Do you hear me bleat on in the podcast about eating vegetables (or even growing my own), and think “all very well for you Clare, but I personally hate vegetables”? I get it.  I was recently speaking to one of our PCOS Protocolers in our weekly group consult and she said to me, “I grew up in mid-west America in the 80s and 90s, vegetables just weren’t a big thing on the menu in my family.  Especially where there were so many more convenient and tasty foods.  So now, I just find vegetables really tasteless or bitter.” and she is dead right!  Vegetables can be really bitter an ..read more

Have you ever complained to your medical practitioner that your hormonal birth control is causing weight gain (only to be told that this couldn’t be true!)? Me too. Hormonal birth control was created in the 1950s, and ever since, many of us have been complaining that it causes weight gain. In fact, it’s one of the most commonly cited reasons for stopping hormonal birth control.   But until very recently we haven’t had any proof. A large study published in 2021, tested different forms of birth control against a control and found that some forms did indeed lead to weight gain. Now not all h ..read more

I remember sitting in St. Davids lecture theatre at Otago university (IYKYK), eating my Vogel's sandwich (packed lunch from the hall of residence of course), trying to concentrate on the lecture but having the most intense bloating pain. My stomach was so hard and bloated that I had to undo the top button of my jeans and was almost doubled over in the lecture theatre, crippled with pain. This was my first vivid memory with bloating and luckily for me, I was able to resolve this in a few years. But for many of you that's not the case and you're still suffering from crippling bloating that af ..read more

Are you struggling to conceive because of PCOS? If so, you are not alone. This week's podcast episode is all about Kelly's natural fertility journey, how she approached the challenges of irregular periods, mental health struggles, and more.  We dive into the specifics of her journey, including: Fertility specialists Cycle tracking to help with ovulation Making bad food decisions to raise blood sugar  The importance of quality sleep Stress management And more!  We also discuss the importance of taking things one step at a time, and that doing more is not always better. Above al ..read more

Want to have your own flourishing vegetable garden but not sure where to begin? This episode is for you! We speak with the best vegetable gardener in the southern hemisphere (nominated by me), my mum! I used to think I didn't have green fingers. After killing multiple indoor plants and failing to grow a vegetable garden, I gave up on gardening. But thank goodness I tried again because over the last four years, I have become the very proud owner of a very prolific vegetable garden that has not only brought me so much joy but also saves me a lot of money and is now helping me teach my 1 year ..read more

Want to have your own flourishing vegetable garden but not sure where to begin? This episode is for you! We speak with the best vegetable gardener in the southern hemisphere (nominated by me), my mum! I used to think I didn't have green fingers. After killing multiple indoor plants and failing to grow a vegetable garden, I gave up on gardening. But thank goodness I tried again because over the last four years, I have become the very proud owner of a very prolific vegetable garden that has not only brought me so much joy but also saves me a lot of money and is now helping me teach my 1 year ..read more

Are you suffering from migraines? This week on The PCOS Nutritionist, we have a special guest, Diane Ducarme, the Founder & CEO of Nector Health, to discuss how migraines can be hormonally driven, particularly for people with disrupted progesterone and oestrogen. Join us as Diane shares her tragic accident and journey with western medicine, how traditional Chinese medicine helped her, and how she was able to lose weight by adding foods rather than cutting them. We’ll talk about giving your body the nutrients and energy it needs, thinking of migraines like a fire alarm, and exploring the ..read more

Are you pregnant, planning to get pregnant or have you been diagnosed with gestational diabetes?  Then you need to give our latest podcast episode, featuring special guest Lily Nichols - a Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist, Certified Diabetes Educator and Author of "Real Food For Pregnancy" and "Real Food For Gestational Diabetes". We had Lily on the podcast a couple of weeks ago, talking to us about Vitamin A and the benefits it provides so give that episode a listen if you'd like to know more.  Today, we are so excited to have Lily back, to chat about the really important topic of ..read more

Are you suffering from migraines? This week on The PCOS Nutritionist, we have a special guest, Diane Ducarme, the Founder & CEO of Nector Health, to discuss how migraines can be hormonally driven, particularly for people with disrupted progesterone and oestrogen. Join us as Diane shares her tragic accident and journey with western medicine, how traditional Chinese medicine helped her, and how she was able to lose weight by adding foods rather than cutting them. We’ll talk about giving your body the nutrients and energy it needs, thinking of migraines like a fire alarm, and exploring the ..read more

In this weeks episode, we talk about life with ADHD and PCOS with an incredible past Protocoler Anna. Anna has experienced it all. She was told all the usual things most of us have heard from our doctors, tried Paleo but it didn't help with her PCOS. Eventually, Anna found The PCOS Protocol and loved the level of detail provided so she knew what was driving her PCOS. She didn’t want to feel like a failure this time. So in this episode, we'll discuss how to think of ADHD and PCOS as a spectrum and how to adapt things to make dealing with PCOS and ADHD a bit easier. We'll also talk about how li ..read more