Saying it outloud!

EP 98: PCOS Uncovered: Understanding, Managing and Treating the Syndrome

July 09, 2023 Leonardo&Stephanie Season 1 Episode 98
EP 98: PCOS Uncovered: Understanding, Managing and Treating the Syndrome
Saying it outloud!
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Saying it outloud!
EP 98: PCOS Uncovered: Understanding, Managing and Treating the Syndrome
Jul 09, 2023 Season 1 Episode 98
Leonardo&Stephanie

Ready to unlock the secrets of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)? Today, we're taking a deep dive into the world of PCOS - from the nitty-gritty of symptoms like abnormal weight gain, hair loss, and fertility issues to the complexities of its different types. We're peeling back the layers on this health issue that's been creating a buzz lately, and trust us, you won't want to miss this enlightening discussion. We'll also highlight the role of lifestyle factors in PCOS development and treatment, proving once again that health is a holistic journey, not a solitary destination.

But we're not stopping at just discussing the problem; we're also exploring solutions. We will break down PCOS caused by inflammation, shedding light on how lack of sleep and unhealthy eating habits can trigger this particular type. We'll emphasize the importance of systemic treatment, going beyond merely addressing symptoms, and how blood work can support in diagnosing and treating the condition. Plus, a sweet treat awaits you at the end of our chat - a delectable white chocolate raspberry cheesecake recipe! So, join us as we navigate through the complex narratives of PCOS, and remember, we're in this journey together.

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Ready to unlock the secrets of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)? Today, we're taking a deep dive into the world of PCOS - from the nitty-gritty of symptoms like abnormal weight gain, hair loss, and fertility issues to the complexities of its different types. We're peeling back the layers on this health issue that's been creating a buzz lately, and trust us, you won't want to miss this enlightening discussion. We'll also highlight the role of lifestyle factors in PCOS development and treatment, proving once again that health is a holistic journey, not a solitary destination.

But we're not stopping at just discussing the problem; we're also exploring solutions. We will break down PCOS caused by inflammation, shedding light on how lack of sleep and unhealthy eating habits can trigger this particular type. We'll emphasize the importance of systemic treatment, going beyond merely addressing symptoms, and how blood work can support in diagnosing and treating the condition. Plus, a sweet treat awaits you at the end of our chat - a delectable white chocolate raspberry cheesecake recipe! So, join us as we navigate through the complex narratives of PCOS, and remember, we're in this journey together.

Follow us on IG:
@leos_ftiness_adventure
@Stephmoralessfit
@teamvalhallaathletics

Apply for 1:1 coaching and get the results you are looking for: https://www.valhalla-athletics.com

Join our free Facebook group:
https://m.facebook.com/groups/804195770472212/?ref=group_browse

Buy our apparel: Valhalla-athleticsapperal.com

Speaker 1:

They've made it seem like on reals that you have to take this if you have PCOS to become better. No, you have to actually heal your body as a whole.

Speaker 2:

Meanwhile, they're still suffering PCOS. I should tell you everything you need to know.

Speaker 1:

Yes.

Speaker 2:

What's going on, everyone and welcome to Saying It Out Loud. A podcast created to help people who want to learn more about fitness and life. Our podcast will help you build a foundation and turn fitness into a lifestyle and help you conquer your life. I will be your host, leo, and my co-host.

Speaker 1:

Stephanie, and we're the owners of a HALA athletics coaching business built on our belief that clients aren't just a dollar sign and they're human. Now onto the episode.

Speaker 2:

What's going on everyone and welcome back to Saying It Out Loud Another podcast coming to you live. Another podcast, another episode coming to you live. You're in a new deal, San Antonio, Texas. It's been two very busy weeks. Our client is saying with us or she was here again, But now she's back home So we're taking care of her dogs while she's gone. So we've had her two dogs, our three dogs, our cat, two overdogs Sounds like a zoo right now. Those are good times. Other than that, we had Chi day. Yesterday went to what Texas calls a beach And my memory served me well. I remember South Padre being blue water, nice sand, but we went to Padre and it was not any of that.

Speaker 1:

We went to Corpus Christi.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, that's Padre. Anyways, we went to Corpus Christi, for sure, and the beaches? there are not beaches.

Speaker 1:

They're just murky waters.

Speaker 2:

But sand. It just happens to have sand And I wouldn't even call it sand, it's like mud. But we got good tan. She's returning to her Puerto Rican roots. Actually, looks the color now And I'm getting back to my African roots. I'm a lot darker. It's a good time. Let me have barbecue.

