Our mission
An estimated 8 to 13 percent of women of reproductive age live with PCOS. Most are diagnosed late, given a single sentence about diet, and sent home. The food guidance available to them is fragmented across recipe blogs, generic calorie trackers, and clinical pages written for physicians rather than for the women living with the condition.
PCOS Meal Planner exists to close that gap. Our goal is to be the most useful, evidence-based, dietitian-aligned meal planning service women with PCOS can use without leaving home, with software that personalizes the plan to their phenotype, symptoms, cycle, and preferences, and with knowledge content that is researched at the level of a clinical reference.
What we offer
- Personalized weekly meal plans built around insulin-sensitive macro targets and PCOS-friendly food combinations.
- A library of PCOS-friendly recipes organized by symptom focus (insulin resistance, fertility, anti-inflammatory, weight support).
- An AI PCOS coach trained on PCOS-specific nutrition guidance.
- A free knowledge hub covering supplements, medications, food choices, lifestyle, and the clinical mechanisms behind them.
- Symptom and cycle tracking integrated with meal logging so users can see what is moving the needle.
Founder
Mark Ashworth
Founder
Mark founded PCOS Meal Planner to make evidence-based PCOS nutrition support available to anyone with a phone, at the price of a coffee. His background is in software engineering and applied AI, and he leads product, engineering, and editorial direction for the service. He works directly with the medical reviewer network to ensure clinical accuracy across both the app's nutrition logic and the knowledge content.
Medical Reviewer-of-Record
We are actively contracting our Medical Reviewer-of-Record: a credentialed Registered Dietitian Nutritionist with PCOS clinical experience. Once contracted, the reviewer will be publicly named here with their credentials, photo, and link to their professional profile, and they will appear on the byline of every article they review.
For full detail on how we research, source, and review every article, see our Editorial Standards page.
Medical Advisory Board
We are building a small Medical Advisory Board of board-certified endocrinologists, OB-GYNs, and PCOS-specialist Registered Dietitians. Each named advisor will be publicly listed on this page with their credentials and disclosed conflicts of interest.
If you are a credentialed clinician with PCOS specialization and interest in evidence-based digital nutrition tools, you can reach us through our contact page.
Editorial standards
We publish our full editorial process publicly: how we choose topics, our evidence hierarchy, who reviews articles, our review cadence, our conflict of interest policy, and how we handle corrections. See Editorial Standards for the complete document.
How we make money
PCOS Meal Planner is supported by our subscription product: $7.99 per month or $39.99 per year for full access to the meal planner, recipe library, AI coach, and tracking tools. We do not run display advertising on our knowledge articles. We do not accept paid editorial placements, sponsored articles, or affiliate revenue from supplement brands or pharmaceutical companies.
This model exists so our incentives are aligned with our users: we earn when our app is genuinely useful enough that women keep using it, not when an ad gets clicked or a supplement gets sold.
Where we work from
PCOS Meal Planner is an independent, founder-owned company. We are not affiliated with any healthcare system, pharmaceutical company, supplement brand, or insurance provider.
Contact us
For media or partnership inquiries, clinician collaboration, or product feedback, reach us through our contact page or on X at @pcos_mealplans. For factual corrections to articles, see the corrections process in our Editorial Standards.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who runs PCOS Meal Planner?
PCOS Meal Planner is founded and led by Mark Ashworth. The service is independent and founder-owned, with a contracted Medical Reviewer-of-Record who reviews knowledge content and a Medical Advisory Board in formation.
Is PCOS Meal Planner a medical service?
No. PCOS Meal Planner is a nutrition and meal planning service, not a medical advisory or telehealth service. We do not diagnose, treat, or prescribe. We do provide evidence-based nutrition guidance and meal planning tools designed around PCOS, and our knowledge content is reviewed by credentialed clinicians. See our disclaimer for the full statement.
How much does PCOS Meal Planner cost?
$7.99 per month or $39.99 per year for the full app: personalized meal plans, recipe library, AI PCOS coach, symptom and cycle tracking. The knowledge articles at app.pcosmealplanner.com/knowledge-articles are free.
Is PCOS Meal Planner an app I can download?
PCOS Meal Planner currently runs as a web app at app.pcosmealplanner.com, optimized for use on phone, tablet, and desktop. Native iOS and Android apps are in development.
Does PCOS Meal Planner work for lean PCOS, post-pill PCOS, or non-classic phenotypes?
Yes. The app supports all four Rotterdam phenotypes (A through D) and accommodates lean, classic, post-pill, and adrenal PCOS presentations through phenotype-aware macro targets and food selection.
Does PCOS Meal Planner partner with clinicians?
Yes. We work with Registered Dietitians as named medical reviewers and contributors, and we are building a Medical Advisory Board of board-certified endocrinologists and OB-GYNs. Clinicians interested in collaboration can reach us through our contact page.