Ep:117 FEMALE HORMONES AND CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM....MALE HORMONAL DYSFUNCTION TOO
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I wish I knew this 20 years ago. I have a slim top and big butt and big thighs. Currently taking progesterone and testosterone. I have dropped 69 pounds since following keto and HRT since 2014. It feels great to feel slim after so many years of being obese.
As a retired trained lymphedema therapist I wish the doctors who I trained with both in Canada and Germany were aware of the benefits the diet can bring to lipidema patients. We therapists are very well aware that lymphedema can lead to lipidema and vice versa. I sincery hope you get invited to lecture therapists in training and continuing education in their field. Most of the patients I helped mananaged their lymphedema or lipidema condition could not get their GP doctor recognize their condition. Many of them were misguided going on diuretics.
Please explain how I can slim my lipodemic legs? I’ve been eating low carb for three years and nothing seems to work. I’ve had my estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone levels checked. Estrogen was in the normal range, progesterone was borderline low, and free Testosterone was four points too high. I do have uterine fibroids but no ovarian cysts. So confused. :(
@Papa F Jose they're actually improving a bit. 20g a day is the goal, but zero carb really is the way to go. The doc checked for PCOS and I don't have it.
Whether you're a man or woman, the hormones testosterone and estrogen play a leading role in your metabolism.
And those hormones are dependant upon what we eat.
True. However, men do not completely lose their testosterone. Women who are POST-MENOPAUSAL have “0” estrogen, hence the post- menopause condition. Therefore, we post- menopausal women must replace the estrogen that we no longer have AND, if a woman still has her uterus, she must balance the estrogen with progesterone. There are certain women who cannot use HRT due to genetics and there are always some risks with HRT. Not taking HRT increases our risk to Alzheimer’s, breast cancer, uterine cancer, osteoporosis, and heart disease. So, be informed of your immediate family history and risks, such as, are you a smoker, heavy drinker, over-weight? Also, there is the “10 Year Window” you need to be aware of. If you have been post-Menopausal 10 years or more, you are not a candidate for HRT, because your arteries will not be able to handle the estrogen. I praise God for HRT!!! Due to my doctor’s ignorance and horrible knowledge of HRT, I suffered needlessly for 7 years! I finally cried out to God and He brought across my path the information I needed to confidently and boldly ask my doctor for the hormones I so desperately needed! I feel so vibrant again! I have my life back!!!
As a medical student, I LOOOOOVED this vid
Thx a lot
Greetings from Brazil :-D
Please, as a medical student, PLEASE continue to listen to him.
I just adore this brave man who has the guts to tell it like it is!
I don't have any of these conditions, but I watched the whole video anyway, as I like to learn new things. 👍
Very informative video ~ thank you. I just wish (as a Nursing Practitioner) that those who So need to hear this, would listen & change ways for a dramatic health difference (some do but most are So resistant & stubborn) believing the old fallacies which actually suit the addictions/beliefs they have with carbs. There is No shortcut, No quick fix, No magic pill. It's about going LCHF/Keto and changing thinking & lifestyle, forever 💘
I'm 37 and have PCOS. I'm TTC. Started keto/if in September.... Did SO GOOD and then fell off the keto/IF wagon on December 1st and am doing a 48 hour fast December 27th to start again.
How did it go
Congratulations Dr Cywes! You know you are doing the right thing when within just 30 mins of posting you already have 1 vegan dislike
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@@mariah8197 genuinely curious here, not trying to start mess. If you 100% agree and understand this why are you still vegan?
@@stalstonestacy4316 because veganism is a mental disorder ! 🥩🥩🥩🥩🥩is the cure !
I attended that lipadema seminar and appreciate your further elaboration here. Whatever can be done to bring lipedema out of the shadows, I am all for it. I've spent a lifetime being harassed with "eat less, move more" aka CICO advice and quite ready for a more enlightened medical community. Thanks for your attention to the details.
I lost 18 pounds over a year. Yes, very slow, but I did not exercise at all!!! I took in healthy foods and portion-controlled.
I always get such a good education from you Dr. Cywes. Thank you so much.