Speaker 1:

I wish we had sub.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, sub par.

Speaker 1:

Like a five out of ten.

Speaker 2:

It was actually pretty embarrassing for Texas standards because I'm used to great barbecue in Texas And that was not it. Then we came home and watched The Conjuring 2, because Meg hasn't seen any of The Conjuring movies. And then I made the best cheesecake Here. I've tried the cheesecake. I made the best cheesecake I've ever made Raspberry, white chocolate cheesecake. I actually wrote down a recipe, so if you guys want to try it, i'll let you know when I'm southern, still working on that. It's coming together. I know there's a lot of people who've been asking me when they can start buying And honestly, dude, i don't even know when I'm going to be able to let you guys know. But slowly, by Sherby, i'm working on multiple things. I've got loads right now, so it's coming together. And I also made white chocolate raspberry cookies. How are those?

Speaker 1:

They're good, i just.

Speaker 2:

She'll have raspberry.

Speaker 1:

I'm not a fan of fruity stuff. Like, if you're a fan of fruity stuff then that's like a nine out of ten.

Speaker 2:

Cookies. I did too. Anywho, i think that's everything. Yeah, that's what we got going on, so let's hop into this episode. Okay, this is an important episode. I want to go back and count how many times I've said that.

Speaker 1:

I think probably all of them, the first one.

Speaker 2:

Maybe. Anyways, question of the day Have you heard of the term PCOS? Probably because it has sprung up a lot lately. It's pretty much the talk of the town. Everybody's talking about PCOS Good bad and some people are thoroughly confused on what they can and can't do about it. So we're going to clear up their confusion and let you know what you can do about it. We're going to go over the types of PCOS, some of the symptoms, the causes of PCOS and maybe a loose path to follow to help you get back to feeling better. Now, if you don't know, it stands for polycystic ovarian syndrome. So the guys are like, well, you know I ain't got ovaries, but she's going to talk more on how guys are being affected by PCOS symptoms without the ovaries. Okay, so.

Speaker 2:

So let me pass it on to her.

Speaker 1:

The reason for that is because a lot of doctors, when PCOS became a thing, they were trying to put together some symptoms like abnormal periods or like painful periods, and then they would do like an ultrasound and check your ovaries And if he has cysts, then you have PCOS, and that's why the term came to be. However, now that we're more advanced, functional wise doctors are still catching up. We understand that PCOS is not an ovarian issue. Therefore, even though you don't have cysts on your ovaries, it does not mean that you do not have PCOS, and that's why men are still developing now PCOS. Because of the four types that we're going to go through, one of the types is definitely not men applicable, but we're going to go over the symptoms first and then go into the different four types.

Speaker 1:

A lot of women will Google PCOS, identify the symptoms and be like this is exactly what I have The problem with. That is that a lot of doctors are just over diagnosing it. It's becoming an umbrella's room. They literally just tell you yeah, pcos and that's it. And I've had a lot of conversations, a lot of women that say, yes, i do have PCOS And they pretty much think they're doomed for life. They can't do anything about it. And also they don't really get told what type of PCOS I have because a lot of doctors won't even know there's different types. So common symptoms is abnormal weight gain or weight loss resistance. It can literally happen like or like. Even if you didn't change calories, activity, whatever it is, you can just start getting weight Hyperindigenism. So that means oily skin, acne, a lot of like why are you doing that? Facial hair, a normal facial hair or like body hair but and also hair loss. So, like a lot of women will start developing a lot of like chin hair, arms, everything pretty much, or like, even like their mustache, etc. But then their hair starts spinning like normal hair and that's that's a huge sign of that. And you can also have like deepening in your voice as well. I feel like a lot of women it's not like PDs, like steroids type, but because the increase of testosterone, then, yeah, you can still have deepening in the voice. I honestly haven't seen a lot of this symptom to happen for women that have PCOS, versus like steroids, but it's something to keep in mind.

Speaker 1:

The presence of cyst in your ovaries. Of course that was like the original diagnosis, but again, does not have to be a thing Blusher dysregulation and balance, so it doesn't matter, it can be high or low, or if you feel like it, like if you feel like you're hypoglycemic or you're not handling carbs correctly or whatever it is, that could be a symptom. A lot of people don't really track their blood sugar So you won't really know that's happening unless you're having like intense symptoms. But if you were to track, you'll probably see how up and down you are. Fertility issues that's a huge one, mid-cycle spotting A lot and also irregular periods.

