Top 5 ways to improve your sleep
The importance of sleep We’ve all experienced the not so great knock on effects of a bad nights sleep. But …
Stress, Sleep and Rest
Top tips for PCOS stress management
The link between PCOS and Stress As you may have read in many of our other articles, PCOS is a …
Sleep and PCOS: what’s the connection?
We’ve all heard sleep is important right? In fact, when you think about it we spend one-third of our lives …
The link between cortisol and PCOS
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most common endocrine conditions affecting people of reproductive age. According to the …
Why am I tired? Beating PCOS fatigue
There are many reasons why we could be feeling tired all the time? You have probably tried every method to …
PCOS and Stress
Stress can have an impact both on the cause and worsening of PCOS. In fact, individuals with PCOS may be found to have elevated levels of cortisol and additional stress hormones, including being more sensitive to the impacts of stress, compared to individuals without the condition.
Optimising Sleep for PCOS
One of the foundations of self-care is having good quality sleep and enough of it. Not having enough sleep can result in feeling fatigued and having mind fog throughout the day but for people with PCOS, a focus on sleep is even more necessary.
Firstly, sleep disturbances are more common in people with PCOS (such as sleep apnea, insomnia and restless leg syndrome) which may be because having PCOS leads to lower quality sleep and/or lower quality sleep exacerbates symptoms of PCOS.
Why Self-Care is Key to Eating Intuitively
Self-care has been a bit of a buzzword lately, in 2018 self-care was actually the most popular app theme. But what does it mean? For a lot of people self-care dreams up images of bubble baths and yoga retreats but this may seem lofty and unrealistic for some.