My hair grows fastest when I'm exercising regularly. The increased blood flow is what I need.

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Anonymous wrote:Why not clean up your diet? Much more effective all around.

This does not always work. It's about hormones. I eat only fresh produce etc but still get acne. I've seen many doctors and trust me it's not your diet it has a lot to do with hormonal cycles.

Food gives us the nutrients to create the right hormones though.

Not true - I had hair loss and acne. Tried all kinds of things including a long term healthy diet (which instill follow) with the help of a doctor/nutritionist. No help. It was a pure hormonal issue that was solved only by certain medications . Now I have hair and acne is gone.

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Anonymous wrote:My PCOS was managed with diet changes. Makes sense because it kept my blood sugar and insulin stable.

Nutrition can help with the insulin resistance but some with PCOS/nonclassic adrenal hyperplasia have very elevated testosterone, which causes the acne. Nutrition would not address this, as far as I know.

I am guessing if you could regulate your testosterone with diet, men would start buying up diet books by the boatload.

Just FYI, there are a bunch of herbs and vitamins that help naturally raise testosterone in those that have low testosterone. I know this is not what someone with PCOS needs - but just responding to your other comment. Zinc, Vit D, healthy fats, aromatase inhibitors, resveratrol, etc. And they are buying books, magazines, and supplements by the boatload

Anonymous wrote:My PCOS was managed with diet changes. Makes sense because it kept my blood sugar and insulin stable.

Nutrition can help with the insulin resistance but some with PCOS/nonclassic adrenal hyperplasia have very elevated testosterone, which causes the acne. Nutrition would not address this, as far as I know.

I am guessing if you could regulate your testosterone with diet, men would start buying up diet books by the boatload.

My PCOS was managed with diet changes. Makes sense because it kept my blood sugar and insulin stable.