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How Do I Lose Weight with PCOS?

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Does Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) cause weight gain?

Weight gain is a common symptom of polycystic ovarian syndrome due to hormones and a complex web of interacting factors. This is why for women with PCOS, weight loss is almost impossible. To lose weight with PCOS successfully, you need to commence a weight loss program specifically tailored to your hormones. Here's why ...

Firstly, it's overly simplistic to focus only on insulin and rely on a fad diet or a single drug such as metformin to lose weight with PCOS. To lose weight with Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome, (PCOS) you need a weight loss program to treat the cause ... not just symptoms.

How did I lose weight with PCOS? .... For years I battled with my weight due to PCOS and eventually it made me infertile. But by balancing my hormones and finding a weight loss program designed especially for Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome, I managed to lose weight and I fall pregnant naturally! Michelle Read my story

Secondly, weight gain with PCOS is caused by a complex web of factors that sabotage your weight loss efforts. There are many reasons why you are overweight with PCOS. A few of these are:

I work with women everyday who suffer from PCOS and can't lose weight no matter how little they eat. Much scientific research has been performed as to why PCOS women tended to be more overweight even though there was virtually no difference in their dietary intake to other women. They have found that it is a fact ... PCOS women gain more weight with the same calorie intake than women without PCOS. This is why a weight loss program for PCOS is like finding your weight loss secret.

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Hormones and weight gain with PCOS

Hormones play a large role in PCOS.

...All contribute to PCOS and they all affect your metabolism leading to subsequent weight gain.

Salivary Hormone Testing for PCOS

By completing my full online naturopathic health and hormone test, I will invest no less than 45 minutes piecing together your symptoms and really pinpoint what hormones are causing your weight gain and other health complaints. If I feel that further salivary or blood testing via you GP is required, I will make those recommendations.

For example, as part of the process of compiling a natural weight loss program for you, I may suggest measuring hormone levels by using salivary hormone test kits, available from my clinic. Salivary hormone test kits can assist in the proper diagnoses of hormonal imbalances contributing to weight gain and conditions such as Fatigue, PCOS, Fibroids, Endometriosis, Cyst, Menopause and Thyroid imbalance. To find out more about salivary hormone testing please click here.

By far the biggest lifestyle contributor of hormonal imbalances leading to PCOS is poor diet and a natural weight loss program designed for PCOS is a must. Research supports that a high consumption of sugar and refined carbohydrates cause an unhealthy rise in insulin levels. Insulin stimulates androgen receptors on the outside of the ovary, causing the typical PCOS symptoms of excess hair (on the face, arms, legs), thin hair (on the head), and acne. Eventually this type of diet will cause obesity, which will cause insulin resistance (the inability of the cells to take in insulin) which will aggravate the PCOS even more.

So how does Insulin affect PCOS?

Insulin resistance and excessive insulin production appears to cause the overproduction of androgens associated with PCOS.

Insulin transports sugar (in the form of glucose) out of the blood and into muscle, fat, and liver cells, where it is converted into energy or stored as fat. Women with PCOS produce excess insulin, because their cells are "resistant" to insulin. The body compensates by producing more insulin. Resistance means that the process of removing sugar from the blood and into the cells is defective and the cells do not respond to insulin. The pancreas senses high levels of glucose and continues secreting insulin to remove sugar from the blood and into the cells.

High levels of insulin can predispose a woman, directly or indirectly, to polycystic ovaries, and an increased risk of metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance and heart disease.

Insulin resistance appears to lead to high levels of androgens, resulting in menstrual irregularities and other symptoms typical of PCOS. Implementing a weight loss program specifically designed for PCOS can reverse this influence.

So how does Oestrogen affect my PCOS?

Oestrogen Dominance or high levels of estrogens caused by environmental toxins is associated with PCOS and can cause cravings - especially before your period which lead to weight gain.

Oestrogen dominance is associated with other hormonal imbalances that sabotage weight loss such as:

Oestrogen causes insulin resistance, which results in impaired glucose tolerance or a rise in glucose levels, as it's not entering the cells where it's needed. This has a direct affect upon your metabolism and sabotages your weight loss. A targeted weight loss program for PCOS is a great place to start in balancing excess oestrogen levels.

Your Genes and Weight Gain with PCOS

Research has found that polycystic ovary syndrome is at least partly caused by the set of genes  called "thrifty" genes. These genes mean you store calories easier.

