June 12, 2019

3: The little known (but very effective) solution for PCOS weight-loss (and it’s got very little to do with calories)

37 minutes

Ever feel like it’s so hard to lose 1kg, and ridiculously easy to put on 5? There’s a reason for that, and it’s not because you suddenly decided to eat 3500 calories (the amount you need to gain 1kg) more a week.

It’s your hormones, specifically your insulin, thyroid and stress hormones that cause this frustrating weight effect. So just like all your other PCOS symptoms, bing able to lose weight requires you to focus on the root cause.

Highlights, takeaways and research links:

Weight-loss and weight-gain is not solely driven by calories. Hormones like insulin, thyroid and stress hormones are actually the overall guardian’s of weight

Up to 80% of women with PCOS produce too much insulin, and excess insulin leads to weight gain.
Type diabetics, reduced calorie intake but took more insulin and gained 9kg in 6 months: http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/16/1/21

The same result- more insulin leads to weight gain has been shown in other studies too: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2276309

30% of women with Type 1 Diabetes have ‘diabulemia’: http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/31/3/415

Study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition1, they found that those with the highest insulin lost less weight and gained it back most rapidly: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24172304

My own experience and most of the women I’ve worked with mimics this: very hard to lose weight, but very easy to gain.
While you do still need to be in a ‘calorie deficit’ to lose weight, you also need to address your hormone levels.

Going down to 800 calories is NOT the answer.

Focusing not on calories, but making your body more sensitive to insulin has had the biggest impact on my body and the women I work with

Want help identifying and addressing your root cause? We’ve just opened up enrolment for The PCOS Protocol, find out more here: https://thepcosnutritionist.com/thepcosprotocol

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June 12, 2019

3: The little known (but very effective) solution for PCOS weight-loss (and it’s got very little to do with calories)

37 minutes

Weight-loss and weight-gain is not solely driven by calories. Hormones like insulin, thyroid and stress hormones are actually the overall guardian’s of weight

Up to 80% of women with PCOS produce too much insulin, and excess insulin leads to weight gain.
Type diabetics, reduced calorie intake but took more insulin and gained 9kg in 6 months: http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/16/1/21

The same result- more insulin leads to weight gain has been shown in other studies too: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2276309

30% of women with Type 1 Diabetes have ‘diabulemia’: http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/31/3/415

Study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition1, they found that those with the highest insulin lost less weight and gained it back most rapidly: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24172304

My own experience and most of the women I’ve worked with mimics this: very hard to lose weight, but very easy to gain.
While you do still need to be in a ‘calorie deficit’ to lose weight, you also need to address your hormone levels.

Going down to 800 calories is NOT the answer.

Focusing not on calories, but making your body more sensitive to insulin has had the biggest impact on my body and the women I work with

Want help identifying and addressing your root cause? We’ve just opened up enrolment for The PCOS Protocol, find out more here: https://thepcosnutritionist.com/thepcosprotocol

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