Speaker 1:

So in regular periods it means you can either be skipping periods, like every other month or whatever it is, or you could be having a period every two weeks or you can be having a period from day 21 to day 35. I've had a lot of conversation with women that think that their period is normal because they're periods anymore from 21 days to 35 days, which is something that a lot of women like Google and I think it's normal. However, your period should be consistent. Like, of course, if you had like a stress one month, then it'll kind of shift, but it should be consistent in the amount of days. It should not be 21 days, 25 days, 30 days, 35 days. That's a regular period, something to get checked up.

Speaker 1:

Also, pms symptoms, heavy cramps, like a lot of bloating, etc. Those are symptoms that are PCOS. A lot of women with PCOS have a lot of lower stomach bloating too, like chronic, like it's called, like the PCOS belly, but you don't really know what could be causing that. So again, i don't want you to think like if you have that little bulge, that small mole, or that if you have PCOS, you're just gonna be doing for life with that little stomach. So it's important to understand that Low sex drive, chronic fatigue. So for women to have any of these symptoms, like two out of all of these symptoms, then you technically have PCOS and that's why a lot of doctors are like, yeah, pcos, pcos, pcos. It's become so normal now. It's kind of sad. I feel like every other woman that I talk to will say that they have PCOS when I'm really at a dog. So you wanna add anything to this?

Speaker 2:

Yeah, that was a lot of information to take in, But the big takeaway from the whole PCOS conversation is that nine times out of 10 is lifestyle induced, So it's the lifestyle that you are living that is causing you to exhibit these symptoms. Now there's one type on here that I guess you can't really call it lifestyle, but post birth control PCOS.

Speaker 1:

And we're gonna go into the type now.

Speaker 2:

But she didn't want to that, But that's like the only one that you could say okay, it's not really a lifestyle factor. but the other three, types.

Speaker 1:

That's a choice, though.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, but the other three types are definitely lifestyle induced, and a lot of the women that have been diagnosed with PCOS they don't change the lifestyle after they get diagnosed. They just take whatever medication or do whatever the doctor tells them to do and continue to do the same thing that is causing them to exhibit these symptoms. And then when you reach out to try to help them, they think they're doing. the doctor said I can't be changed or I can't be helped, or there's no going back for me now. This is my life now.

Speaker 2:

Well, of course, you keep saying all those things, you're gonna think it and then whatever you think your body does. So hopefully, after this podcast and you listen to the four types and how we're gonna help you overcome the four types, then you don't change your mindset and you reach out and get a second opinion. because if you think about how many times we go into the doctor with a problem, how many times have they actually fixed that problem? But most of the time we go into the doctor for the same exact thing over and over and over and over and over again. it just keeps getting worse, worse, worse, worse, worse. So maybe it's time to get a second opinion and try a different approach, and that's what we're gonna talk about. when she goes into the four different types, Yeah.

Speaker 1:

So all sort of with that PCOS, post-birth control. It doesn't matter which type of birth control you have. It always happens pretty much, and this is why I don't like those posts that say how to safely come off of birth control, because there's a lot of factors to take into consideration So, for example, what your periods were before birth control, how long you've been on birth control, what type of birth control you have currently and have had in the past, what your symptoms are like now, what your labs are looking like and just overall how your body is. So birth control in itself will have a podcast. We talked about birth control, right, we've talked about this. So if you wanna go listen to your podcast about birth control, you can know more.

Speaker 1:

But in general, it causes a lot of imbalance in your body regardless, not only hormonally, but just digestion wise and nutrition wise too. So when you come off of that, that's how your body completely shifts and develops some sort of PCOS symptoms, like it could be all of them, it could be some of them, whatever it is, but that's not something that your body will naturally come back to, like a lot of women think. Well, like if I come off of birth control, then my body's gonna go back to normal. Sadly, that's not the case. So a lot of women have PCOS diagnoses and they think, well, that's just like I'm doing for life. But in reality it's just because you came off of birth control and we just needed to one, come off of it safely, but now two, we just need to fix the issues.

Speaker 2:

So, second, I'm gonna say something right now So for a lot of people to understand why. that is why you're on birth control. the birth control is suppressing your natural hormones and your body's ability to produce those natural hormones. So when you come off of that birth control, there's nothing that is producing those hormones now. So your body literally has to like start producing its own hormone again. So it's gonna be all over the place because it wasn't producing any hormones, so it has no type of regulation. So you can see all kinds of different spikes and all different protein hormones. So that's why you develop the PCOS.

