The PCOD chart in the family group bans rice.

PCOD diet chart: what the guideline says instead.

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The 2023 international guideline

It looked for a best PCOD diet. It found none.

No evidence that one type of diet beats another for body size, hormones or mood.

What it found

"First, lose the weight."

Healthy eating helps even without weight loss. In India's study of women aged 18 to 40, 43.2% with PCOS were obese, so most were not.

The myths

Not a chart: a plate

Half vegetables, a quarter protein, a quarter grain.

A diabetes plate model, borrowed for PCOD. Grain: one or two rotis, or a katori of rice.

The PCOD plate

The spoon most charts skip

Under 5% of energy: about six teaspoons a day.

Indian advice, for a 2,000-calorie day. Three chais with two spoons each already pass it.

Sugar in chai

The chart had it backwards

The best PCOD diet is the one you can still follow in six months.

Limit maida and sugary drinks first. Rice and milk can stay.

The short version

What does one PCOD day on a plate look like?

The article has a day you can print, with egg and fish swaps, and when to see your doctor.

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