to use fructose for energy. This means that body takes more time to digest fruits.

1. STAYING AWAY FROM FATTENING FOODS

Yes, even completely avoiding fattening food can can hinder weight loss process . Introduce food quality fat in your diet. Totally avoiding fat can have following side effects:

1. Excess Appetite

2. Mood swings

3. Binge eating

Healthy Oils to take in diet:

1. Coconut oil

2. Ghee

3. Olive oil

4. Mustard oil

5. Canola oil

6. Code liver oil

7. Flaxseed oil

8. SKIPPING MEALS

This is easiest way people find to lose weight. But you have no idea how it can slow down your weight loss process or either lead to weight gain. Skipping meal , specially breakfast lowers down your insulin level and there body demands more of the calories to increase the insulin level.

Following are the disadvantages of skipping meal:

1. Weight gain

2. Binge eating

3. Mood swings

4. Low brain functioning

5. High risk of developing type 2 Diabetes

6. Hair loss

7. Low metabolism

8. MISSING OUT PROTEIN

When you miss out protein in your diet then one crave for more carbohydrates which can prove disastrous for people suffering from PCOD.

When we are not taking enough protein in diet then following can be the consequences:

1. Poor muscle growth

2. Cravings

3. Muscle cramps

4. Weakness in body

5. Soreness

6. Effect your Immune system

7. Low blood pressure and low heart rate

8. Without protein liver struggles to remove detox and lipids

9. ONLY DRINKING WATER

Drink enough water to lose weight and to stay healthy but if you want to lose weight fast then better include detox drinks in your diet. Following detox drinks can be included in your diet:

1. Green tea

2. Ginger tea

3. Fenugreek tea

4. Lemon in lukewarm water etc

5. NOT TAKING ENOUGH FIBRE IN DIET

Eating high fibre in diet keeps you full and helps to maintain blood sugar levels. Following are the high fibre food one must include in diet:

1. Fruits (Only in moderation )

2. Vegetable like Carrots, Peas, broccoli, Spinach etc

3. Whole grain : Oats , Brown rice, Quinoa , Buckwheat , Barley

4. Psyllium

5. Legumes : Kidney beans , soyabean, chickpeas etc

6. EATING LATE NIGHT

Its always disappointing to eat late night .If you are awake late night then we eat more in stress or when we are just tired or bored. But eating late night can lead to several health hazards.

Following are negative impact of late night eating habit:

1. Difficult to lose weight

2. Acid reflux

3. Eating disorder

4. Poor memory (Harmful for brain health)

5. Poor concentration level

Following the foods you can take as substitute of unhealthy foods at night:

1. Apple

2. Nuts

3. Boiled egg

4. Grilled chicken

5. Smoothie

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