PCOS, Excess Testosterone & Women

What are the symptoms and causes of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and
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causes of excess testosterone, the role of genetics, stress,
insulin, and how to test properly and potentially reverse
PCOS. 


 


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 Episode Overview: 


4:30 Introduction

6:20 Luteinizing Hormone

6:50 PCOS and Ovulation 

8:50 Cysts 

10:02 Symptoms of PCOS

15:31 Testosterone In Women 

17:39 What Causes Extra Testosterone

19:30 Testing and Sexual Binding Globulin 

29:12 Teenagers with PCOS 

32:53 Genetics

33:56 How To Reverse PCOS

36:45 Muscle Mass & Resistance Training

39:30 Stress



 


 


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