PCOS Diet for the Newly Diagnosed: Your All-In-One Guide to Eliminating PCOS Symptoms with the Insulin Resistance Diet

by Tara Spencer, Megan-Marie Stewart (Foreword)

Manage PCOS with beginner recipes that give your body a boost.

You’ve been diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)—now what? PCOS Diet for the Newly Diagnosed is a way to help you feel better with food. It’s a complete starter guide that lays out the basics of living with PCOS and makes it easy to adopt an insulin resistance diet that eases symptoms naturally.

Author, personal trainer, nutritionist, and fellow PCOS patient Tara Spencer walks you through practical ways to cook and eat for insulin resistance with full recipes and meal plans. She also offers concise, user-friendly tips for exercise and managing your self-esteem during this difficult time.

PCOS Diet for the Newly Diagnosed

3 recipe types—Every recipe is categorized as “Fertility Boost,” “Lower Calorie,” or “Inflammation Fighter”—or all 3—so you can adjust based on your own health goals.Daily worksheets—The Gratitude and Habit Tracker sheets help you stay on track and see your progress over time.Steps for success—Includes a 2-week meal plan with accompanying shopping lists, and detailed recipes featuring accessible, affordable ingredients.Learn to live a healthy, energetic lifestyle with PCOS, with this complete guide for the recently-diagnosed.

Genres: Nonfiction, Cookbooks, Health, Self Help, Cooking

285 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 23, 2017

Reviews

[April · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am torn on what to say about this book. On one hand, the information about PCOS is helpful and would be good for someone who just got diagnosed. On the other hand, the recipes are NOT good for someone who was just diagnosed. The dietary changes you make with PCOS (no gluten, soy, or dairy) are hard things to cut out all at once. This book is maybe a bit too "hard core" for someone who is just starting to figure out what works for their body.

[Sarah Lee · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has lots of fantastic recipes for those who have PCOS and need to relearn how to eat for their body. The recipes are dairy free, soy free and gluten free as well so they would work with many diet types. As someone who knows about PCOS and has had and researched it for years I wouldn't say that this is the best book for PCOS but it is a GREAT book for those who are newaly diagnosed and don't know where to start. This will give you some simple basic information about PCOS and then as you have time you can read other books and learn much more. Unfortunately doctors and medical professionals don't really know much about PCOS because they do not get much training in it unless that is a specialty that they are leaning towards and then they will do additional research and training. I have found these specialist are far and few between so being diligent about doing all the reading and research you can will help you so much to finding your right path. Also everyone's body is different even with PCOS so finding out what is good for you will take time and research!

[Ashley Neufeld · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was someone who was recently diagnosed with PCOS and the doctors literally told me nothing about what it was and what it meant for my body. The first few chapters really helped me get a great foundational knowledge of what it is and how it affects my body and lifestyle. They give helpful activities that you can incorporate in your life. Thankfully I was already aware of my food sensitivities so trying out these recipes won’t be a problem. Already tried a few and excited for the rest!

[Sisi Belle · Rating 2 out of 5]

For a book that says that it's not expensive to eat healthy, it sure did fill the list of Pantry Staples full of expensive items. The Week 1 shopping list alone would cost well over $200 and that's being very generous! I understand this book was published in 2017 but even then I wouldn't have been able to afford that shopping list.

I also typically don't listen to anything that says a whole food (like potatoes) is full of toxins.

There was a bit too much focus on fertility for my personal liking.

There's some okay recipes, but nothing very imaginative.

I can see how this might be helpful to some people, but if you're already used to having to come up with meals on your own and have a basic understanding of healthy foods, then this probably won't be much help.

[Ryan Stewart · Rating 4 out of 5]

My wife was recently diagnosed with PCOS, so we purchased this and read it together. It was full of useful and easy-to-understand information, great recipes and helpful hints. It really helped give us some peace of mind and a strategy moving forward with not only a healthier diet for her, but for me too.

[Cassie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Highly recommend this book for anyone in their pcos journey, not just woman who have just been diagnosed. It's been a great tool to help my husband understand what PCOS is, but also to help me get back on track with my eating habits. The recipes in the back of the book are amazing. And the glycemic index/glycemic load food list is extremely helpful too.

[Danielle · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm not sure if anyone who doesn't have medical knowledge would find the wording in the way the introduction about PCOS was written easy to understand. The heart of this book is more for the recipes included that give you examples on how to eat a more even diet in terms of glycemic index.

[Brandi Hand · Rating 5 out of 5]

Buy this for the RECIPES not the PCOS information. There are better books out there for explaining PCOS, etc. But as far as healthy, delicious, pcos-friendly recipes, this book is a winner. I've made 5 recipes thus far and they were all easy to make and scrummy!

[Natasha · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has been such a relief for me. It was accurate and concise in delivery of information and the recipes are as easy as it says! It gives so many different options so you can really cater your diet to your needs. I would absolutely recommend this book and I just wish I had gotten it earlier.

[Lindsay Bane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great help for beginners

Information was solid and the recipes sound delicious. Very excited about the meal plan included to help get me started.

[Rita (RitaReadsTrash) · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 stars

[Ash · Rating 4 out of 5]

Had a work out plan for body weight alone, 2 week meal plan, multiple recipes and some good tips.

[Raya · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great info about pcos but not really looking forward to the recipes. We will see.

[Kaitlyn Kee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wonderful information, and lots of amazing recipes!! Can’t wait to get started on the workout/meal plan!

[Letizia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent guideline and to the point.

[Abi · Rating 3 out of 5]

So if you can’t guess from the title of this book, I was recently diagnosed with PCOS. One of the things my doctor recommended, other than taking my meds on time, was looking into the insulin resistance diet and PCOS in general. We happened to have this book at my library, so I decided I might as well start my journey with this book. Before I get into my complaints, I want to say what I did like about this book–the recipes! As a cookbook, I really enjoyed PCOS Diet for the Newly Diagnosed. It has a bunch of recipes I’ve either already tried and really enjoyed or that I am so excited to give a try, like Coconut-Blueberry Drop Scones, Warm Sweet Potato Salad, and Raspberry Plum Crumble. This book, however, is also intending to be a quick-start guide to PCOS and eating in a way that will mitigate PCOS symptoms. I didn’t find myself appreciating that part of the book near as much... Read the full review here

[Marilee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very educational and easy to read. I was nervous that the recipes would be outlandish with rare and expensive ingredients, but that wasn't the case. I could literally go make some of them with ingredients I have on hand now!