I wish I had this information 30 years ago. I was never able to conceive due to my weight and never diagnosed with PSOD until it was too late. Makes me wonder what could have been. So glad you are helping the young women now.
So many women have been there with you, including me! Luckily I was able to adopt but what I went through to try and get pregnant was horrible. I was told to lose weight but the pcos seemed to make it impossible
I have PCOS and I remember how I felt when the doctor told me it would be hard for me to conceive I now have 4 children very successful pregnancies. God blessed me!
I had an endocrinologist that refused to diagnose me with PCOS despite having high testosterone and oestrogen, having ultrasound scan showing cists on my ovaries and irregular menstrual cycle, hirsutism, weight gain and hair loss. He said "Yes you have these symptoms but its not PCOS. Do regular exercise and eat better." He gave me a list of foods that I already was eating and I was exercising. That was the final encounter that made me take my health into my own hands. Do your own research. There are many fat idiot doctors out there.
I'm a huge fan of Dr. Fung's science-based explanations for metabolic diseases. People with big bodies, especially women, get brushed off constantly as just needing to eat less and exercise more. No one ever actually explains how our metabolisms work like this. Fat bias in medicine means we're treated like cows eating too much grass, not like people who just want to understand why we struggle so much to lose weight. Finally, a real answer.
I work in metabolic health coaching and I hear this same sentiment expressed so often as patient's experience. It is an actively harmful approach to human beings and their health, ignorant and void of compassion. I really hope this changes soon.
I have now watched this video twice and I am both in awe and angry. In awe that FINALLY someone made sense of this nightmare I've had for 30+ years and there is a way to fix it and angry at the many, many, many doctors who just scratched their heads and said 'we dunno, here have some more birth control pills.' I will be joining IDM very shortly! Thank you, Dr. Fung!
Same... Just diagnosed with PCOS after 23 years of suffering and five different types of birth control pills. My new gyno today told me that I don't need medication, just need to do low carb to lose weight.
Oh Dr Fung where were you when I was diagnosed with PCOS 30 years ago? I was offered an ovarian wedge resection but declined it in the 1990s. That was the best explanation of PCOS that I have ever seen. I love the message that you are getting out to the community instead of pushing drugs like so many other doctors. I remember sitting in the endocrinologist office at the Obesity clinic at a major Australian hospital and there was a poster on the wall behind his head about PCOS. It stated that women with PCOS are 5 times more likely to have a heart attack and 11 times more likely to have a stroke by the time that they are 50 years old. I wished that someone had explained the connection between insulin and PCOS when my insulin level was 221. It is negligent practice.
Every time I see a new presentation from Dr. Jason Fung in my subscription feed, I feel like Christmas just came early! Its also nice to be introduced to Dr. Nadia Pateguana. I never would have known about her if it were not for this video. Thank you for uploading this.
It is interesting that Dr. Fung mentioned getting to the 'root cause' of the disease. I actually had a doctor tell me that I was looking for the "cause" and they (the doctors) didn't do that. They saw symptoms and treated that. I lost all respect for the medical community due that that. It is refreshing to hear there are doctors that actually do what I had sought.
I had a doctor tell me the same thing. It's crazy how doctors these days are useless. U have to research things on your own or turn to the internet for answers.
Same experience here. In my early 20s, I got diagnosed with PCOS. I asked my doctor how to prevent infertility, diabetes, and heart disease while I’m in early stage and young. She said those things will happen in 10-20 years, why worry now, deal with it then and prescribed BC pills. Mind boggling and infuriating to think back now.
True , I had the same experience, asked a doctor a while ago “why is this problem (arthritis) developing in my body?” She said there is no why, you just have to treat it and put up with it.
I am now 50 years of age with PCOS. I am finally understanding how and why my body got cancer at 41 years of age and how it was started from. I wish my several doctors knew or even had a clue what I have learned in the last 2 years and had placed 2 plus 2 to equal 4... no one did this. I did.. lol and I’m not a Dr... I am on a low carb diet and exercise everyday now.. I am doing much better and I’m not feeling crazy either like I used to
Dr. Fung is a brilliant physician, no doubts from me! Insulin is so important, but too much of a good thing is bad. I had no clue that high levels of insulin causes so many different, diverse problems.
