Credit: Yousra Iman
Strong Women
“I ‘reversed’ my PCOS symptoms in my 20s – has HIIT now made them worse than ever?”
By Yousra Imran
9 months ago
6 min read
In her 20s, writer Yousra Imran managed to significantly improve her incurable polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) symptoms with a mix of paleo eating and HIIT workouts. A decade on, however, the exercise protocol seems to have made her hormonal health worse than ever. So, she’s been asking the experts about the role high intensity exercise can play in PCOS management and why our reaction to certain lifestyle tweaks might change as we age.
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