A Patient's Guide to PCOS: Understanding--and Reversing--Polycystic Ovary Syndrome [Paperback]

 

A Patient's Guide to PCOS: Understanding--and Reversing--Polycystic Ovary Syndrome [Paperback]

 

By : Walter Futterweit
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Product Details

• Paperback: 251 pages


• Publisher: Holt Paperbacks; 1st edition (March 21, 2006)


• Language: English


• ISBN-10: 0805078282


• ISBN-13: 978-0805078282


• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.7 inches


• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  

Customer Evaluations

I was recently diagnosed with PCOS at the age of 29 and soon after reading this book, realize that I have probably have had this since I started puberty! I was diagnosed two months ahead of this book came out and lastly received my copy the other day...I in no way anticipated a book so much. Lastly, I have a guide book for this syndrome! Dr. Futterweit is one particular of the nation's foremost authorities on this situation and has spent his life researching and treating this condition. This book is the ultimate guide to understanding PCOS, getting a appropriate diagnosis (as symptoms are variable among all females and are in some cases diagnosed incorrectly), eating and physical exercise habits to aid reverse the condition, as nicely as techniques for alleviating countless other horrible symptoms like excess facial hair, acne, thinning scalp hair, etc. As I devoured this book I found myself saying over and more than, "wow, this is my life". The book is written in such a outstanding tone. Though some of the 'understanding PCOS' components are pretty medical, it's not so filled with medical jargon that you will not understand it. It is evident that Dr. Futterweit actually cares about girls with this situation and desires to educate us and give us hope! If you are like me, I am only discovering the complete fledged condition as a result of going off the pill in hopes of obtaining pregnant. There are components of this book dedicated to Obtaining Pregnant, Staying Pregnant (PCOS sufferers have increased probabilities of miscarriage), gestational diabetes, etc.
I really feel this book has given me a wealth of facts, some of which I intend to share with my principal care physician and ob gyn. I also located that a superb compliment to this book in terms of dietary guidelines is Dr. Jennie Brand-Miller's The New Glucose Revolution Guide to Living Nicely with PCOS. I had no thought that due to this situation I have a form of insulin resistance and I've battled weight all my life. It turns out the usual low fat diets that tend to be larger carbohydrate are one particular of the worst approaches that PCOS sufferers can manage their diet program. I've currently located significantly success with a low glycemic index diet in just 6 weeks and am startled at how considerably my general excellent of life has enhanced with Dr. Futterweit's tactics which are well defined in this book. If you are lately diagnosed or have had this situation for years without substantially good results at battling the symptoms, this book is for you. I can confidently say that I'm on the road to battling this syndrome with education and a newfound way of life.

As a PCOS patient, this is just the type of book I have been hoping would be published. Dr. Futterweit is one of the best PCOS physicians in the country, possibly the world, and his book is nicely written and thorough. He manages to explore the complexity of PCOS whilst writing clearly and simply adequate to preserve the subject matter fascinating and intelligible. He covers a lot of ground and provides decent, practical suggestions and ideas for patients.
It is especially clear from the way this book is written that Dr. Futterweit deeply cares about his patients. I had the pleasure to hear him speak at a PCOS conference a variety of years ago, and I am grateful for his dedication to this lesser identified but extremely considerable well being issue.
I very suggest the book, it really is a awesome supply of info and it will assist you fully grasp and treat PCOS.
Congratulations Dr. Futterweit, and thank you.

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