Foods to Add for PMOS

Calling all dietitians who work with patients who have a PCOS/PMOS diagnosis! 

PCOS has a new name – it’s now called PMOS, which stands for polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome. With this more accurate name comes more client interest in balancing hormones through improving metabolic health. Registered Dietitians are the most equipped professionals to support these clients in implementing evidence-based nutrition interventions to improve their symptoms.

If you’re a dietitian seeing folks with PMOS in practice, do you:

• Have an idea of what you’d like to focus on with your PMOS clients, but lack structure?
• Need a cute handout to go along with your evidence-based PMOS nutrition counseling?
• Want guidance on foods to add for PMOS clients?
• Find that most handouts are either very diet-y, or out-dated?

Look no further! The Foods to Add for PMOS handout is a PMOS dietitian’s BFF – evidence based recommendations, no stigmatizing or restrictive language, and it’s cute!

I designed this comprehensive handout specifically for my clients with PMOS because I found that they needed structure and a visual aid to go along with my recommendations. Many patients, stuck in the diet mentality, were too focused on foods to cut out, or felt caught up in specific foods they thought were a magic cure for PMOS. This handout helps them zoom out, focus on more sustainable, long-term habits, and keep a positive attitude towards all types of foods. 

This 4-page handout includes:

• Note to the patient about how to use the guide
• Foods to add for PMOS
• High protein breakfast education + examples
• Serving size and frequency recommendations
• Culturally inclusive food examples
• Encouragement to speak with RD if certain foods are not eaten for preference, ethical reasons, or allergies/intolerances

This handout incorporates evidence-based recommendations that I’ve gathered from the Dietary Guidelines for Americans for women of reproductive age, various studies on the Mediterranean diet and protein timing for PMOS, and the Nurse’s Health Study.