PCOS - Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome is a hormonal imbalance linked to the way the body processes insulin.

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health, Stanford University and other research centers have clearly identified the existence and effects of Insulin Resistance, as the cause of PCOS.

Your body breaks down foods into a sugar (glucose) which then enters your blood stream. The more sugar and carbohydrates you eat, the higher your blood sugar goes. The higher the blood sugar the more your body produces insulin.

On the surface of the cells in your body are insulin receptors, which act like little doors that open and close to regulate the inflow of blood sugar.

After many years of consuming a high sugar and high carbohydrate diet, your cells have been bombarded with so much insulin that these doors begin to malfunction and shut down.

With less doors open, your body needs to produce even more insulin to push the glucose into the cells. More insulin causes even more doors to close and as this vicious cycle continues, the condition called "insulin resistance" sets in.

This insulin resistance can get so bad that your body can no longer produce enough insulin to push the blood sugar into the cells. The blood sugar then rises out of control resulting in type 2 diabetes. Diabetes is simply an extreme case of insulin resistance.

Why does it cause PCOS?

Insulin resistance leads to having high insulin levels in the blood. The ovaries seem to be particularly sensitive to this.

The high levels of insulin in the blood stimulates the ovaries to produce large amounts of male hormones which may prevent the ovaries form releasing eggs, thus causing infertility.

This response of over producing male hormones cause the PCOS symptoms such as excessive hair growth, male pattern baldness and acne.

This upsets the delicate balance of hormones which has a direct effect on weight gain and the formation of ovarian cysts.

There are other side effects that are associated with PCOS which comes from the over production of insulin.

Insulin is the master hormone of your metabolism. When it is out of balance and your insulin levels are consistently elevated, a long list of deadly complications are created:

"When insulin levels become too high... metabolic havoc ensues with elevated blood pressure, elevated cholesterol and triglycerides, diabetes, and obesity all trailing in its wake. These disorders are merely symptoms of a single more basic disturbance in metabolism, excess insulin and insulin resistance."

Science has shown that excess insulin also causes your body to become deficient in many vitamins, minerals and other nutrients. It's a proven fact that being deficient in these nutrients is directly linked to and a cause of high blood sugar levels.

Chromium is essential to proper metabolism and maintaining safe sugar levels. Excess insulin depletes your body's chromium. In Protein Power, Dr. Eades further states,

"The insulin receptor, the structure on the surfaces of your cells that actually become resistant to insulin, requires chromium to function properly. Deficiency of chromium is rampant - it affects 90% of the American population - because a diet high in starch and sugar puts a heavy demand on the insulin system to handle the incoming carbohydrate load, and that demand depletes chromium."

Chromium is critical to blood sugar metabolism and being insulin resistant you can be pretty sure that you are severely deficient in this nutrient. If you ever wondered where your "sweet tooth" and sugar cravings come from, now you know - chromium deficiency!

Calcium and magnesium are also depleted by excess insulin, which can cause many problems, as they are critical to over 200 biochemical processes in your body.

Other very important nutrients which excess insulin causes you to be deficient in are Zinc, Selenium, Vitamin E, Vitamin C, Vanadium, B Complex vitamins, essential fatty acids and many more.

Now that you know how and why people develop insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes and know some of the consequences of not controlling your insulin resistance, here are your choices:

Fortunately, your body has miraculous healing powers, is very resilient and operates in a very intelligent manner. If you give it the right fuel and the right nutrients, it will respond very quickly. Some exercise and the right attitude also help!

The first step is to switch your body from an out-of-control, nutrient-depleting and fat-storing machine into a clean, nutrient-rich, fat-burning machine.

Restrict the carbohydrates in your diet and
Take the right nutritional supplements (see below).

These two actions are not optional or negotiable! Your body will only burn fat (and properly utilize nutrients) if its metabolism is balanced. Doing 1 and 2 above on a regular basis is the only way to address the root cause of your insulin resistance problem and balance your body's metabolism for the long-term. Now that you know what the causes of insulin resistance are, find out how to correct the problem

A low carbohydrate diet and sustained regular exercise will help with lowering the levels of blood sugar and thus insulin.

Experts recommend a low carbohydrate diet in which a significant part of the total carbohydrates are obtained from green vegetables. The low carbohydrate diet should only include between 20-30 carbohydrates a day.

For recipes to help with this go to a site that is helpful to diabetics and to those with insulin resistance. Go her to Recipes that Lower Blood Sugars.

There are various ways to treat insulin resistance, many doctors recommend a drug which is used for diabetics.

There is a product that does work against Insulin Resistance by making those insulin resistance cell receptors insulin sensitive again. Thus, those doors will be opening again and the cells will be using the blood glucose This gives you more energy as well as lowers the insulin level and the PCOS side effects.

The product is called the Insulin Resistance Pack. For more information go to our page about these supplements. Insulin Resistance Pack. It costs $76.70 for the three supplements.

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