Speaker 1:

So and also so, for example, when I said I had to depend on my birth wish for a control. So if you had a heavy estrogen dominant birth control, then your body suppressed a lot of its estrogen because it was so high already because of the birth control. But then to compensate then sometimes it really depends on the person will produce more of the other hormones. So when you come off of the birth control it flip flops and that's when a lot of issues happen. So that's why you develop that Anyway. So second type is insulin resistant. So this is actually out of those 70% of the women that have PCOS and insulin resistance is one of the main symptoms and main types.

Speaker 1:

And this is very, very, very heavily lifestyle induced.

Speaker 1:

So it can be because you were sedentary, it can be because you had a lot of times of dieting and then overeating, or like calories, like just in a deficit and then just bingeing. It can be because you barely ate protein, which a lot of people do, but you ate a lot of carbs and fats and your blood sugar got dysregulated. Or just overall like stress, like a sleep. Whatever it is, it happens over time, it doesn't happen within months, but it's something that's very important to address because you're gonna gain and maintain weight, like a lot of women with this type of PCOS or like overall just insulin resistance, regardless of you go low car regardless. If you do all these activities and diets and stuff like that, your body's not used to Burning fat, it just stores it because of the insulin resistance. So it's very, very hard for you to lose weight and It's honestly You're just gonna be struggling. So that's one of the very common types and if you want anything to look, You know, a lot of women nowadays are living that alpha Type a woman.

Speaker 2:

there I'll go, go, go go working these corporate jobs, working long hours, doing these boot camps, doing these freaking hit classes, training, freaking six times, seven times a day and I get a chance a week.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, we're not gonna chance to actually, you know, recover. And if you think about how much stress That is inducing on the body, then you realize how insulin is starting to become a problem now, because not only does high stress disrupt your ability to digest correctly, what happens when you release cortisol? You release glucose into the bloodstream, which releases insulin. And so if that whole system is just prolonged because you never actually get a chance to, you know, slow down and recover, then you develop insulin resistance. And on top of developing insulin resistance, women are already highly estrogenic and then, if you have a hormone imbalance, you get more estrogen, or estrogen signals fat story. So Instead of that glucose being used to fill your body, it's now just being stored as fat. So it's like a double-edged sword.

Speaker 2:

So that's why People will talk about a lot, especially nowadays, mindset, slow down, rest and digest, manager stress, meditate, yoga And I talk about hot yoga and time out, this relaxation yoga Just just calm the freak down, and that's why it's so important to understand that like that's why we're saying Don't do these boot camps, don't do it freakin six times out of the freaking Week, like these things me. Get your body to a Normalcy before you add these things back into your life.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, if you're able to if you're able to yeah.

Speaker 1:

So second third type is inflammatory PCOS information PCOS for the rudest. This is also why selling dude. So it can be because you drink a lot, because you have a lot of like fast foods and snacks You barely slept. You're also like the go-go-go type of person. Your training's a lot.

Speaker 1:

It can cause, or just overall like if you were getting sick, getting a lot of bull talk. That kind of stuff it causes a cord is on shots, which I've seen a lot. It causes a lot. Or like if you've been a like on Antibiotics a lot, just because you had like respiratory infections, that kind of stuff. It starts oppressing your immune system and it starts like bringing up your inflammation drastically and It's it's something that a lot of women like if you notice like the chronic fatigue, but also a lot of women will start noticing like joint pain, lack of recovery, or like They're not building enough muscle. It's just like kind of burning through it.

Speaker 1:

These are signs that you have a lot of like inflammatory PCOS. In a sense, a lot of women kind of overcompensate when they have this type. I actually had a conversation with someone earlier and The way that they're overcompensating is is very sad in my eyes, just because it's very extreme, like intense fasting and All these other methods that she was doing. That's not actually gonna help her heal from inflammatory PCOS. It's not really gonna make things worse. But It's one of those types that a lot of women don't really get diagnosed. They don't really know. Takes them like 10 12 years for someone to tell them That's, that's what they have, whereas You come to us, functional side will be able to tell you a type and help you actually heal from that.

Speaker 2:

Which is the importance of. You know, blood work, dutch test. Now, like like everything, everything's a tool, but it's depending on who you go to is how well they will build that tool. So if you go to a regular coach, they're not gonna take a pull blow work. And if you come to them with a dinosaur yeah, i have PCOS They might not even know how to work with somebody with PCOS, nor may they even know the four types of PCOS.