Biochemical signaling disorder

In addition to numerous hormones such as insulin, there are dozens of other signaling proteins in your tissues and blood that communicate information to your cells. A number of studies have shown that the complex interplay of signaling proteins in PCOS is disrupted causing weight gain.

So how does Leptin cause weight gain with PCOS?

Leptin, is a hormone produced by your fat cells and women with PCOS are prone to low leptin levels.  It's involved in weight and appetite regulation. Leptin signals your brain when fat cells are full. This means that low levels of leptin can result in food cravings and cause weight gain.

So how does Ghrelin cause weight gain with PCOS?

Women with PCOS are prone to elevated ghrelin levels. Ghrelin is a "hunger hormone" and regulates how much food you eat, and feelings of hunger - directly influencing your weight.

So how does Cholecystokinin (CCK) cause weight gain with PCOS?

Women with PCOS have reduced Cholecystokinin (CCK) levels. CCK is a hormone released in the gastrointestinal tract when you eat a meal that slows down the digestive process and provides "Satiety" - Impaired CCK secretion causes greater frequency of binge eating.

Glandular weakness eg Hypothyroidism

Thyroid imbalance and PCOS go hand in hand resulting in a lower metabolic rate and difficulty in losing weight.

Hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid) can lead to a reduction of sex hormone binding globulin and an increase in free testosterone - one of the contributing factors to PCOS.

What Is PCOS?

PCOS refers to multiple cysts on the ovaries and a host of other problems that go along with them, including lack of ovulation and menstrual abnormalities, facial hair, male pattern baldness, acne, and obesity. Women suffering from this condition may also have varying degrees of insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome and an increased incidence of Type II diabetes, high cholesterol & elevated androgen levels.

What are the symptoms of PCOS?

You may:

Why does PCOS occur?

PCOS occurs when you don't ovulate, which causes a disruption in the normal, cyclical interrelationship among her hormones, brain and ovaries.

The exact cause of PCOS is unknown. In the past, it was thought that PCOS was caused entirely by excess production of androgen. More recent research has shown that Metabolic Syndrome associated with insulin resistance and high levels of insulin play key roles in PCOS.

Metabolic Syndrome may be the condition which best illustrates the long-term effects of our Western lifestyle habits. The usual suspects are responsible: high calorie, high carbohydrate diets, lack of exercise, hormonal imbalances and chronic stress are a few of the major causes of metabolic dysfunction.

Although genetic and environmental factors contribute to metabolic syndrome, obesity and physical in-activity are the most important.

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Some possible causes of PCOS

How does PCOS interfere with fertility?

High levels of insulin can pose considerable risk to pregnancy. Data from New Zealand indicates that miscarriage in women with type 2 diabetes was triple that in those without diabetes.

The main reason for this is that weight gain associated with PCOS, interferes with ovulation. To simplify a very technical process, basically the more overweight you are, the more fat cells you have. This means you have a steady over supply of oestrogen. This blunts the peaks and valleys of the ovary's function, which ultimately interferes with ovulation and can cause infertility.

Understanding PCOS is tricky, but basically your body does not release an egg during ovulation. This causes levels of oestrogen and androgens (testosterone and DHEA) to remain high, causing unpleasant signs & symptoms.

PCOS and insulin resistance go hand in hand. Insulin resistance is a condition that leads to sustained high levels of insulin in the bloodstream. It is possible that this extra insulin binds onto the receptors lining the ovary causing hormonal imbalances and consequently PCOS.

If you have PCOS or think you do, take heart in realizing there are many things you can do naturally, without drugs. Like any condition related to hormone imbalance, improving your lifestyle and with the right dietary changes; you can restore your health and successfully and kick start your metabolism lose weight. Commencing a natural weight loss program designed for PCOS and tailored to your hormonal profile is a great place to start.

If you are looking for a natural treatment for Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) and want to lose weight, then you have come to the right place. It is important to realize that it is possible to treat PCOS without surgery or drugs.

So what's the secret to losing weight with PCOS ... balancing your hormones naturally!

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Here are my steps to weight loss with PCOS:

Step 1. Identify what factors are contributing to your hormonal imbalance.

Step 2. Teach you what food sources you should be avoiding.

Step 3. Guide you to implement a targeted nutritional treatment plan specifically tailored to your biochemical profile to balance hormones.

Step 4. Introduce targeted natural remedies to improve hormonal balance and painful, heavy periods.

Step 5. Give you access to a professional support network that, together, will guide and help you to change unhealthy lifestyle choices that contribute to your condition.

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