“Just lose weight” is not a plan
PCOS and PCOD are among the most common reasons women come to Nutrimenters, and among the most poorly served by generic diet advice.
Being told simply to lose weight ignores the fact that the same hormonal environment making weight loss difficult is also driving the irregular cycles, the acne, the hair fall and the fatigue. Insulin resistance is usually sitting underneath all of it. Address the insulin resistance and the other symptoms tend to follow; attack the weight alone and you fight the body rather than working with it.
The other reason generic advice fails is that it is almost never designed for an Indian kitchen. A plan that removes rice, roti and dal is a plan you abandon by week three — and abandoning it teaches you that nothing works, which is the most damaging outcome of all.
What the plan actually works on
Carbohydrate quality and how it is distributed across the day. Adequate protein at every meal, which most Indian vegetarian diets fall short on. Anti-inflammatory fats. Targeted micronutrients — inositol-rich foods, vitamin D, magnesium and B12 where your reports show a deficiency. And crucially, meal timing and sleep, which affect insulin sensitivity more than most people expect.
Where you are under a gynaecologist's care, the plan is written to sit alongside your treatment, never to compete with it.
- Insulin-sensitivity focused meal structure, built on food you already eat
- Cycle tracking alongside diet, so we can see what is actually shifting
- Support for acne, hair fall, mood and energy complaints
- Pre-conception nutrition for those trying to conceive
- Fortnightly revisions based on your data, not a fixed schedule
Commonly addressed
- Irregular or absent periods
- Insulin resistance
- Weight that will not move
- Acne & pigmentation
- Hair fall & hirsutism
- Fatigue & mood swings
- Fertility support
- Sugar cravings
Reports we usually review
- Fasting insulin, HOMA-IR, HbA1c
- Thyroid profile, vitamin D, B12
- Lipid profile and liver function
- Ultrasound findings, where available