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She did it, so can you!
33-year old Prachi Jain, a secondary school teacher, successfully reversed her PCOD and even conceived after eight years of marriage!
I had been trying to cure PCOD for the longest time through a number of treatments but nothing really helped. I was equally keen to conceive. But during the treatment, I was detected with insulin resistance as well. This made the reversal of PCOD even more difficult.
At this juncture, I recalled SHARAN nutritionist Madhura Vayal’s talk that I had attended some years ago. I opted for a consultation with her. Soon after committing to a vegan diet, the symptoms started improving. Eventually, my move to a whole food, plant based gluten free diet completely cured my condition. The programme wasn’t too difficult to follow. In fact I loved the food, especially the plant based cheese and desserts.
I felt a lot more energetic and my skin cleared too. The complete detoxification, thanks to my vegan lifestyle, normalised my menstrual cycle. But the biggest reward I received was the news that I had conceived, within just eight months of going vegan. Today, my husband and I are proud parents of a healthy one year old son.
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Raw bottlegourd soup
The thought of raw soups may not be so appealing for many. However, do try this lovely light soup that is high in nutrition too. It might just become a permanent fixture in your day to day cuisine!
Ingredients
- 2 cups chopped lauki or bottlegourd (unpeeled of course!)
- 3 cloves garlic
- handful of celery leaves
- 4 pitted dates
- 4 tablespoons fresh grated coconut
- salt to taste
Method
Put all the ingredients in the blender. Add water as needed and serve cold.
Serves 2-3
Food for the mind
FACEBOOK SUPPORT GROUP
If you love Facebook, then join us to be supported on your plant based journey. Since 1 January, 2016, we have been offering three possibilities
1. SHARAN India This is SHARAN’s main Facebook page which you can like and follow for getting useful daily updates and news from the plant based health world. You will also get news about the latest SHARAN events, see testimonials, and more.
2. SHARAN’s Vegan Support Group This is an open support group to know more about vegan/plant-based lifestyle. Here you can ask questions and share inspiring stories, tips, recipes, etc.
3. SHARAN’s Plant Powered Health This is the new group only for the past attendees of SHARAN’s events: seminars, cooking classes, retreats or longer programs.
All our doctors and presenters will be here to answer your questions and give you tips. If you have attended our events join this group to be a part of our family.
Please like the main SHARAN page and join the group(s) applicable to you.
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Coping with PCOS
In simple words, PCOS is a hormonal imbalance amongst women of child-bearing age. Basically, in addition to making estrogen, women also make a small amount of testosterone. And in the case of PCOS, a little extra testosterone is produced that results in irregular or heavy menstrual cycles, extra hair growth on unwanted areas like face or chest, thinning of hair, fertility issues and weight gain. PCOS is particularly common amongst teens. The medicines are strong and have side effects.
So what is the main cause of hornonal imbalance? Chemicals! Many chemicals are hormone disruptors resulting in various hormonal issues. Find out how you can easily reverse or prevent any hormonal imbalance….
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1. Go Plant-based
Meat and milk products contain both natural and injected hormones that disrupt our system. Avoid the trigger itself by going plant based.
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2. Go Organic
PCBs and dioxins found in insecticides are hormone disruptors. Buy naturally grown produce and save your health and the environment too.
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3. Stop Processed Foods
Preservatives are nothing but chemicals and do nothing to preserve our health. They cause a hormonal havoc in our system.
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4. Go for Natural Cleansing Products
Household products (floor cleaner, dish-washing bars, detergents) and personal care products (cosmetics, sun-screens, shampoos, soaps) are full of chemicals. Make that little effort to source natural products, it will be well worth your time.
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5. Opt for Steel Cookware
Non-stick coating has chemicals that manipulate our hormones. Invest in heavy bottomed or surgical steel cookware.
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6. Avoid Plastics
Plastics contain phthalates that are hormone disruptors.
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7. Beware of Medicines
Certain medications are hormones. Medicines too are chemicals and play around with our hormones. So take such good care of your health that you wouldn’t need to pop any pills.
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8. Avoid GMO
Soy, corn, wheat, and a few other grains can be genetically modified. India is yet to approve the commercial production of a GM food crop, so we are relatively safe. However, India does permit the inclusion of GM ingredients in food products. So, buy organic and buy local.
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