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PCOS can affect your periods, energy, weight, cravings, fertility, and how you feel from day to day. It can also make figuring out what and how to eat feel more complicated than it needs to be.
I’m Ana Coyle of Holistic Nutrition Nut. I provide personalized functional nutrition support to help women with PCOS, now known as PMOS, better understand their hormonal and metabolic health and make practical food and lifestyle changes that support their individual needs.
What Is PCOS (PMOS)?
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), now known as polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS), is a hormonal and metabolic condition that can affect your menstrual cycle, ovulation, fertility, and overall health.
Many women with PCOS/PMOS also experience insulin resistance, which means the body does not respond to insulin as effectively as it should. This can influence blood sugar regulation, hunger, cravings, energy, and weight management.
The updated name reflects a broader understanding that this condition affects multiple hormone and metabolic systems, not just the ovaries.
Symptoms of PCOS
PCOS can look different from one woman to another. Some women experience only a few symptoms, while others notice changes that affect several areas of their health.
Common symptoms may include:
- Irregular or missed periods
- Weight gain or difficulty managing weight
- Acne
- Excess facial or body hair
- Thinning hair on the scalp
- Darkened patches of skin, particularly around the neck or armpits
- Low energy or fatigue
- Sleep difficulties
- Difficulty getting pregnant
Persistent menstrual irregularities or the absence of periods for several months should be discussed with your healthcare provider to ensure appropriate evaluation and medical care.
How I Support PCOS and PMOS Through Nutrition
At Holistic Nutrition Nut, I take a personalized functional nutrition approach to PCOS and PMOS. Rather than simply recommending weight loss, eliminating carbohydrates, or following a standard PCOS diet, I look at the bigger picture, including insulin resistance, hormone health, inflammation, nutrition, gut health, sleep, stress, activity level, and other factors that may influence your symptoms and metabolic health.
As a registered dietitian and Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner (MS, RDN, FMCP), I combine evidence-based nutrition with functional medicine principles to help identify patterns that may be contributing to your health concerns and develop a personalized nutrition and lifestyle strategy.
Your personalized plan may include:
- Personalized nutrition coaching: I help you develop practical eating strategies based on your symptoms, health history, food preferences, lifestyle, and goals.
- Metabolic health support: I consider insulin resistance, blood sugar regulation, lipid patterns, body composition, and other metabolic factors that may influence your health.
- Hormonal and reproductive health support: I look at nutrition and lifestyle factors that may influence hormone health, menstrual regularity, and reproductive wellness.
- Nutrition and inflammation support: Your plan may include improving food quality, increasing fiber and nutrient-rich foods, optimizing protein and healthy fats, and identifying dietary patterns that may contribute to inflammation or metabolic dysfunction.
- Advanced laboratory review: When appropriate, I may review hormonal, metabolic, and nutrient markers that provide additional information about blood sugar regulation, insulin resistance, reproductive health, inflammation, and other factors that may influence your overall health.
- Lifestyle recommendations: Movement, resistance training, sleep, stress management, and daily habits can all play a role in supporting insulin sensitivity and hormonal health.
- Nutritional supplements: When appropriate, targeted supplements may be incorporated to support your overall nutrition, metabolic health, and individual needs.
- Progress monitoring: I adjust your nutrition strategy as your symptoms, laboratory findings, health information, and goals change.
The goal is not to give you another restrictive diet. It is to help you better understand your body, support your hormonal and metabolic health, and build sustainable habits that work for your lifestyle.
I offer both in-person and virtual one-on-one nutrition appointments. You can book an individual session or choose a 1-month or 3-month package for additional guidance and support.
Nutrition counseling can complement the care you receive from your physician, gynecologist, endocrinologist, or other healthcare professional. Your medical provider can determine whether additional medical testing, medication, fertility care, or other treatment is appropriate.
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Popular Questions
FAQs About PCOS and PMOS
There is no single diet that works for everyone with PCOS or PMOS. A personalized eating pattern may include adequate protein, fiber-rich carbohydrates, vegetables, healthy fats, and nutrient-dense whole foods. Your individual needs may vary based on insulin resistance, hormone health, digestive tolerance, activity level, and other health factors.
No. Having PCOS or PMOS does not mean you need to eliminate carbohydrates. The type, amount, timing, and combination of carbohydrates can influence blood sugar response. I help you identify carbohydrate choices and meal patterns that work best for your individual metabolic health and nutritional needs.
Rather than simply focusing on eating less, I look at protein intake, food quality, meal patterns, resistance training, sleep, metabolic health, and other individual factors that may be contributing to these changes.
Yes. Nutrition and lifestyle changes can play an important role in improving insulin sensitivity and supporting metabolic health. Depending on your needs, I may focus on meal composition, protein and fiber intake, carbohydrate quality, resistance training, sleep, stress management, and other factors that can influence blood sugar regulation.
Your individual needs may vary based on your symptoms, health history, activity level, food preferences, and metabolic health.
PCOS and PMOS can involve hormonal and metabolic changes, including insulin resistance, that may make weight management more challenging for some women. Sleep, stress, physical activity, muscle mass, and eating patterns can also influence body weight and composition.
I look beyond the number on the scale to support insulin sensitivity, metabolic health, body composition, and sustainable nutrition habits.
Yes. PCOS and PMOS can affect women of all body sizes. Although weight gain and insulin resistance are common concerns, not everyone experiences them in the same way. Hormonal symptoms, menstrual irregularities, fertility concerns, and metabolic changes can occur even in women who are not overweight.
Nutrition support should be based on your individual health needs rather than body weight alone.
No. My work focuses on personalized nutrition and lifestyle support. I do not prescribe medication, diagnose PCOS/PMOS, or replace medical treatment. Nutrition counseling can complement the care you receive from your healthcare provider, including medication or fertility treatment when appropriate.