Hormones & PCOS

PCOS affects roughly 1 in 10 women and is one of the most misdiagnosed — and mistreated — conditions in medicine. The standard 'lose weight and come back in six months' advice ignores the hormonal and metabolic reality. Understanding PCOS as a metabolic condition with hormonal symptoms, not the other way round, changes everything about how to address it.

6 takeaways from this chapter.

• Why PCOS is fundamentally an insulin resistance condition — and why that reframe matters clinically
• The full hormonal picture — androgens, LH, FSH, insulin, SHBG — and how to read your own bloods
• Dietary and training strategies with the strongest evidence for PCOS management
• How PCOS shifts through life stages — from teens through fertility years to perimenopause
• The role of metformin, inositol, and emerging metabolic interventions
• Where peptide-based metabolic support fits alongside conventional treatment

Women diagnosed with PCOS who've been offered nothing but 'diet and exercise' or the pill. Women with irregular cycles, adult acne, hair thinning, or unexplained weight gain who've never been properly investigated. Anyone whose PCOS is making fertility, mood, or body composition harder than it should be.

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