Fasting is helping me turn my life around at 71! It's never too late to find answers to get healthy. I felt better than I did when I was in my 30's and 40's and for that matter as a young pubescent girl who didn't understand what the heck was happening in my body.
Damn i have been fasting as a young kid cuz i m muslim so we have to but still somehow got pcos 😭😭 now idk if its tht or if my ovary just has multiple cycts ... is it possible to get regular periods and still have cycts I got prescribed DIANE 35, LOCYST , MYOFOLIC SACHET I GET REGULAR PERIODS NATURALLY BUT MY ULTRASOUND SHOWED CYCTS ON BOTH OVARY RIGHT OVARY HAS MULTIPLE CYCTS LEFT OVWRY HEMOGRAPHIC CYSTS WILL SKIPPING MEDS BE OKAY FOR ME .? Age 20 Height 5'4 Weight 61kg I get pain from the cysts 😣😣 Mere periods 4 to 5 days hotte hai lekin un hone kaha hai ki 2nd day of periods se lena hai
I was diagnosed with ovarian cyst 15cm few days ago n the doctor want me to go for surgery. I’m 42 n now going to do strict keto n OMAD. Thanks Dr Jason Fung n Dr Berg.
@@_LifeisLush hi I was diagnosed with 2cm cyst from two months heavy bleeding doctor gave birth control pill and facing severe problem as I'm 43 trying to conceive im scared whether I have got diabetic due to pcos can u please tell me ur diet plan
When we wanted a second baby, it took us 5 years and a diagnosis of PCOS (never heard of it before) to figure out why. After losing 50 lbs at the time, she finally came. Now she is 14 years old and many people still don’t know what it is. Thank you for this.
I was diagnosed with PCOS in my 60's. And not because I never went to doctors. I had regular gyn checks, saw MD's and was told I'm hairy because I have a Mediterranean heritage. No discussion about weight, hypoglycemia issues I was having, cystic ovaries or anything else. They just didn't know. It's great to know this is better known. Now, I only hope mainstream medicine knows how to help younger women showing up in their clinics and offices and they teach these approaches in medical school and OB/GYN residency programs.
Thanks Dr. Jason Fung! Started every other day fasting and slowing down the carbs aside from veggies. Dropped 12 lb in a week and I can tell my hormones are already changing. I’m 51 and thought my symptoms were “typical and expected” for someone peri-menopause. I’m even getting my cognitive function back-another symptom on top of weight gain typical for my age.
Who is Dr. Fung? Dr. Fung is a hero without any superpower, he wears no cape, his panties are not on the outside, but he fights the big pharmaceutical companies and save his patients' lives and wallets.
Wow, after a few months since I watched this video I came back to check out this amazing information! I don't have PCOS but I follow a keto diet and I am a type one diabetic. So Dr. Fung is really great and has played such a great role in my life on my way to become a healthier and happier person thanks to Intermittent fasting!!
Dr Fung is AMAZING GENIOUS! He should be given a Nobel Prize! I got his books on Obesity. My hubby with long history of diabethes 2 and high level of insulin lost 65 lb and uses very small dose of insulin v huge 1 year ago. God Bless Dr Fung and his family!
I have a feeling I have this condition, and it's really frustrating that my doctors never said anything. I brought up some symptoms I had with my skin, and I have hair growing on my chin...so I don't know why they never tired to look deeper. They just told me to use a lightening cream and to watch what I ate because it could lead to diabetes, but they never said why this caused anything I was going through. My sister probably has it too, and the doctors were trying to prescribe medicine to control her hormones. I feel both relieved and upset, relieved that I found the name to what I could be suffering from, and upset that so many doctors never told me anything about this condition. I'll make an effort to change my diet, I have a better understanding of the root cause, so now I know how to help my body work better for me, and ultimately feel better about myself. Either way, I need to lose weight, but at least I know more about why my body is the way it is. Thank you so much for this presentation!!
