Low Carb diets and PCOS, if you were confused like me!
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jaimrlx
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http://www.thatsfit.com/2010/04/12/do-low-carb-diets-affect-pcos/
I'll highlight a couple tidbits:
1. Fat tissue is actually a kind of endocrine gland. In fact, it's the body's largest hormone-producing organ. Far from sitting passively on your hips and thighs, fat cells actually produce a wide range of hormones and other chemicals which affect metabolism and health, impacting appetite, bowel function, brain function and the metabolism of both sugar and fat.
2. When your body is insulin resistant, the muscle cells tend to not accept insulin and glucose, leaving you with elevated levels of both. Eventually even the fat cells can become resistant. But the cells of the ovaries tend to remain insulin-sensitive. So now your body's producing all this insulin, which is bathing the poor ovaries in the stuff.
I'll highlight a couple tidbits:
1. Fat tissue is actually a kind of endocrine gland. In fact, it's the body's largest hormone-producing organ. Far from sitting passively on your hips and thighs, fat cells actually produce a wide range of hormones and other chemicals which affect metabolism and health, impacting appetite, bowel function, brain function and the metabolism of both sugar and fat.
2. When your body is insulin resistant, the muscle cells tend to not accept insulin and glucose, leaving you with elevated levels of both. Eventually even the fat cells can become resistant. But the cells of the ovaries tend to remain insulin-sensitive. So now your body's producing all this insulin, which is bathing the poor ovaries in the stuff.
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wow! good to know, I'll have to read more!0
