The Ultimate Guide to PCOS: Reversing Your Symptoms, Diet Changes & Medication with Dr Hazel Wallace

The Ultimate Guide to PCOS: Reversing Your Symptoms, Diet Changes & Medication with Dr Hazel Wallace

Author: Grace Beverley July 21, 2025 Duration: 1:06:18

In today’s episode, we’re digging into a topic that impacts millions of women, but still isn’t widely understood: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome or PCOS.


It’s a personal one for me, as I’ve had PCOS for over a decade now, and whenever I search for information about the condition, I’m faced with reddit threads rather than professional advice, because so little research is done into PCOS and conditions like it. So, I wanted to create a resource for people like me, who are struggling to understand what they’re going through and desperate for information.


So today we’re talking symptoms, diagnosis, lifestyle changes that actually help, and how to advocate for yourself when you’re not being heard.


So, If you’ve ever struggled with your cycle, your skin, your mood, or been gaslit at the GP about your pain, this episode is for you.


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DR HAZEL WALLACE

Her new book, Not Just A Period: https://www.waterstones.com/book/not-just-a-period/hazel-wallace/9781035049592

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drhazelwallace/?hl=en-gb

Website: https://www.drhazelwallace.co.uk/


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CHAPTERS

0:00 Introduction

02:06 Working Hard or Hardly Working

02:45 Hazel’s PCOS journey

05:12 The difficulty of getting a diagnosis

8:13 What is PCOS and why is it so misunderstood?

11:42 PCOS diagnosis requirements

14:39 PCOS vs Endometriosis

16:00 Can you reverse PCOS?

16:55 Weight loss & PCOS

19:30 Nutrition tips for PCOS

23:46 Grace’s PCOS journey this year

27:59 Fasted exercise & women’s health

30:26 PCOS supplements

33:00 Exercise & PCOS

40:57 The impact of stress

44:39 Insulin resitance

46:42 Metformin & spironolactone

52:36 Medication vs Lifestyle

56:00 Listener questions

58:11 Regular cycles & hormones

1:00:15 How to advocate for yourself at Drs

1:01:47 Reducing PMS symptoms

1:05:10 Her biggest lesson

1:05:50 Best piece of advice


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Grace Beverley hosts the Working Hard with Grace Beverley podcast, a series that moves far beyond standard productivity tips or generic business advice. Here, conversations explore the nuanced and often unconventional paths to achievement across a wide spectrum of life. You’ll hear from a diverse array of guests, including housing campaigners, seasoned investors, and sex experts, each sharing the specific challenges and insights from their unique fields. These discussions naturally avoid easy answers, instead delving into the real work, the personal philosophies, and the redefined metrics of success that drive these individuals. The podcast sits at an interesting crossroads of business, health, fitness, and self-improvement, reflecting Grace’s own multifaceted approach to work and life. Listening feels like gaining access to a series of candid, private mentorships, where the lessons learned are as much about personal resilience and perspective as they are about professional strategy. It’s a space for anyone curious about the many forms that hard work and fulfillment can take, offering stories that challenge the typical rhetoric and inspire a broader, more personal definition of what it means to truly succeed.
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