I am so delighted with myself; Been on Keto and stable weight for some time, but just finished a 5 day strict water fast and lost 2.2 pounds. Woot! Done plenty of 2 or 3 day fasts, but no weight loss, but I don't know why I procrastinated before trying a longer fast. Now I am going to schedule a 5 day fast once every 6 weeks. I eat one meal a day and I am happy that my weight remains stable with no effort, but it is oh so nice to be able to lose a couple of pounds fasting as I am still overweight. Apparently I am not close to diabetic, so I figure I am just very efficient with my bodies fuel. Thank you Dr Fung for the confidence to try longer fasts.
Be patient. Your body is first healing and adjusting. The weight loss will follow as an extra benefit. Congratulations on taking the first steps. I’ll pray for your good health to come!
Hi Shannon. How are you? Hope you are fine. 1 year of changes in diet and lifestyle would have minimized the condition. Can you help me by sharing your experience (ie, updates) after a year?
The information in many videos coming from Dr. Fung and partners lines up so well with the good science-based videos by others about the evils of fructose and dietary glucose. It is absolutely crazy how many health issues are associated with so-called insulin resistance, which I think seriously need re-naming. In hindsight, it all makes sense, tying all these disparate doctors and studies together is the challenge. Gut health is right up there too, and while I haven't seen him say it, the carbs Dr Fung recommends (high fibre) also are the ones good for gut health as I understand it. An all-around thumbs up. 👍
I don't have symptoms: never had a cramp, never had unusual periods or missed any, never had mood swings. I did, however, grow a PCOS belly. I believe I have symptomless PCOS. So I'm going to change my diet (safely) because that makes sense.
Excellent talk by Dr. Nadia and Dr. Jason. Very clear and informative points. All women should be aware of this. Thank you. Looking forward to the next talks. Congrats Dr. Nadia!
Insulin Resistance is related with around 50-70% of PCOS cases, so what about the part, who are NOT YET Insulin Resistant, but have PCOS with Hyperandrogenism already? So Insulin Resistance cannot always be the main root cause, often it is enhancer or kickstarter of underlying pcos. Interestingly lowering Insulin in non-Insulin Resistant pcos patients lowers Androgens, but not in controls, so low Insulin definitely helps. But it is not the main and only root cause. There are many different genetic and environmental causes for Hyperandrogenism. Very important one is Enchanced 5-alpha Reductase Activity, which turns Testosterone into most potent Androgen = DHT, which by many different pathways will make you and keep you Androgenic and cause PCOS without having Insulin Resistance (yet).
I am like her, I have always been skinny ( skinny fat) but in my adolescence I had an awful acne, and irregular periods, I was diagnosed with PCOS until my 20s and what was doctor's solution? Birth control. I recently left those pills, but now the most difficult part of this is trying to explain to people why I am in a low carb diet, they look at me as if I was an anorexic or something, just because I do not look overweight, ike if that was the worst part of the decease...
I find that people have more understanding if you say that you are pre-diabetic and that you have to eat like that to not become diabetic because of you insulin resistance.
I'm sorry to hear that. It's very common. Familiarity breeds contempt. They won't listen even if the truth is staring them in the face. They have to live and learn. My sister had her thyroid removed and her ovaries hacked up... All this could have been fixed via proper nutrition and iodine intake.
I was diagnosed with pcos and was given medication to induce menses. The doctor told me to induce it for every 2 months and told me to loose weight. I stated keto and my menses started to come back naturally (about 36th day cycle). Apart from loosing weight, getting my period back was a bonus. I don't have to depend on medication. Once i stopped keto my period started to get delayed from 36th day cycle to 40+th day cycle. I was worried and got back to keto again. On the side note, I have a few strands of hair on my chin before keto and it didn't go away after i started keto. I wonder why.... still too much testosterone?
