Andrew Huberman· PhD
For some of the phenotypes of PCOS the problem is hyper insulin emia High insulin in the blood is driving those Thea cells in the ovaries to overproduce testosterone
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For some of the phenotypes of PCOS the problem is hyper insulin emia High insulin in the blood is driving those Thea cells in the ovaries to overproduce testosterone
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we should call PCOS like hyperinsulinemia you know we should just call it like women's metabolic syndrome or women's ovarian you know hyperinsulinemia
I hate the term polycystic ovarian syndrome because I really think insulin it should be called insulin resistant ovarian syndrome because I think really it's coming from again hyperinsulinemia so really the effects of insulin on the ovaries particularly the thecal cells is causing the testosterone release