Thank you Dr. Cywes for having this nuanced discussion around hormonal regulation of fat. Gary Taubes, in many of his earlier presentations, when he was emerging as a leading voice on changing our paradigm on nutrition from a calorie centric model to a hormonal one, illustrated the power of hormones on fat deposition by showing naked photos of lipodystrophy patients. Lipodystrophy, for those reading this who are unacquainted with the concept, is a condition where people had an inability to store fat in areas in which most others can store fat. The result was that the person, afflicted with lipodystrophy, would be shaped odd, where they would have pronounced muscular definition in the upper body due to being incapable of storing subcutaneous fat in that region, but would look obese from their waist down. When showing this, Taubes would then issue a challenge to those who advocate for the CICO model, asking how would they explain this? Based on their paradigm, they would have to say that this person's lower body was gluttonous, while their upper body was anorexic. To this day, Taubes' illustration was one of the most powerful explanations demonstrating how inadequate the CICO model is, and why we need to focus more on the endocrinology behind fat deposition and hunger.
Drake Santiago.. I enjoy scientific health speakers... why do people watch the Programing Tube (TV) when there are wisdom based people like you and Dr Cywes.. Thank you- I enjoyed your comments as well.. Thank you for posting....Your post is a nice compliment to Dr Cywes topic .. 😀.
@@suzanvg1644 Thank you for the generous compliment. I really appreciate it.
So interesting... They told me I have PSOS, but otherwise I was always lean and generally healthy...never have I thought I could be fit on the outside but fat on the inside...
You are a rare specie within the medical world!! Just wonderful how you take the whole body ( and mind) into consideration...Thank you deeply for sharing your knowledge, your care and your time...
Thank You Dr. Cywes I am so grateful for you. I brought you a cup of coffee. I wish I could afford more. I give what I can I do appreciate you so much. I am getting healthy by following your guidance.
Dying for my second appointment with you to review my blood work! My estradiol, progesterone and testosterone are all low and from what you describe I’m carrying a time bomb in my belly fat, excited to hear my next steps! Thank you for all your very informative videos! I share them with whoever will listen!
Thank you Dr! I have Lipedema and am doing the Carnivore diet ... have found it hard to lose the weight... but thanks to your explanation my caloric intake is too high ... will go with one high fat and protein meal a day instead of three!
I'm so glad someone in the keto world is so knowledgeable about lipidema! I've never been diagnosed with it, but I strongly suspect it in myself as I have that body shape where I store 98% of my weight in my hips to calves and my upper arms. I'm also one who has 2 mutated MTHFR genes. I know you're not one to put much behind MTHFR, but taking methylated B vitamins regulated my cycles even when I was still 400+ pounds, I believe by helping me to detox some of the excess estrogen. Then I've lost 195 pounds, 135 of those pounds in 27 months of keto and noticed my body evened out substantially even though I'm still shaped like that lipidema shape, just much less severe. I lost 15+ inches in my hips but only 10" in my waist so far. I know I'll never change my propensity to store weight in certain places, but it definitely helps to accept that and understand the cause and the dietary tools that will come the closest to fixing it. I interpret your 'no carbs and less food' for lipidema people as carnivore and more fasting are in order to take me to the next level!
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I’ve been living a Fasting/Keto lifestyle for 2 years. I’ve gone down a few dress sizes but the scale # hasn’t moved. I recently removed my IUD on the theory that my hormones weren’t in balance, which in turn kept me in state of Insulin Resistance. Could this be true? It’s hard to find any info about Progesterone levels and it’s effects to Insulin Resistance. Time will tell if Im right I suppose. Edit: It’s been 2 mos since my removal and I’ve lost 8lbs! I think I was right😀
THANK YOU!!! Finally, someone can explain to me why I have been overweight since puberty, gain weight so quickly and have it all stored from the waist down. I can gain 10-20 lbs in a couple of weeks yet take months to lose it. Even doing Keto is slow going. You’d think my body was saving fat for the Apocalypse!!! I appreciate your direct and honest approach to carb addiction. 👍🏻 Keep it up. If you have time to give us the caloric numbers to keep below to actually lose weight faster for the lymphedemic type I would appreciate it. Take care.
Right there with you! I’ve suffered lipodema since puberty, always heavier from waist down. I want skinny legs so bad.😭
Usually
@@robertcywes2966 Great talk, Doc! In regards to lowering caloric intake for lipidema, do u have an idea of what a (carnivore) daily menu might look like? Yes I plan on doing the work of figuring it out 😊
I would like to hear more about Progesterone , I am a 62 year old woman and have been using it transdermaly for 25 ish years for bad pms . When I went through menopause I switched over to every day of the month for anxiety anger and sleep . So many women use estrogen in menopause I could not it was horrible for my emotions . I try to stick to a carnivore diet .
