Learn about PCOS and how a low carb diet can potentially help the many women whose fertility is threatened by this condition. And discover why a 40 year old woman who had been following the Atkins diet for a month was admitted to intensive care recently.
Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS):
PCOS is a condition that effects up to 10% of pre-menopausal woman. It is a female hormonal disorder and is the forming of multiple abnormal ovarian cysts on the ovaries. Most of the cysts are harmless as they are merely fluid-filled sacs containing immature eggs that have attached to the ovary instead of releasing the egg. However, some cysts can continue to grow without dissolving or disintegrating on its own and start to haemorrhage which is extremely painful and dangerous…