Chances are, if you’ve been diagnosed with PCOS, someone will have recommended Metformin to you. They certainly did in my case and, because I was pigheaded and didn’t quite understand what the potentially benefits of taking it might be, I avoided it for the first fifteen years after being told I had the condition.
For those of you who aren’t well acquainted with PCOS, it’s short for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, which is a hormonal disorder that’s diagnosed by the presence or two or more of the 13 per cent of women of a reproductive age, and if you want a celeb poster girl: Victoria Beckham has spoken at length about having it.