Glad to hear I'm a healthy fat girl. but still striving to live the carnivore life
I love listening to
you. And agree with all of your truths about carbohydrates. Keep there videos coming
Thank you
Thanks, Dr. , for saying that there is no medicine that can fix a too high rate of carbohydrate consumption. People need to hear this!
I watched a few of your videos yesterday. I heard quite a HUGE nugget in one of them. I think you could do an entire video about this. This was a lightbulb moment for me! thank you. "Insulin blocks the conversion of cholesterol downstream to steroid hormones". This is SO big! I am in menopause and ALL hormones are low or not there at all. I am stepping up to do strict healthy keto again and feel better already.
Glad you mention the San people of southern Africa. There are descriptions in books by Laurens van der Post (who lived with them for a while) and in Signried Giedion's book on the origins of art.
Thank you, Doctor. I have just turned 70 & in the past year have suddenly developed noticeable belly fat. Not diabetic but perhaps some insulin resistance. Great insights here. I will listen again & take notes.
Thank you for another interesting video.
Excellent info. Thanks
You make the best videos! Thank you!
Thank you so much for breaking this down for us!!!
Excellent video Doc!
FANTASTIC information! Love learning about all this ! Thank You! 💕
Thank again Doc! So right on! Sharing this on all my social media! You rock!
Great info thank you,
Thank you for breaking that all down. I found it very helpful.
Your videos are my most shared. I share your videos every day
That was a great discussion dock, enjoyed it keep them coming
Very Valuable information ...GREATLY APPRECIATED 🙏💯
Thanks, doc.
Wow some much more information on what affects the body functions! Thank you Dr. Cywes
Phenomenal! Thanks Dr. Cywes. I’m working with a PCOS lady right now.
Wow, very informative video doctor, thank you!⚕
Thank you for the information I did find this very interesting as always. I think the technical aspect helps me to connect the dots
Fantastic video. Thank you!
WOW!! You are so smart and that was a brilliant explanation! Thank you I am blown away!!!!!
thanks doc... always with exellent info... i was bodybuilder when i was younger... always very low subcutaneous fat, amaizing muscle quality, but a big belly.... i realized too late that was visceral fat... i was thinking was just because i was eating too much food, but no... i had a lot of fat around my organs.... i still havin some but much less, i had to leave the high testosterone doses, and just continue with TRT, it is crazy and hard to understand, but high test promote visceral fat.. i just wish to undertand the reasons, but it is what it is.. thanks again doc!
Thanks a Stack for yet Another Wonderfully explained concept .... All the Very Best to You and Yours from NZ .... Mooi Bly ..... :-) :-) :-)
Best explanation of PCOS I have ever seen. Thank you!
Just found your site and have been binge watching all day. So very helpful.
Hope you will do a follow up to this talk regarding menopausal women and why the weight piles on when estrogen goes DOWN and so many of us have so much difficulty in losing that weight.
Thanks so much.
What a informative video!
Thanks again for a very educational video. Very interesting about the different body types and the hormonal variances. Wish more physicians understood and addressed this with patients. That has always been one area which seems shrouded in mystery and not well understood.
Listened twice.. this was a tremendous benefit and as I am following your Carnivore food plan, and at gym to increase muscle and heart/lung function with Stairmaster and w/High level fast pace..... I am an anticipating a great 1st appt.. And answers to my problem with your expertise in blood testing. Maybe.. I can get closer to the pic above.. at least in weight .. Appt. March 25th.. see you then
Orlando patient😁. Thank you!!
Thanks Dr. Cywes. I’m 27 and was diagnosed with PCOS over 10 years ago. I had a big belly and large butt/legs. A couple years ago, with fasting and a low carb diet, I lost over 100lbs and got pregnant with my son!
Now I have a different problem. Since pregnancy, I’ve developed painful lipedema in my legs. I’m trying to up the fasting to see if it will help. I’ve still got 30-40 lbs I’d like to lose. I’m hoping it will resolve the pain.
Great explanation of body hormonal variations !! Enjoyed listening to this, and for me it confirms my whys and how’s to what I’m doing. I had PCOS confirmed in my early 20s, when I look back at photos I can tell through how I carried my weight etc. I have had 3 children but had gestational diabetes, which was at its worst by the 3rd child. This all makes sense how it’s is all related to insulin, and how careful I have to be as I get older especially with my pre exposure to diabetes. Thank you Dr Cywes 😊
Algorithms fed.
