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The PCOS Journey: Conventional or Funtional Treatment, Which is Right for Me?

the full-blown picture of the two blood sugar is- in your hands or feet
PCOS. They have early sues, hyper or hypo. Peo- • Feeling more tired
or functional PCOS. They ple tend to only associate than usual

have most of the mark- blood sugar issues with • Frequent infections
ers: elevated androgens, diabetes. That is incorrect. • Fatigue after eating

slightly dysregulated glu- PCOS patients will tend
cose, irregular periods, to have symptoms from Detoxify the Liver
and cystic acne. The con- one of the two categories

ventional medical model below. Much of the time these pa-
has failed, and they end tients are showing slightly

up in our practice looking Hypoglycemia (Low fatty liver. On their lab
for answers. General com- Blood Sugar) work their liver enzymes
plaints are often, “I am • Shakiness when hun- are slightly elevated. The

in my twenties, why do I gry liver filters the hormones
still have acne” or, “We • “Hanger” - irritable and helps to convert them

have been trying to get when hungry (hungry + to the finished active hor-
pregnant for a while, but it angry) mone production. If the
isn’t working.” • Can’t stay asleep/ liver isn’t functioning cor-

sleep through the night rectly it makes sense that
Balance Blood Sugar • Crave coffee or can- there can be an excess of

(Determine Insulin Re- dy in the afternoon hormones. If a patient has
sistance ) • Moods of depression fatty liver it is challeng-
At the beginning of treat- or melancholy ing to convert hormones

ment, we will evaluate • Chronic fatigue/low and the body is less effec-
past lab work, or will energy tive at detoxifying all of

order new labs if the pre- the chemicals that we can
vious ones were run lon- Hyperglycemia (high be exposed to on a daily
ger than six months ago. blood sugar) basis. In fact, some stud-

85- 90% of the population • Extreme thirst or ies have shown that we
has issues with glucose hunger can be exposed to 85,000

regulation (hypo/hyper). • Feeling hungry even chemicals every 7 days.
Depending on the severity after a meal Only a small portion of
of the PCOS symptoms, • Frequent or in- those chemicals have been

or disease progression, a creased urination studied (at most). Of the
patient always has one of • Tingling sensations chemicals that have been

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