PolyBiotics

Finally nice guidelines for pmos / pcos. Looking forward to diving a little deeper into this big document over the coming days

Quick before it ends

Rage bait but it’s actually just our real life.

Don’t be like me listen to your doctor. 👩🏾‍⚕️ but not everything is due to our hormones.

No suspicious bags of white powder

Meet the line up

Our mental health can take a serious toll when living with PMOS

Scientifically, there is no agreed “PCOS/PMOS belly”.

Yet when people say the phrase, they often want you to picture one very specific body type. Usually an apron belly. And that becomes a stereotype women start measuring themselves against.

Some women with PCOS/PMOS (polycystic o***y syndrome/polyendocrine metabolic o***y syndrome) carry more weight around the abdomen. Some don’t. Some are slim. Some are midsize. Some have insulin resistance. Some don’t.

Bodies are more complex than internet buzzwords.

I understand what people are often trying to describe. In some cases, increased abdominal fat distribution can be linked to metabolic dysfunction or insulin resistance. But reducing millions of women with PCOS/PMOS to a single “PCOS belly” oversimplifies a complex condition and quietly feeds shame.

“PCOS belly” rolls off the tongue more easily than “abdominal weight gain associated with metabolic dysfunction”. And unfortunately, catchy phrases are easier to market when insecurity is involved.

Women deserve better than being turned into before-and-after archetypes.

Does eating cultural foods cause diabetes? A great page to check out is .nutritionist stop believing your cultural foods are the cause when the medical system, inequality and history play a big role.

One of the biggest things I learnt?
The ratio many of us were told was “physiological” was based on mixed data from men and women — not female-specific physiology alone.

I also learnt how much power large pharmaceutical and commercial interests can hold in women’s health spaces, and how important it is that independent voices continue asking questions.

Most importantly, I learnt that I was far stronger than I thought I was.

There were moments I felt exhausted, intimidated, and pressured into staying quiet. But I realised that protecting your voice matters.

Thank you to everyone who supported PolyBiotics through one of the hardest years we’ve faced.