The more we eat sugar and refined carbohydrates, the more our blood sugar levels increase and the more our body produces insulin – intended to move this sugar out of the bloodstream and into the cells for energy production. It’s high blood sugar and insulin levels that have the potential to significantly impact our reproductive health.PCOS is believed to affect around 10% of women.
This means that insulin cannot do its job properly, and the body has to produce excessive insulin to manage blood sugar levels, causing women with PCOS an exaggerated insulin response when they consume sugar.Even in women without PCOS, high blood sugar levels negatively impact egg quality and lessen the chances of both assisted and non-assisted conception.
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