Working the plan Doc.
Mistakes along the way. Learning and listening to my body.
60, 460-382, 1.5 years .knowledge, straight talk from you. Deeply grateful.
John
Wow this is so good
Makes so much sense .. Thank you dear Carb addiction doc 🙏👍🖐
Was wondering how do yo feed your new born baby then; would you share that?
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Great information.
VERY INFORMATIVE!!! Wow!!!
You are great Dr. Cywes. You really should look into doing some "live youtubes" and answer folks questions.
Yes!
you should make an appt. via Zoom
I'd tune in!
On second thought, I think he’s a bit too busy. Could not get back to my son for two weeks.
PCOS can start as young as 10 - it attacks your thyroid causing hypothyroid - then your adrenals - causing weight gain - then your ovaries are filled with cysts causing hormonal problems and more weight gain, excess body hair, skin conditions, thinning hair and difficulties getting pregnant. Gestational diabetes often occurs with pregnancy and more weight gain. Often the Doctors often do not recognize this condition and it remains untreated until surgery is required to remove ovaries and your uterus. Then you are left with diabetes 2, hypothyroidism, fibro and being fat. One lives with organ damage until one dies. Not everyone is born equal.
Thank you. I had premature adrenarche at age 3, followed by lipedema at age 5. Central precocious puberty age 8 then PCOS since the age of 10. Now 47 and starting to make sense of it all and reverse the damage caused by a lifetime of eating the wrong foods.
Good luck with all your efforts to correct/reverse and heal your body.
Thanks 😊
Normal estrogen
High progesterone
Low testosterone
High glucose, always
High WBC, constantly
Normal insulin
5.7 A1c
140/90 bp
Large abdomen, very firm
Enlarged uterus
Larger thighs, no hips, larger butt
Small legs
No muscle tone
Neck fat
Shoulders were always wider than hips
No libido
Normal menses
Slight facial hair, chin only
Skin tags
Enlarged left adrenal
Post Cushing's patient, 2021 surgery
Infundibulum has scar tissue
Sheehan syndrome from 1999 post C-section/bilateral tubal ligation hemorrhaging.
How do you get the appropriate bloodwork done for the hormonal detection. I have had concerns for quite sometime.
Damage over time. Great explanation of facts. Thank you for helping me understand my trip into senior female.
this was really illuminating and delved into such an important topic but one i don't see anyone addressing - thank you, dr. cywes! i do have a question. i carry my weight in my mid-section and have some other PCOS symptoms (hair growth, irregular periods), but i tested negative for it. your video seemed to imply that all women who carry fat around their midsection have PCOS, but what if we don't?
i was also told that my hormone levels were normal. nonetheless i went on BCPs and a medication to deal with some of the symptoms. furthermore, i ate low carb for many years. i was at a healthy weight and eating a nutrient-dense, low-processed-foods diet. still, the belly fat remained. eventually i tried strict keto for a good 4-5 months, but my belly fat still didn't budge, and the side effects (terrible insomnia, high anxiety levels, and loss of my period) ultimately led me to go back to low-carb.
i'm currently at the lowest healthy BMI for my height - borderline too low - but my waist measurement is still 35 inches! i am eating as close to keto as i can (very very low carb) but nothing's changing. i'm curious if you have any thoughts on my situation, what could be causing it and/or what might be some strategies to deal with it. thanks!
I really enjoyed your talk about hormones and I listened to your lap band talk I’ve been very interested in that but I guess the don’t do much of those in my area what area are you in
Thanks
Hello Dr. Cywes,
Can you please do a video on diet recommendations for someone who has never been overweight and has eaten relatively healthy their whole lives?
Keto macros carnivore healthy fat like grassfed butter and mince and eggs
Great video Dr. Cywes! Answered some questions I’ve always had about myself, being stage 2 lipodemic since puberty. In my 30’s and still working toward having thin legs. I always lose fat around my waist and rear end first and quickly, leg fat is so stubborn even after six months of keto way of eating. I’m two different clothing sizes, small from waist up and medium-large on bottom. So frustrating.😞. I hope to consult with you in the near future.
I’m the exact same but not diagnosed with lipedema!!! Small upper body and med to large butt and legs!! Been carnivore for 15 months and gained 4 inches in my butt and 3 in each leg. Yup does not matter what food I eat it goes right to the butt and legs!!
