Polycystic Ovarian Disease (PCOD) is a common condition which affects 5%-10% of the woman’s age group, especially during the reproductive age of 12-45 years. In India, about 9%-22% of women suffer from PCOD.
It can show PCOD through different symptoms including, sudden weight gain, acne, irregular periods, difficulty in ovulation, mood swings, heavy bleeding, oily skin, and so forth.
PCOD is a hormonal condition and complicates the work of few hormones leading to complications, such as…
• Diabetes
PCOD causes insulin resistance in the body and, if not diagnosed early, it may cause diabetes.
• Infertility
PCOD causes difficulty in ovulation, irregular periods and other menstrual issues. Sometimes women face problems in getting pregnant because of this.
• Heart diseases
It can cause irregular heartbeat, and other heart related issues.
• Depression
Women suffer a lot during PCOD and because of mood swings, hormonal imbalance, this can lead to depression.
• Endometrial cancer
Delay in ovulation increase the chances of endometrial cancer.
How to cure PCOD?
Some of the best home remedies to cure PCOD at home are:
• Change of diet
Having little change in your diet can help to deal with symptoms of PCOD in an improving manner. Balancing carbs and j creasing the protein intake will help you maintain a healthy diet. Green leafy vegetables, seasonal fruits, nuts, and legumes should be added to your diet. Also, try to eliminate processed foods, junk foods, preserved foods as much as possible.
• Regular Exercise
Avoiding exercise is a no excuse while dealing with PCOD. Exercise not only helps to stay healthy but will also help to manage weight, control diet and manage symptoms of PCOD in the body.
If not much, a walk, a run, zumba or yoga would also work great for women dealing with the same.
• Stress management
Stress causes various hormonal changes in the body, which can be one of the cause of PCOD. You can manage it well with the help of yoga, meditation, a good amount of sleep and cutting off caffeine intake.
Managing stress does not mean that you need to meditate for hours. Having a deep trance for a few minutes will also work wonders.
• Certain intake addition
Before adding food items, add on vitamin D, zinc and calcium to your diet. Vitamin D is an essential vitamin whose deficiency can lead to this condition. Increase the intake of items with Vitamin D, zinc and calcium to manage PCOD.
Apple cider vinegar is also useful to regulate insulin level in the body, which later helps to control PCOD. Switching to use of coconut oil as your cooking oil can bring many changes during PCOD and provide benefits like control in cholesterol levels.
Consuming 5-6 soaked resins, 1-2 soaked saffron, cashew nuts, jaggery, peppermint leaves, fenugreek leaves, basil leaves, and cinnamon as an addition in your daily consumption can bring noticeable changes in your body while you are dealing with PCOD.
• Cutting out caffeine
Saying that caffeine intake is linked to changes in hormones will sound weird to you, but it’s the truth. Caffeine effects the changes in estrogen level of the body, which is quite a cause of PCOD. Switching to green tea, herbal tea or drinks with probiotic will help to bring a major change while dealing with the condition.
Apart from these, one can opt for Ayurvedic home remedies to cure PCOD
1. Aloevera juice
Having half a glass of fresh juice, empty stomach in the morning and half a glass in the evening can help cure PCOD to a great extent and regularize your period.
2. Ginger tea
Ginger tea here doesn’t mean the flavour tea is available in the market, but what you need to do is boil 1.5-2 cups of water and crush some inches of ginger into the water. Boil the water for 10-15 minutes. You can either have it directly, if possible, or add honey to it for the taste. Ginger tea helps to maintain the menstrual cycle.
3. Cumin Fenugreek water
Boil a glass of water and add 1 tsp of fenugreek (methi) and half tsp of cumin (jeera) each. Shimer it for 15 minutes and let it cool for a few minutes. Drink it on an empty stomach twice a day. This can help to improve insulin sensitivity and cure your PCOD faster.
4. Sweet potato
Adding sweet potato to your diet can do wonders and especially for women dealing with PCOD, this ingredient is magical. Sweet Potato helps create progesterone, the hormone responsible for ovulation, regulating mood swings, body hair, acne, and so forth. Having one sweet potato, boiled or raw, can help regulate periods and cure PCOD.
The bottom line
PCOD is not a disease which cannot be treated. Some effective home remedies might revitalize the condition of the disease in your body. In case the above remedies bring no changes and you are not getting any relief, we suggest you consult your doctor for the same.
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