some facts

Got the munchies? Fuel your body with a healthy, low GI and low fat snack! Here are some ideas:

* A small box (about 30g) of nuts - almonds and walnuts are particularly good! Lots of good healthy fats in these as well as being packed full of feel good nutrients.
* A bowl of vegetable soup with some lentils thrown in. Who said soup is just for meals?

# Pita bread crisps (wholemeal pita bread baked in the oven and broken up) with low fat dip such as salsa or hummous.
my preferences are chestnuts ,walnuts and pistachios :)

Fresh Fruit - natures ready to go snack! Remember the whole fruit is best because you get all the goodness of the fibre and the nutrients under the skin

fresh fruit like blueberries and strawberries.Stay away from bananas and pineapples


STAY AWAY FROM PROCESSED FOODS!!!! No packages , just fresh .Basically consider yourself living in the fruit and veggie isles! For fish make it "wild "
One of the reasons I don't recommend a very low carbohydrate diet for PCOS, is that we need our wholegrains to stay healthy, so a bit of carbohydrate is a good thing. Most wholegrain foods also have a low glycemic index (GI). Wholegrains are foods that as the name suggests contain wholegrains (it's OK if it's been dehulled, ground, milled, cracked or flaked).

rye,spelt flax,sesame bread are my favs

Wholegrains are a powerhouse of nutrients which help protect against cardiovascular disease, diabetes and the risk of being overweight - all great things to protect against when you have PCOS.

Diets incorporating frequent consumption of wholegrains can reduce the progression from impaired glucose tolerance (which is very common in PCOS) to type 2 diabetes by up to 58%