@@corrie491 I've been trying a keto carnivorish diet for three months and haven't lost pounds but inches around my waist. I did lose a lot of weight on keto before I married my Italian husband. But after the wedding I adopted his way of eating and gained all the weight back, went back to keto but more carnivore, lost ten pounds and then got pregnant! After the birth of my baby, I lost all the pregnancy weight but been teetering with Italian pizza/pasta weight.🙈😭🤦♀️ I'm definitely not a moderator, I have to abstain from sugar and completely obliterated vegetable/seed oils from my diet. Eating animal fat, especially beef tallow, has completely killed my sugar/refined carb cravings! 😀
@@alba7165 yes I’m an abstainer too and why i had to go strict carnivore. It took about 3 hard months of eating lots of meat and fat for me to break cravings but now I’m craving free 🙌.
Same same. I weigh 125 at 5’4 no carbs no sugar . Keto. I run weight train and ride a bike taxi
I don't seem to fall into the categories you speak about. Looking forward to our follow up appointment next month. Pretty sure I will need to add activity and do some calorie restrictions. Where does cortisol fall into the equation?
Will discuss
You should have millions of subs.
3:04 I love this carb addiction motion
hello! thanks for the very informative video! Was wondering if you had seen any correlations between stage 3/4 lipedemic woman and the need for a hysterectomy post menopausally. Does the combination of high estradiol and low progesterone cause issues in the uterus post menopause? Does lipedemic fat produce estrogen in the same way regular fat does? If it's higher, how concerning is this?
Im glad I found this channel again. Yeah Mrs. Potatoe head has nothing on me!!
Not sure what o am but I know that I need help! 60 years old woman, lost 30 lbs doing Keto, fell off the wagon and have lost and gained back the same 10 lbs for a year!! I know I’m a carb addict and I need some help with my hormones! I’ll be calling to set up appointment!
Please tell us what Insulin level is best to strive for health benefits. . My level is 5.4 but I have hear Dr Paul Sabino Carnivore Dr.. said his is very low neat 1.5 if I remember correctly. Thanks for your fast reply... I see you mid - January 2021... Jacksonville for.. resistant fat loss on Carnivore.. Till then , I will continue on 16/8 or 18/6, grass-fed beef and suet or butter, eggs and a little bacon. Humic/Fulvic Minerals and Kangen Water.
Best to you and your family.
Below 4 but 5.4 is excellent
Excellent
Very nice
Dr. Cywes, I had been on Tamoxifen and later on Arimidex for my breast cancer treatment (100% positive progesterone and estrogen binding). What has this done to my weight loss potential on Keto? (Not sure if that's the right way to phrase the question.)
Oh, I have been off them for about a year. I took for about 10 years between the two.
One thing I'd love to know is what I should weigh. I'm 56, just now starting menopause female. Been keto 4 years now. I lost 50 lbs and feel good but I'm slowly losing now. I weigh 185 but wear the same size pants I wore when I was 20 and 120 lbs. Should we go by the BMI chart? Does it account for age? I had a goal of 150 to 155? My short goal is 180. My husband and I both do keto. Hes lost 115 lbs. We both have some skin left from weight loss too. Hes 62 still works full time as commercial carpenter. I work as a house cleaner. Very active people. We both reversed so many issues. Hes off 16 meds the VA had him on too. People don't recognize us, as we look so much different. But what should we weigh????
Hey Doc, what is your opinion on the Ketogenic diet if you have no gallbladder?
59 year old male, 5'10". 2 years ago was 240lb, now 162. Still have some fat and loose skin. Off all meds, (BP, Asthma, daily pains) . But diagnosed as low T. So been doing T creams. Last measure was 743 with cream. A1C was 5.4 shortly after some hernia surgery, last Cpeptide was 2.7. Recent CAC score was 32. HDL 57, LDL 99, Trig 69. First time I have heard that Testerone will improve. Going to get tested again on Wed. Do I need to talk to Dr about decreasing use of gel.
Wow I never knew about all this
Hi Dr Cywes! Question - if you had RNY and it’s changed your body shape does this mean it changed your hormones? I used to carry in the trunk, neck, chest but since RNY I am very bony up top but will carry in hips, buttocks, and thighs.
One other thing I note is that nearly all RNY patients I know and see (working at
a medical office) is that they carry lower body as do I now.
I’d love your thoughts thanks!
