Spearmint tea has become one of the most talked-about natural remedies for PCOS, particularly for women dealing with excess hair growth and androgen-related symptoms. As someone who has worked with PCOS patients for over 26 years and has lived with PCOS myself, I want to give you an honest, evidence-based picture of what spearmint tea can and cannot do – not the social media version, which tends to either oversell it as a miracle cure or dismiss it entirely. The short answer is: spearmint tea has genuine, clinical trial-supported anti-androgenic effects, and it is worth including as part of a…
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If you’ve been told you can’t possibly have PCOS because you’re not overweight, you’ve been given incorrect information. Lean PCOS – polycystic ovary syndrome in women with a normal or even a low BMI – affects approximately 20-40% of all women with PCOS, and it is one of the most frequently missed and misunderstood diagnoses I see in my naturopathic practice. After 26+ years of working with women with PCOS, including living with and managing the condition myself for much longer than that, I can tell you that lean PCOS is just as real, just as disruptive, and just as…