Speaker 2:

But to address the PCOS, we need to know your entire dieting history and that that alone can tell us a Lot, a lot, about how hard it is going to be to overcome your PCOS Or how easy it's going to be for you to overcome the PCOS, because a lot of people get the diagnosis, like I said in the beginning, and they continue the same exact lifestyle that induced the PCOS. So your body just gets worse and worse and worse. And then once all your sin are your system in your body later liver, adrenals, thyroid, the gut, once all those systems start Becoming very efficient at storing energy, which is not what you don't want Then it's a lot harder to overcome PCOS. That's why she said you know if you're doing this fasting and What else was she doing?

Speaker 2:

But fasting was something that I remember just, you're doing things that are not actually Helping. they're just exacerbating the problem. So that's why we look at your blood work and Blood work is a good insight on how well your internal health is Because you don't just a, you don't just attack the PCOS Okay, that's what a lot of people mess up. you want to attack the systems involved in causing the PCOS, and If you look at the blood work, we can see what numbers are elevated and then we address the entire system. So everything is back online because I could say, okay, i can just chase the PCOS symptom and say Here you're going on low carb diet to fix your insulin resistance, but that doesn't fix your liver problem, you're adrenal problem, so those are still compromised. So, yeah, okay, i dress this problem, but now these two are getting worse.

Speaker 2:

So we attacked the entire system and that's why we take a systematic approach to fixing your entire body, not just oh well, my elbow hurts, okay, let's just focus on fixing your elbow, but then your wrist starts to hurt and your fingers start to hurt, your triceps start to hurt. You see how it becomes a problem. So that's why we adjust, that's why we address the entire body and that's why we Say come to us for what we can manage as functional medicine practitioners, instead of going to a doctor who is, just like I said, going to attack the symptom.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, so last type will be androgen-based PCOS. So this is the one I was talking about with hair like facial hair or like just overall body hair that's increasing, but also your hair loss, like overall your hair, is starting to thin, your acne or oily skin. It can be deepening in voice. These things are androgen-based. It can be also a lot of like cortisol imbalance as well, so this one tends to be like the most common one in terms of symptoms. So, like a lot of women is like oh well, i have a normal facial hair, increasing facial hair, so I definitely have PCOS, which in a way yes, of course, but I've seen it in social media a lot that is just mainly like normal. I feel like you're just suffering through those And a lot of people are like finding ways to, like you know, shave or bleach your hair or whatever, instead of addressing the issue, which is crazy to me. But it's very important to understand with what he was saying.

Speaker 1:

There's not one protocol for PCOS. Again, there's four different types. But also you can't just go well, have PCOS, we're gonna address it. A lot of women they have insulin resistance PCOS they got diagnosed with like metformin and low carb diet. If they have like androgen-based. They get put on a spiritual lockdown, whatever.

Speaker 1:

That's not gonna fix the issue. It's literally gonna build up your immune system to the point it's gonna give up. It's gonna make things worse because your body's relying on medication and that medication alone is also affecting everything else. So that's why we address the bodies of all. Now. it's not like natural paths or like a lot of police doctors are like well, your thyroid is jacked, your liver is jacked, your hormones are jacked, and they just push like a long list of supplements and like barely get even as every need support. That's not how we do it for a reason because it's not gonna work. You're just gonna overwhelm your liver even more. It's not gonna really fix the issue. So we have to take steps within the protocol and process, like go through processes to actually fix your issue. However, it is possible Like there's way too many pages out there PCOS-wise. Like this is yeah, pcos, this is a meal plan for you. This is how to eat with PCOS. Like no, that's not okay because you're just normalizing it.

Speaker 2:

And that's the issue is that people are so help bent on just normalizing it because the doctors are in your ear telling them, yeah, you can't fix it or you can't put it in remission or you can't get it in PCOS, you just need birth control or you need this, and that's not really gonna fix the issue.

Speaker 1:

And that's the problem.

Speaker 2:

Okay, that is the problem. And people then believe them. They go seek out a support group that says, oh, here's meal plans for PCOS, here's how I manage my PCOS. And it's like, boy, you shouldn't. That's not what you want. You don't want the diagnoses to become your identity. That's why you find a second opinion, somebody like us who are gonna work with you to help you overcome the PCOS. Wouldn't you rather feel better without PCOS? Then try to manage the PCOS.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, do some crazy little fall map diet constantly like for life, and it's just not worth it. Like I don't like, of course, and there's something I tell people. it's like you don't wanna go back to the lifestyle that induced PCOS, so like if it was always hit and you were drinking constantly and you were eating fast foods. no, that's not gonna help you, but you still want to have a life. You don't wanna just be on a strict window. I can only eat from 10 am to 7 pm. That's it for the rest of my life. but also low found that also I have to only drink.

