PCOS Diet Plan - Minimize Convenience Junk Food

A great first step toward an effective PCOS diet plan is to minimize or remove convenience junk foods from your diet.

Junk foods are loaded with calories but provide no real nutrition.

It's not that hard to figure out what junk food is -- and what isn't.

For example, which of these foods are junk foods?
-- Potato chips.
-- French fries.
-- Baked potato.

You don't have to a master's degree in nutrition to know that potato chips and French fries are bad for you.

Or what about
-- A donut
-- White sandwich bread
-- Whole grain bread?

Once again, your intuition would suggest that whole grain bread is better for you than a donut or white sandwich bread.

Or what about
-- A candy bar
-- An apple?

Wouldn't you agree that the obvious best choice for your health is an apple, not a candy bar?

There are literally thousands of junky, unhealthy foods available today. We can't list them all here. To get a better idea as to which specific foods are not appropriate for your PCOS diet, review chapter 7.3 and chapters 8.1 - 8.12 in "The Natural Diet Solution for PCOS and Infertility" e-book.

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How to Know What a Convenience or "Junk" Food Is

A convenience or "junk" food is created when a whole food is refined, heated, extracted, extruded or otherwise processed…and then combined with an unknown number and quantity of chemicals to alter the appearance, texture, shelf life, color and general appeal of the food.

During the processing, most of the nutritional component of the food is destroyed.

Convenience foods are very easy to identify.

They are almost always found in attractive containers such as cardboard boxes, plastic containers or plastic wrap. The food itself will have an attractive shape, color and texture. It may also contain ingredients to stimulate you to eat more.

Convenience foods may be purchased almost everywhere, in every market and in all fast food convenience outlets.

These foods generally have little or no nutrient value; they only provide "empty" calories. Your body must expend energy and stored nutrients in order to digest or eliminate these foods, thus resulting in a loss of body reserves.

Convenience foods present additional health problems because they are likely to contain:

• Partially hydrogenated (altered) oils which disrupt cell membrane function.
• Oxidized (rancid) oils which cause free radical damage to cells.
• A variety of food additives that are unhealthy and which contribute to disease.
• Refined carbohydrates that cause blood sugar fluctuations and hormone imbalances.
• Toxic metals, pesticides, fungicides, petrochemicals, antibiotics, hormones.
• Pathogenic microorganisms (bacteria, viruses, parasites).
• Excessive amounts of salt or sweeteners.
• Genetically modified foods.

You don’t want to put convenience foods into your mouth!

The average American consumes about 9 lbs. of food chemicals and additives per year.

Imagine if you were to consume 9 lbs. of chemicals in one day. You would either be dead or extremely ill.

You need to get a clear picture in your mind that processed convenience junky foods are definitely not good for you. They can only make your PCOS symptoms worse, not better.

Regular consumption of unhealthy convenience foods can also lead to allergy problems, skin disorders, migraine headaches, gastrointestinal disorders, fatigue, nausea, depression, hyperactivity and a host of other disorders.

To better control PCOS and regain your health, stay completely away from refined, highly processed "convenience" foods. They are not part of a good PCOS diet.

Get Rid of Soft Drinks and Other Junk Drinks from Your PCOS Diet

Soft drinks of any kind are a very bad idea. There is absolutely nothing good for you in a soft drink.

Among other things, they increase loss of calcium, which you need for bone health and for weight loss. They contain ingredients that have caused DNA damage, cancer and other problems in lab animals.

Try sparkling water or herb tea instead.

Good foods and bad foods are fully reviewed in the e-book shown below. We recommend you get rid of junk food in order to gain the upper hand over PCOS.

Why Two PCOS Doctors Recommend this E-Book

Click here for more information about this natural pcos diet plan.

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