00:00:00 Hello everyone, thank you so much for joining me today to watch this video, which is about supplements to manage polycystic ovary syndrome or PCOS. So if you haven't already watched the videos on what PCOS is and how it affects fertility and also nutrition considerations for how to manage PCOS, I do recommend doing so as it will give some insight into what I'm talking about in this video and will
00:00:29 give you the sort of first considerations to factor into your nutrition and lifestyle in order to manage PCOS and then you can couple that with the information on supplements in this video. So a brief introduction, as a nutritionist and a practitioner who always uses a holistic approach for treating conditions such as PCOS, I would always say nutrition and
00:00:55 a healthy lifestyle come first. Please try to get good foods into your body, enough sleep, exercise routine, Please try to get good foods into your body, enough sleep, exercise routine, good work and stress sort of management and life balance in there before you immediately look to supplements to treat your condition.
00:01:16 There are many factors that I mentioned in the other videos I've made about what nutritional considerations and lifestyle considerations you need to factor into your routine that will help to support the supplements or the supplements will help to support will help to support the supplements or the supplements will help to support the nutrition and exercise because just thinking that supplements are going to be enough to
00:01:40 treat all your symptoms is a little bit of a naive thought. Get some good advice whether it's from a doctor or a health coach or a nutritionist or someone who specializes in reproductive health and please ask them before you go buying expensive supplements and potentially getting the dosage wrong or having something that supplements and potentially getting the dosage wrong or having something that
00:02:04 is maybe not necessarily good for you or right for you. And always remember last point on here, supplements are not medication, again they're all natural and ingredients and are not pharmaceuticals so if you are wanting to use medications to treat your symptoms, supplements are not the same. Without further delay, what supplements do I recommend to help treat polycystic
00:02:27 Without further delay, what supplements do I recommend to help treat polycystic ovary syndrome? Well the first one on the list is sinocital. In the notes you can see I've written it as a component of cell membranes which as you can imagine is very good for egg health. It is often referred to as myoinocital because this is the one that has the
00:02:45 most significant research but if you do have a supplement or a multivitamin or a pre-pregnancy supplement it is commonly referred to as just inocital. They are the same thing, don't be concerned that you're taking the wrong one. They are the same thing, don't be concerned that you're taking the wrong one. What it does helps to increase insulin sensitivity. PCOS causes insulin resistance and you don't want that, you want insulin
00:03:12 sensitivity which in turn will help to regulate your menstrual cycle and may improve our site quality. So that is the egg before it matures so if you've watched previous videos or you know about PCOS you know that the follicles are underdeveloped and the eggs don't mature so with sinocital that can help to benefit that and then may help to induce ov
00:03:29 with sinocital that can help to benefit that and then may help to induce ov ulation. It should be a minimum of 4 grams per day. Now if you are taking a pre-pregnancy supplement check the dosage and how much you're taking per day. This is certainly the minimum amount I would recommend for PCOS because pre-p regnancy
00:03:50 supplements are for women they're assuming that don't have these conditions so it's good for again egg health and ovulation but if you have polycystic ovary good for again egg health and ovulation but if you have polycystic ovary syndrome it might be beneficial to be on a higher dose. Please get advice though before you start taking say a myoinocycle powder on top of a
00:04:11 pre-pregnancy multivitamin as you want to be careful with the dosage and maybe you incrementally sort of build up the dosage rather than going in hard and heavy. Supplement number two is the wonderful omega-3. There are very few people who walk into my clinic and who don't leave with a There are very few people who walk into my clinic and who don't leave with a recommendation to take omega-3 because it is a wonderful nutrient and fatty acid that I
00:04:37 recommend for many people. Mainly because of its anti-inflammatory properties and this can help to reduce inflammation that has been caused by PCOS. Also can be beneficial for helping your lipid profile so it can help to reduce triglyceride levels.
00:04:54 So despite the fact that omega-3 is a fatty acid and essential fatty acid it helps with the metabolism of fats and helps improve liver function and is wonderful at