All hormonal distribution and loss of muscle mass
Thank you Dr. Cywes, I’ve been following you for some time now, and been using the mantra “a snacking event is always an addiction event” but I was wondering if you would be able to help someone remotely, who is on the other side of the US, California, specifically?
Yes we do. Txt 561 5170642 or email kimf@jsapa.com to set it up
Thank you for information!! Do you have any suggestions for endometriosis?? Some say dairy, red meat and certain vegetables are not suitable for those who have endometriosis.....
Endo is also insulin driven as its also related to estrogen dominance. Think its that old myth to blame meat for everything.
All those are fine imho
I'll bet neanderthal contributions to my genetics (I have more than average) allow more subcutaneous fat storage and functional mechanism to utilize it for fuel. I think that's why keto and fasting work great for me.
Hahaha, I didn't realize so many people were getting pregnant without having sex.
Dr. Cywes, thank you for making all this expertise freely and globally available. We live in Turkey, and all the physicians here are the way you describe: they do lab tests and throw medication at conditions with no wholistic or lifestyle approach. Besides, we can't afford anyone but state physicians, who don't like to talk to patients and don't like being asked anything or even talked to.
I know I'm asking too much of you, but I have no other choice but to ask this to you directly: Does birth control medicine do any good or harm in PCOS (gynaecologists here prescribe it)? Can fasting work?The woman in question here is 25, 1.58cm - 47kg, has IBS, has lost 7-8 kgs, can't totally get off bread, doesn't like high protein - high fat foods (some chicken, very little fish, eggs, ground beef and cheese), and is the apple of my eye!
I'd totally understand if you didn't answer it. I'm learning a lot from you. Thank you SO VERY MUCH!
The doctors in Italy are the same way! They don’t have any bedside manners, don’t introduce themselves as Doctor so and so, sometimes they don’t even wear a coat or scrubs- they wear street clothes so I can’t tell if they are doctors or not, they don’t like to hear new ideas about one’s own health. They just write prescriptions and follow protocols to the book. It’s so sad that is their healthcare...more like disease management.
If she is Muslim start with intermittent fasting. Ramadan style every day. Shd be easier for her as a starting point
@@robertcywes2966 Thank you for your reply, doctor, much appreciated!
@@alba7165 Wow, sounds like not-so-fictional, not-so-genius versions of Dr. House. I'm not very surprised though, people here and there have a lot in common.
Menopause changes a lot of things. HRT is not implemented by most doctors. They let women freefall off a cliff.
Yep! It’s so wise to do your own research and use critical thinking. Women need estrogen to thrive! To think, or “reason” that once your menses has stopped, a woman suddenly doesn’t need her life-giving hormone, estrogen!?!? We give diabetics insulin(A Hormone) so that they can thrive and live longer.
Hi doc, how are you testing levels of hormones..
What about someone who has lipedema who has high testosterone and hairy body from an intersex condition, but chronic hypoglycemia, tests negative for diabetes, A1C of 5.7 and had monthly periods for entire life till menopause hit? With high estrogen, high test and lower progesterone? When I supplemented with progesterone it just caused non-stop menstruating for months. I don't fit any of your categories. What seems to make lipedema worse for me is not getting enough potassium in diet and the protein/fat diet you suggest is low in potassium.
Postmenopausr, taking HRT (E/P/T) now keto. Will estradiol get too high?
Hi Doc, I have PCOS and am trying to conceive, and my doctor just doesn’t understand the insulin/carbohydrate connection. What bloodwork tests would you recommend I ask for at my next physical? I don’t believe my doctor is actively looking at my hormone levels, but I want to know! I need to monitor this myself.
I think you need to find another doctor.
What about women like me with pcos who are thin, have no hirsutism or other physical signs of pcos, high estrogen, normal progesterone and normal androgens, with normal length periods their whole life. But have the classic cystic pcos ovaries? Would keto help them conceive? I also have endo, is keto okay for that as well? I’m 32 with 7 years infertility. Thanks.
Hi
Basically I am a type 2 diabetic was 20 stone 5 years ago and now just under 13. I need help. My blood pressure is getting worse not better and I have lost zero weight from my waist. I look as if my backside is now on front. I do exercise. I do have some beta cell function low trigleride levels and high hdl. But no help from gp. Doing everything myself via research. Got rid of most emotional eating etc but how do I get a hold of the metabolic syndrome. Can I put my diabetes into remission after 11 years...Help
Do you have any suggestions for lymphadema?
It was technilal and i love it❤