Andrea de la Mora Ruiz

In 2023 I was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, now called Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS). Although I was doing everything I could to eat well and live a healthy lifestyle, the advice I received — cut out whole food groups, especially dairy and carbohydrates; eat only low-glycaemic carbs; follow a very restrictive diet — clashed with everything I had studied for years about nutrition, physiology and the importance of building treatments that last.

So I decided to dig deep and devote the rest of my degree coursework to the topic. I found that my doubts were well founded: most lasting change is built on simple, sustainable, compassionate habits, not extreme restriction. Today I live with my diagnosis from a much kinder place, and my lab results reflect the benefits of that process.

My mission is to get this information to as many people as possible, especially women who may feel scared, guilty or pressured when they receive advice that's hard to understand or to stick to. I don't want anyone else to live the fear I felt when I was told to cut out whole food groups; I want to give them clear, evidence-based tools from a realistic, sustainable and compassionate approach.

Seeing the need for reliable, accessible and compassionate information on metabolic and hormonal health, I created Andi Fit: a space to bring this knowledge to more people and support them in building sustainable habits. With the same aim, a colleague and I published an article in my university's journal on nutrition and lifestyle management in PMOS. Today, much of what I share on social media covers this topic and sets out to show that enjoying food, movement and the present can coexist with caring for your whole health.