Comparison of diet in women of reproductive age with and without diagnosed polycystic ovary syndrome: Pilot study

Misir, Andreja; Banjari, Ines; Lončar, Igor

doi:10.2298/mpns1610274m

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“…Women with PCOS have been described as having significantly poorer dietary habits characterized by a greater consumption of high glycaemic index foods 47,48 and a decreased basal metabolic rate 49 . A significantly higher intake of energy from carbohydrates and a corresponding higher respiratory exchange ratio has also been reported in women with PCOS 50 .…”

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Defining the impact of dietary macronutrient balance on PCOS traits

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Lifestyle, mainly dietary, interventions are first-line treatment for women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), but the optimal diet remains undefined. We combined a hyperandrogenized PCOS mouse model with a systematic macronutrient approach, to elucidate the impact of dietary macronutrients on the development of PCOS. We identify that an optimum dietary macronutrient balance of a low protein, medium carbohydrate and fat diet can ameliorate key PCOS reproductive traits. However, PCOS mice display a hindered ability for their metabolic system to respond to diet variations, and varying macronutrient balance did not have a beneficial effect on the development of metabolic PCOS traits. We reveal that PCOS traits in a hyperandrogenic PCOS mouse model are ameliorated selectively by diet, with reproductive traits displaying greater sensitivity than metabolic traits to dietary macronutrient balance. Hence, providing evidence to support the development of evidence-based dietary interventions as a promising strategy for the treatment of PCOS, especially reproductive traits.

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Defining the impact of dietary macronutrient balance on PCOS traits

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“…However, while research remains inconclusive, there is a growing body research indicating that altering one's diet may help alleviate or improve symptoms of those suffering with PCOS (Msir et al, 2016), which may shed more light on the endocrinal-gut-skin relationship as a whole. While more research is needed on this emerging field, anecdotal success stories touting the benefits of dietary changes and the incorporation of probiotics and prebiotics in patients have prompted some gynecologists to suggest dietary treatment prior to resorting to more intensive prescription drugs (Karamali et al, 2018).…”

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Gut Microbiome Production and Modulation of Hormones That Influence Host Skin Health

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2020

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Recently scientific research began to shift their focus on looking at both the gut and the skin microbiota as having a reciprocal and integral relationship with one another, rather than assessing them as separate and unrelated fields. In the past five years, the field of microbial endocrinology emerged, which examines how our gut microbiota influences and modulates hormones. We’ve known for decades that hormones greatly affect the condition of the skin, and many skin conditions are often treated with oral hormonal therapy as means to internally treat skin conditions visible on the dermis. Now, a growing body research and discourse examining this triad of biological spheres – gut microbiota, skin microbiota, and the endocrine system – as interconnected rather than binary and unrelated. While there is ample research established and being conducted examining the gut-skin axis, the gut-brain axis, and the gut-hormone axis, through this paper I will review and synthesize some of the significant advancements in this emerging and inclusive field of science to suggest that the fields need to expand the axis and their modality for researching these fields as a connected whole in order to better understand the role of the microbiota in disease prevention as a whole.

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“…PCOS would also stimulate depression and reduce the quality of life as women may indulge in unhealthy diets, have cravings for high GI diets and fall short in exercise (8)(9)(10)(11).…”

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confidence: 99%