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So we're going to talk about Hashimoto's and PCOS today. Apparently there's a lot of people who are interested in that topic. And I would say with good reason. I don't think there's a week that goes by that I don't do a consult with a female patient who has polycystic ovarian syndrome and Hashimoto's and PCOS are fairly closely connected. And I don't remember what the percentages are. It might be something like 30% of females who have Hashimoto's get PCOS. Might be 40%. It's up there. And of course, polycystic ovarian syndrome, of course, maybe you know this already, is responsible for up to 50% of infertility in this country. So the connections are kind of clear, but they're not always that easy to explain, because when you have Hashimoto's, you have these vicious cycles going on with virtually every organ system and biochemical process in your body because the thyroid affects every single thing that there is.

And the real cause of autoimmune thyroid disease, I'm sorry. The real cause of polycystic ovarian syndrome is prediabetes. And I'm shocked at this point in time how few people coming in here really know that. So prediabetes, the infamous prediabetes of which nobody gets very excited over and you go to the doctor and go, ah, your pre diabetic. Maybe somebody will give you Metformin. Maybe somebody will tell you, change your diet, but most of them just go, eh, just watch your diet and exercise a little bit. And then we'll wait until you get to diabetes type two, and then we'll give you the real drugs. Okay. In the meantime, that mechanism creates chemistry that causes your ovaries, there's enzymes in the ovaries and these lyase enzymes stop working properly.

And the next thing you know, you may not be making enough estrogen, but you start making too much testosterone, thus the hair on your face. And the fact that you want to get angry and choke your husband and all those types of things. So I have more thorough presentations on polycystic ovarian syndrome online, but that's really the basis of it. Now, what can cause that? There's so many things that can cause that. Stress can cause that, but thyroid can cause that because thyroid affects so many different functions that can set you off and create insulin resistance. So that's really where it's at. Okay. Like for example, relative to autoimmune thyroid disease.

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