Akron Ohio PCOS Awareness & Support Group

09/03/2025

Your fall plans just got better. 🍂 PCOS CON 2025 is coming to LA, NYC, and your laptop (yep, virtual too). REGISTER TODAY before you forget where you left your pumpkin spice latte.

📍LA : September 13, 2025
📍NYC: September 20, 2025
📍Virtual: September 27, 2025

Each event features expert panels, workshops on PCOS management & nutrition, plus opportunities to connect with other women who truly understand your journey.

✅ Ready to register? Visit: https://www.pcoscon.org/

09/02/2025

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09/01/2025

09/01/2025

If you are a woman struggling with PCOS, there is hope! While you cannot cure PCOS, you can alleviate most symptoms by losing weight through healthful eating and moderate exercise.

Lifestyle change is the key for women with PCOS whether they are overweight or not. We need to be thoughtful about the foods we use to fuel our bodies, the exercise we choose, the toxins we are exposed to and, just as importantly, the emotional and mental care we take with ourselves.

07/04/2025

Polycystic o***y syndrome may be passed down through families via chemical tags that change the structure of DNA, suggesting that drugs that modify these tags in embryos could prevent the condition.

People with polycystic o***y syndrome (PCOS) have at least two of three key features: high levels of male s*x hormones such as testosterone, irregular periods or none at all, and a build-up of immature eggs – that appear like cysts – on their ovaries.

The condition often runs in families, but it isn’t clear exactly how it is inherited. “About 25 to 30 [genetic mutations] have been linked to PCOS, but that explains just a small fraction of the inheritance,” says Elisabet Stener-Victorin at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden.

Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2486325-polycystic-o***y-syndrome-may-be-passed-on-via-chemical-tags-on-dna/

Image: Science Photo Library/Alamy

11/27/2024

The holidays are here - whether you’re ready or not! Starting with Thanksgiving 🦃tomorrow.

For some people, the holidays can be anxiety provoking as they usually revolve around food/drink. If you feel this way, I put together some tips to help you feel more in control.

1️⃣First, avoid the all or nothing mindset. Just because you may eat some foods that aren’t part of your diet, it doesn’t mean you “ruined” your diet and have to eat everything in sight

2️⃣Fitting in some type of movement - before or after the meal - can help you feel better mentally as well as help blood sugar/insulin

3️⃣Select the foods you really want to eat - and eat them slowly and mindfully

4️⃣But don’t feel you have to eat everything in sight. If you hate Aunt Sue’s green bean casserole, don’t feel that you have to eat it!

5️⃣Starting the meal with protein and veggies can help you feel more satiated, then eat your fav carbs. It also helps to slow blood sugar and insulin spikes

6️⃣If desserts trigger you eat more, come up with a plan on how to handle it. Maybe have one small portion of your fav dessert - or 1/3 slice of 3 different pies. But having a plan ahead of time can help

7️⃣Come up with a plan of how to handle leftovers. You don’t want the stuffing and pecan pie calling your name at midnight!

8️⃣And lastly, if you feel you ate too much, don’t beat yourself up (and certainly don’t get on the scale!) Just get back on track the next day

👇What are your fav Thanksgiving foods? Mine is the stuffing (love sausage cornbread)!