Are you one of the millions of women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
who have failed to reverse the symptoms of this condition no matter what
you've tried? It may not be due to lack of willpower. Instead,
you could be Insulin Resistant, a root cause of PCOS.
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health, Stanford University and
other research centers have clearly identified the existence and effects
of Insulin Resistance, a biochemical condition that can cause excessive weight
gain and PCOS.
If you are among the 65% of the overweight population with Insulin Resistance,
your ability to reverse your Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and lose weight
may not have been within your control - until now.
This breakthrough in understanding the body's biochemistry remains relatively
unknown, even though Insulin Resistance has reached epidemic proportions.
Your doctor may not have explained the crucial link between Insulin Resistance
and PCOS. You need to understand this link in order to reverse your
condition.
The Insulite PCOS System is the first scientifically-designed method
that restores your body's ability to conquer Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
by reversing Insulin Resistance.
PCOS AND INSULIN RESISTANCE
PCOS is a hormonal imbalance linked to the way the body processes insulin
after it has been produced by the pancreas to regulate blood sugar (glucose).
Insulin
Resistance, has many factors that contribute to its presence in the
body. In essence, our environment and lifestyles have evolved too rapidly
for our bodies to keep pace. We are still genetically "wired" to
thrive on the entrenched habits of our ancestors, who consumed different,
nutrient-rich foods, a diet low in carbohydrates and who sustained greater
levels of movement and exercise. Some people may also have a genetic predisposition
to Insulin Resistance, while others develop the condition through high
stress and unhealthy lifestyles.
INSULIN RESISTANCE NEGATIVELY AFFECTS GLUCOSE AND
INSULIN LEVELS
Over time, the above factors have damaged the complex ability of the body's
cells to properly utilize insulin to convert glucose to energy. This process
creates Insulin Resistance, which can cause PCOS in two distinct ways.
First, Insulin Resistance reduces the insulin sensitivity of you cell walls.
Glucose has to pass through those cell walls to be converted into energy.
Insulin assists this process. But when the cells wall have become de-sensitized
to insulin by Insulin resistance, the process can break down.
Glucose "bounces" off the cell wall, instead of passing through
the insulin door to be burned as energy. With the cell door almost closed
to it, glucose remains in the blood stream, causing elevated levels of
blood sugar, which are sent to the liver. Once there, the sugar is converted
into fat and stored via the blood stream throughout the body. This process
can lead to weight gain and obesity, key factors in creating Polycystic
Ovarian Syndrome.
The second way that Insulin Resistance causes PCOS is by raising insulin
levels in the blood stream. Unhealthy lifestyles and genetic conditions
cause the pancreas to overproduce insulin. The de-sensitized cell is, in
turn, overwhelmed by this excess insulin and an excess of insulin "rejected"
by the cell then free-floats in the blood stream, creating unbalanced hormone
levels in PCOS sufferers.
Excess insulin stimulates the ovaries to produce large amounts of the male
hormone testosterone, which may prevent the ovaries from releasing an egg
each month, thus causing
infertility. High levels of insulin also increase the conversion of
androgens (male hormones) to estrogens (female hormones), upsetting a delicate
balance between the two and having a direct effect on weight gain and the
formation of cystic follicles or cysts in the ovary.
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