I am not really in treatment, bit same happened to me. I did not realize I had endometriosis. I keep plucking them, it's just a few, but I wish I'd known all this. Electrolysis works, I'd think. But maybe there is something more natural, I don't know. I knew someone who had kind of heavy arm n leg hair, but it just went away at some point.
It's because hairs have two forms: vellus and terminal. All hairs on the body start out vellus, and appear thin and colorless like peach fuzz. Children have these all over. At puberty, many hair follicles morph into their terminal form. On women, it will be the armpit hairs and the pubic hairs, and on men it will be those as well as chest hair, leg hair, arm hair, and facial hair. Terminal hairs are thicker and darker. Women with hormonal disruptions like PCOS may have the male pattern of which hairs turn from vellus to terminal, or something like a male-female hybrid pattern. Unfortunately, once a hair follicle has switched from vellus to terminal, it can't go back. It's a one-way switch. However, individual follicles can be turned off entirely, by laser hair removal or electrolysis. Sometimes they can just give up from exhaustion too, if the same hair is plucked over and over and over again.
Thanks God I got pregnant during my 20’s with my 3 first babies really easy after 30 I started having low progesterone and was hard to keep the pregnancies, I have two more and 5 miscarriages. The postpartum were really hard with depression and anxiety. I remembered the doctor saying that I will not be able to become pregnant others said that I need to start early in my 20s. The only way that I had been able to lose weight had been lowering my carbs between 70-100 g a day, intermittent fasting 16 hours and going gluten and dairy free. I lost 30 pounds in 4 months.
What happens if you are not insulin resistant? Or do not have high insulin. My doctor has run all the tests and I am not insulin resistant, pre-diabetic or diabetic, I'm a little overweight but only just over healthy BMI. I have slightly elevated testosterone and Dr Fung has indicated that insulin is the issue here. I'm on low carb/no sugar now through choice but my Dr (who specialises in PCOS) has said I was likely born this way. So what the hell? I'm more confused now than at the start. I have conceived twice with clomid and I do not ovulate naturally, again Dr Fung suggests insulin is the issue. How can this be If all my tests are normal? Beyond frustrating!
All the tests the doctors run look at blood sugar not insulin levels. So maybe you still have high insulin levels , but everything looks great like your blood sugar and your hA1c is normal.
@rheidarisafa Exactly. This is what happened with me. Most doctors don't typically check all of these. My A1C and blood glucose had been in normal ranges for years (likely due to intermittent fasting) but my NP through Allara Health recently checked my insulin and it was high.
I hope uterine fibroids come under the umbrella of too much insulin eventually. Right now doctors are clueless as to what causes it. I've heard estrogen dominance vs progesterone as one cause. There are no diet related practices that have been proven to work, however, there are anecdotal hints suggesting limiting/eliminating meat (and saturated fat), sugar, and coffee, and increasing your intake of healthy foods like fruits, vegetables, grains; double your fiber! Basically, a plant based diet to the rescue. However, once you understand how a high carb diet will eventually spiral insulin out of control, it's hard to see plants as the long term answer; especially when a lot of vegans have fertility issues also. But a reduction in carbs will promote weight loss, which will prevent the body from making estrogen in fat cells, rather just in the ovaries.
So the answer could be less plants, and more meat. Perhabs a pure carnivore diet. Just look at Michaela Petersons experience with her many autoimmune diseases.
