The Ultimate PCOS Handbook. Theresa Cheung

      The Ultimate PCOS Handbook

      Lose weight, boost fertility, clear skin and restore self-esteem

      Colette Harris & Theresa Cheung

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      First published by HarperThorsons 2006

      © Theresa Cheung and Colette Harris 2006

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      Source ISBN: 9780007213252

       Ebook Edition © MAY 2010 ISBN: 9780007359349

       Version: 2019-08-06

      Table of Contents

       Cover Page

       Title Page

INTRODUCTION: TAKING CONTROL

PART ONE THE LOW-DOWN ON PCOS

CHAPTER 1 WHAT EXACTLY IS PCOS?

CHAPTER 2 WHAT CAUSES PCOS?

CHAPTER 3 PCOSANDYOUR LIFE STAGES – FROM PUBERTY TO MENOPAUSE

CHAPTER 4 WHAT AM I DEALING WITH?

CHAPTER 5 HOW CAN MY DOCTOR HELP?

PART TWO TOTAL TLC FOR YOUR BODY: ACTION PLAN FOR YOUR HEALTH NOW AND IN THE FUTURE

       CHAPTER 6 YOUR PCOS NUTRITION GUIDE

       CHAPTER 7 EXERCISE – YOUR PCOS-BEATING PLAN

       CHAPTER 8 YOUR HEALTH-BOOSTING LIFESTYLE DETOX

       CHAPTER 9 THE BEST NUTRITIONAL AND HERBAL SUPPLEMENTS

       CHAPTER 10 HOW NATURAL THERAPIES CAN HELP YOU

       CHAPTER 11 HOW TO MANAGE YOUR WEIGHT

       CHAPTER 12 FERTILITY-BOOSTING SECRETS THAT WORK

       CHAPTER 13 FINE-TUNING YOUR TAILOR-MADE PLAN

       PART THREE TAKING CHARGE OF PCOS: NURTURING YOUR EMOTIONS AND SPIRIT

       CHAPTER 14 PREPARING TO TAKE CONTROL

       CHAPTER 15 STRESS AND PCOS – HOW TO LET GO AND LIVE BETTER

       CHAPTER 16 COPING WITH DEPRESSION AND LOW MOODS

       CHAPTER 17 MAKING FRIENDS WITH YOUR BODY

       CHAPTER 18 GETTING THE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT YOU WANT

       CHAPTER 19 TACKLING DEEPER ISSUES – RECLAIM YOUR FEMININITY, YOUR PASSION AND YOUR LIFE

       CHAPTER 20 BE INSPIRED BY SUCCESS

       REFERENCES

       RESOURCES

       FURTHER READING

       INDEX

       Also by Colette Harris and Theresa Cheung

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       About the Publisher

       INTRODUCTION: TAKING CONTROL

      Writing this book in 2006, we’re delighted to see that the void in patient information about PCOS that existed 10 years ago is slowly being filled, and the condition