33. Why 'healthy' food isn't necessarily the same for all of us

“How do I know what diet will help my PCOS symptoms?”“Why is it that when I do eat healthy, it leaves me feeling tired, ‘hangry’ and doesn’t seem to make any difference to my symptoms?”“If a food is healthy, then it’s good for me right?”These are all questions you’ve probably asked yourself at least a handful of times while trying to figure out how to tackle your PCOS. And you’ve probably seen all over social media people (qualified or otherwise) showing you what they 'eat in a day' or their latest 'healthy' recipe. But what if the foods that are healthy for them, weren't necessarily healthy for you?  We wanted to put these ‘health’ foods to the test here at The PCOS Nutritionist. So I roped in one of my lovely team members, Sophia - who has no insulin issues - to join me in an experiment comparing how her and my blood glucose levels differed when eating these ‘healthy’ foods. We ate the same for a whole week, tracked our levels and for what you’d consider a healthy option - we got some varying results.In this episode of The PCOS Nutritionist Podcast, Sophia and I discuss the ins and outs of the experiment, why not all healthy food may not be as healthy for you and your PCOS as you think and answered the all important question “well, then what do I eat?!”If you’re not seeing changes in your symptoms, your weight and you’re struggling with the all-consuming frequent hangry attacks - listening to this episode is a must!This episode is for you if:You’re insulin resistantYour friends, sister, colleagues are able to lose weight easily on a diet and you can’tYou constantly experience ‘hangry attacks’ and you never really feel satisfiedYou’re eating ‘healthy’ but you’re still gaining weightYou want to understand your PCOS symptoms moreSome things we cover in this episode:How and why we conducted our blood glucose experimentComparing an insulin resistant person’s blood glucose levels with someone who doesn’t have insulin resistance‘Healthy is relative to you’ and what that actually meansInsulin ResistanceComparing foods and how our blood sugar reactedComplications of not addressing insulin resistance / metabolic syndromeAre all carbs bad?Where to draw the line between eating for your physiology and diet culture