PCOs Diet: The Low glycemic index diet

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Approximately half of women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOs) are either obese or overweight. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common endocrine disorder affecting 5% to 10% of women worldwide.

Glycemic index diet originally is developed to help improve blood sugar control in diabetes by choosing foods Low-GI foods (55 and under) for steadier rise in blood sugar. In a Twenty-six participants recruited at baseline, 22 commenced and 21 participants completed the low-GI dietary intervention phase, low glycemic diet improved insulin sensitivity, changes of lipids(11). Comparison of lowglycemic index with a conventional healthy diet in overweight and obese premenopausal women, low glycemic index attendants showed to improve more in glucose tolerance through oral-glucose-tolerance test (ISI(OGTT)), menstrual cyclicity, with serum fibrinogen concentrations significant differences between diets(12). Researchers also suggested that longer term compliance needs more evaluation in subsequent studies to reduced long term health risks to women withPCOS on a low GI diet(13). In comparison of low-carbohydrate, ketogenic diet versus a low-glycemic index diet on glycemic control in type 2 diabetes mellitus, some researchers suggested that the diet containing fewer carbohydrates, the low-carbohydrate, ketogenic diet, was more effective for improving glycemic control than the low glycemic diet(12a).

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References
(1) Beneficial effects of a high-protein, low-glycemic-load hypocaloric diet in overweight and obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a randomized controlled intervention study by Mehrabani HH, Salehpour S, Amiri Z, Farahani SJ, Meyer BJ, Tahbaz F.(PubMed)
(2) Effect of metformin compared with hypocaloric diet on serum C-reactive protein level and insulin resistance in obese and overweight women with polycystic ovary syndrome by Esfahanian F, Zamani MM, Heshmat R, Moini nia F.(PubMed) 

(1a) Eades, M. (1995) The Protein Power Lifeplan, Warner Books.
(1b) Early- and Late-onset Complications of the Ketogenic Diet for Intractable Epilepsy by Hoon Chul Kang1, Da Eun Chung1, Dong Wook Kim2, Heung Dong Kim (Wily online library)(11) An isocaloric low glycemic index diet improves insulin sensitivity in women with polycystic ovary syndrome by Barr S, Reeves S, Sharp K, Jeanes YM.(PubMed)
(12) Effect of a low glycemic index compared with a conventional healthy diet on polycystic ovary syndrome by Marsh KA, Steinbeck KS, Atkinson FS, Petocz P, Brand-Miller JC.(PubMed)
(12a) The effect of a low-carbohydrate, ketogenic diet versus a low-glycemic index diet on glycemic control in type 2 diabetes mellitus by Eric C Westman1*, William S Yancy12, John C Mavropoulos1, Megan Marquart1 and Jennifer R McDuffie(Nutrition&Metabolism)
(13) Evaluating compliance to a low glycaemic index (GI) diet in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) by Egan N, Read A, Riley P, Atiomo W.(PubMed)