Progesterone Cream for PCOS: Is it Right for You? Many women with PCOS realize that they have significant hormonal dysfunctions, manifesting in many ways, including menstrual irregularities, thyroid problems, insulin resistance and glucose dysregulation, weight loss resistance, sleep problems, and infertility. Among the many hormones which can be dysfunctional is progesterone. Of particular concern are…
Bob Tygenhof received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University and a Master’s from the University of Southern California.
His passion has always been physical fitness, exercise, and nutrition. He is a certified Lifestyle Educator and an ACSM-Certified Personal Trainer. Bob has been the Director of the Center for Active Lifestyle Medicine at Integrative Medical Group of Irvine for the past seven years and has created numerous programs to assist his clients navigate the myriad motivational and physical challenges of lifestyle change.
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Microbiome and PCOS Until fairly recently, you could look at yourself in a mirror and believe that the reflection was the real “you.” No longer is that the case! It is now recognized that more DNA exists within us, derived from our Microbiome, than from our own genetic tissues. The Microbiome consists of the trillions…
Three Little Letters That Put You and Your Baby at Risk The world we live in is quite different from the one inhabited by our grandmothers. Our world is filled with well over 85,000 different chemicals, most of which have no safety data whatsoever. Others are recognized as dangerous by leading scientists, yet no alterations…
Chronic Inflammation and PCOS PCOS is the most common endocrine dysfunction of women, now affecting, in varying degrees, up to 20% of all women across the world! There is now no area of the globe in which women are not impacted by this condition. It is widely recognized that women affected by PCOS have many…
New Pharmaceutical Warnings Placed on Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs) Greetings! This month’s Pharmaceutical Alert highlights the ongoing problems with PPIs, the Proton Pump Inhibitors. We wrote to you about the problems with these drugs more than a year ago, and finally the FDA is taking action, issuing a Warning Alert. We hope you will read…