I found this medical journal abstract today, and I thought it was very interesting.
It explains the effect that almonds and walnuts have in improving the symptoms of PCOS. The people in the study ate about 50g of their allocated nut each day.
Walnuts lowered cholesterol and increased insulin response by 26%! (Insulin response is opposite to insulin resistance). It also increased sex hormone-binding globulin which is useful for binding testosterone, which we women do not want floating around our bodies in large quantities.
Almonds reduced the number of free androgens, which is good because PCOS is linked to having too many.
I have been learning that a low-sugar diet, high in nuts, seeds and vegetables is excellent for healing PCOS. I found it interesting from this scientific study that different nuts have different effects, so it is probably a good idea for us to eat a variety of raw nuts and seeds rather than just stick to our favourites.
I enjoy multi-seed dehydrated crackers from flax, pumpkin, sunflower, almond, sesame and chia seeds, which are delicious with some added tomatoes and maca powder.
It is very important that nuts are eaten raw, because the fat in nuts is unstable and becomes rancid when heated.
Popularity: 12% [?]
