5 Questions to Ask Your Doctor About PCOS
Learn how to communicate with your Doctor about treating your PCOS.
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Tallene Hacatoryan, MS, RDN
Registered Dietitian
Tallene Hacatoryan, MS, RDN is a Registered Dietitian who was diagnosed with PCOS at 18. After years of low calorie diets and workouts that never moved the scale, she reversed her own symptoms by cutting gluten and dairy and eating to balance her blood sugar. Today she helps a community of over a million Cysters lose weight in a way that works with their PCOS through OvaFit, The Cysterhood app, and the PCOS Weight Loss podcast. She lives with her husband Sirak and their son Arda.
Articles by Tallene Hacatoryan
6 High Testosterone Symptoms and PCOS
Testosterone is the predominant male sex hormone, but did you know it plays a role in the female body as well? In small amounts, testosterone helps maintain mood, energy, libido, and other bodily functions in women. In fact, 40% of female Olympians have PCOS. A little extra testosterone is a superpower! However, when testosterone hormone […]
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8 Essential Oils For PCOS
When you’re a woman with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), finding relief from your symptoms can be overwhelming. Often, doctors push you toward hormonal birth control, which has a long list of potential side effects. Trading symptoms of PCOS for symptoms of hormonal birth control and other harsh medications doesn’t really feel like healing, does it? […]
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7 Food To Avoid With PCOS
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) describes when a woman of reproductive age has chronic hormonal imbalances. It sounds simple, but PCOS can make living life to the fullest pretty difficult. As you may know from my blog, PCOS is reversible, including symptoms like fatigue, mood swings, irregular periods, weight gain, acne, and infertility. Long-term complications like […]
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10 Avocado Recipes for PCOS
There are few health foods as trendy, delicious, and nutritious as avocado. It’s a super versatile fruit (yes, a fruit!) that adds texture, flavor, color, and a ton of health benefits to any type of dish. So, as you’re making your grocery list for PCOS-friendly foods that’ll satisfy your health goals and your cravings, definitely […]
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Best Form Of Vitamin D For PCOS
Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is an endocrine abnormality that affects a woman’s hormones. The imbalance of hormones causes a long list of unfavorable symptoms that makes living with PCOS difficult. Weight gain, hair loss, irregular menstrual cycles, fertility issues, fatigue, and more are all negative side effects that come with polycystic ovarian syndrome. Thankfully, there […]
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PCOS And Hypothyroidism
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a disruption of the endocrine system that affects around 5 million women in the U.S. Women with PCOS can struggle with managing the side effects of PCOS. These symptoms include body hair growth, infertility, irregular periods, fatigue, mood swings, issues with weight loss, and more. If these side effects sound […]
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How PCOS Affects Pregnancy
Infertility is probably the most widely known symptom of PCOS. Those of us with PCOS know there is a lot more to this disorder than struggling to get pregnant. This is something that affects us every day! However, it seems like many women silently suffer until they want to get pregnant, and that’s when we’re […]
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PCOS and Mood Swings
The symptoms of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) aren’t just physical. For many of us, the emotional and psychological impact can be even more overwhelming and more noticeable to those around us. Cysters, you know this better than anyone. Living with a chronic condition like PCOS often comes with a wave of intense emotions that can […]
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How To Stop PCOS Period Bleeding
There is no one test or symptom that tells a Cyster they have polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). It’s a complicated hormonal problem that has many side effects, including excess hair growth, acne, weight gain, infertility, irregular periods, and more. However, when you look at all your symptoms together, you and your doctor can usually come […]
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