As I look out the window at 39,000 feet, squinting at the ephemeral clouds enveloping my home for the next dozen hours, I lose myself in thought. I am flying home from my nearly one week stay in Kerala, India, and pondering the roles played in our lives by hope, purpose, love, and resilience. Reflecting…
Managing Multiple Disorders in One Body Women with PCOS exhibit a very high degree of medical complexity, including dysfunctions of key metabolic and immune mechanisms, affecting a wide range of organ systems. Such dysfunctions can manifest as multiple disorders in one body! Identifying the root causes and common conditions that weave their way through these…
PCOS and Fatty Liver: The Link Between Grows Stronger! The incredible link of the gut microbiome and overall gut health with the metabolic manifestations of PCOS just keeps growing more clear! A new study was just recently published, the key points shown in the attached below piece, indicating that women with PCOS do indeed carry…
The Two Flavors Of PCOS Until relatively recently, I was of the understanding that Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) was simply one condition, with many different degrees of severity. Some women had very irregular cycles, while others were fairly normal. Some had terrible facial hair, some cystic acne, some thinning hair, some were obese while some…
How Much Exercise is Needed to Maintain Weight Loss? I have some bad news and some good news. But, as always, the bad news comes first. If you have lost a significant amount of weight, it will undoubtedly be harder for you to maintain your new weight than it is for someone of the exact…