Speaker 1:

Like that's not That's not more sugar.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, that's actually counterintuitive, because part of PCOS is lowering your stress, like that's something that we want to do And if this strict guideline for the rest of your life is causing now a stress, like it's not gonna help either. And it's also important to know like PCOS is growing so much at a rapid rate. And it's one of those diagnoses that are like new age, like women back then did not have that issue. And it's not because now we have the diagnoses, it's because our population as a whole is becoming so unhealthy that over 20% now and the number is growing half PCOS.

Speaker 2:

That's just 20% reported.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, we're lied. 20%, that's still a huge number. Yeah, it's like 2.5 billion people. Yeah, okay, math. But it's very important to understand that, although apparently people PCOS, women call themselves sisters Oh my freaking god. Yes, even though that community is growing does not mean that you just have to be doomed for life, And that's why we made this podcast.

Speaker 2:

Yeah, and to touch on that whole sister state here, this is your life Just because they're over there saying what they're saying. if they want to be miserable and live and manage their PCOS for the rest of their life, let them do that. But before you join in on that crew, try a different approach. Okay, I have one. There is nothing wrong with seeing if somebody else has a different approach that can actually help you. What's the worst that can happen? You get fixed, Like for real.

Speaker 2:

That's like the best So if you come to Valhalla Athletes, we're going to help you address your PCOS. Okay, that's hands down on what we're going to do, but at the same time, like I said, we take a whole body systematic approach. So not only are we going to help you Handle your PCOS, we're gonna help your liver get back online. We're gonna help your thyroid get back online.

Speaker 2:

We're gonna help your gut get back online. We're gonna help your adrenals get back online. Imagine Being able to sleep And wake up and feel energized because you have a normal cortisol rhythm now. Imagine having a normal circadian rhythm where you can actually go to bed and you're not waking up at 12 o'clock, one o'clock in the morning, wide awake. Imagine how well that would feel. Imagine me on a go to the gym and actually build Muscle now and get that tone looked you're looking for Like. Isn't that what you want? Or do you want to just join some freaking sister Facebook group and whining a plane to be miserable? that's your diagnosis, or PCOS, and there's nothing you can do about it but PCOS, eating, lifestyle and, uh, whatever else freaking those doom say or say about PCOS.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, it's very important. Uh, something I want to know I see a lot my inocidal ovacital To most common supplements within PCOS. Like I feel like it's become a thing like if you have PCOS you must take those. Uh, they're not gonna fix your PCOS whatsoever, it's sadly. They might help in a sense And that might be part of the protocol, depending on which PCOS you have, but it's not supplementary. Just take and hope that for the best. You know. I mean, like I see it happen a lot because a lot of women just kind of have been, kind of they've made it seem like on reels that you have to take this if you have PCOS to become better. No, you have to actually heal your body as a whole meanwhile, there's still suffering PCOS.

Speaker 2:

I should tell you everything you need to know Yes, you're not. You're not taking one supplement and addressing PCOS. You're not taking any supplement and addressing your PCOS. And that's you address your lifestyle, you'll. It don't matter what medication Or supplement you take. It is not going away. Until you come to that conclusion, you are not going to be able to fix your PC.

Speaker 1:

That that's that until you heal your body as a whole.

Speaker 2:

That's that so if you're thinking that you're just gonna Eat this freaking meal plan and Take this supplement, you're wrong. I'm telling you right now, because you already know this, because you've been dealing with it. And you've tried. You've probably been on facebook and you've tried all these diets, all these supplements and they're still not working. And the people in these groups? they also still have PCOS. So the whole group Is invalid. Yeah, so take This is just try a different approach.

Speaker 2:

Yes reach out to found out. Athletics, us, us, okay, all right. Instagram Information is in the show notes. Just send us a DM. We are human beings. You ain't gonna get no chat bot, you're gonna get somebody else. It's gonna be us and just let's talk about. You know how you want to overcome your PC. Oh, isn't how you want to get better, because you're tired of suffering with it.

Speaker 1:

Yeah.

Speaker 2:

That's all. Yeah, think that's All right. Well, hopefully you enjoyed this episode on PCOS. Hopefully you do reach out to us so we can get you, get you to help you need, because you're tired of Going to the doctors and not getting any help, and let's, let's help you. So, if you like this episode, don't forget to like, comment, share and leave that five star review. And until next time, See you.

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