PCOS, Metformin & Food: What Your Doctor Never Told You | Jillian Greaves RD

One in ten women of reproductive age has PCOS. Most of them were told the same thing at diagnosis — here is a pill, here is Metformin, and if you can, lose some weight. That is the conversation. And that is the end. In Season 2 Episode 7 of When Food Meets Medicine, pharmacist Dr. Remí Olukoya sits down with Jillian Greaves RD — functional dietitian, women's health specialist, and creator of the PCOS Root Reversal Program — to have the conversation most clinical appointments never make time for. What this episode covers: What PCOS actually is — and the new name PMOS that better reflects its systemic nature. Why four women with PCOS can have four completely different symptom pictures. Why long-term Metformin use depletes B12 — causing fatigue and brain fog that looks exactly like PCOS. Why the contraceptive pill depletes B6, folate, magnesium, and zinc — and what low B6 does to your mood and serotonin production. Whether berberine and Metformin can safely be taken together. The biggest diet mistake women with PCOS make. Whether PCOS can be reversed. And why remission never comes through restriction, punishment, or extreme diets. Plus — three real listener questions answered at the Pharmacy Counter. Subscribe to When Food Meets Medicine wherever you listen to podcasts. Learn more at pharmaplansystems.com