@@HR_sailor66 Yes, makes sense. Carnivore diet, or keto/carnivore diet, would support the body in making healthy hormones from cholesterol, while lowering insulin (and eventually estrogen), at the same time. Better hormonal regulation is a huge benefit for overall health, and might prevent fibroids from growing too big. Fibroids are not popularly treated as inflammation caused by something else. Like a lot of diseases, the drastic approach has always been the first option; the solution for fibroids used to be a hysterectomy. The current solution, UFE, is minimally invasive, but does not prevent the fibroids from returning, which may suggest diet is a key driver in their creation. I really wish doctors like Jason Fung, and his colleagues, would come along and offer some insight into the prevention, or reversal, of uterine fibroids through diet. I have been doing my own N=1 trial for the last 6 months; about 80% carnivore without counting anything. I had noticeable improvement after 3 months, and significant improvement by the end of month 6. This is without bioidentical hormones. Unfortunately, I am in perimenopause with the usual decline in estrogen, so I can't say for sure diet was the key. I also managed to reduce physical and emotional stress and that may have played an even more important role in lowering my estrogen.
@@akasuzq1970 But low estrogen is not a good thing, it puts you at risk of developing osteoporosis, not to mention, low estrogen is the cause of belly fat in menopause. Low estrogen means irregular periods in younger women, no ovulation. That's not good. Fasting has messed up my estrogen levels and my periods have become lighter and lighter and more close together since doing it :( I agree that intermittent fasting and keto are two of the healthiest things you can do for your body, but there needs to be more studies on women. How do we keep our hormones in balance while fasting? Seems it isn't as simple as just fasting and cutting carbs, there is more to it for us women.
Drinking a lot of water in general helps by flushing down the bacteria. I had a bunch of UTIs and I would down a gallon of water a day and only had UTI for like three days and only the first day was the most painful. Hope that’s helps
How does this theory explain PCOS Phenotype D? I have been diagnosed with phenotype D and have 45 cysts between my right and left ovary, ovulate maybe 4 times a year. But, I don't have high testosterone or insulin resistance and I'm a low/normal weight.
I am looking for an answer to my question concerning einkorn wheat. My whole life, I've been an athlete...and had pcos. 8 years of infertility and somehow, the Lord blessed us with 2 boys. I have spent a lifetime eating well...but not necessarily low carb. My question is in regards to fasting and a low carb diet in relation to the ancient grain, einkorn. Studies are now showing that this genitically unmodified wheat variety can actually stave off type 2. It has a chemical make up that is totally opposite of modern wheat. It doesn't set off the bodies inflammation response, it is low glycemic and doesn't spike insulin( steady release), packed with vitamin B's, has 30% more protein than modern wheat, and has a much weaker gluten bond. There are probably more wonderful things about einkorn...but my question is....with doing OMAD and low carb, would einkorn wheat, noting it's obvious superiority over modern wheat, be something that I could add into my diet occasionally and still keep my insulin at a level that allow weight loss?
How do you know you have it? You can have some not all the symptoms but the most common one almost all women with pcos is insulin resistant and slow matabolism
How will you explain Erectile dysfunction in male patients with high insulin level? If Insulin is associated with low SHBG and High testosterone level.
What about lean PCOS without any insulin resistance. My blood sugar is normal , weight is normal but still having pcos. Please link if there is some helpful material. Thanks
Arjumand Mirza don’t rely just on your blood sugar level or A1C to tell if your insulin resistant. A serum insulin test determines if you have insulin resistance
I agree with Elma Karic about getting a serum insulin test to see what your fasting insulin levels are. The problem with this is that most doctors will not understand insulin-driven diseases so he/she may not order that test for you. If that is the case you could order a C-Peptide blood test instead. C-peptide bonds with insulin when they are produced in the beta cells then they break apart. It's also cheaper than a serium insulin test, which you can pay out of pocket for if your doctor refuses to order it for you.
Also as you can see from the doctor that started the presentation she was also skinny and thought she was relatively healthy till diagnosed with PCOS and the only thing that helped her symptoms was low carb IF anyway, that's what their book suggests as well
Thank u so much for the feedback. It helped me a lot. I did fasting insulin and it turned out i have high levels. Its was still in Norma range but high. My insulin in blood in 8.8. homma Ir is 2.2 which is on upper limit
This info is not true for me - I’m skinny, eat low carbs, vegan diet for over a year. I used to be a sugar and processed food addict all my life until 2 years ago. I have been diagnosed by 3 docs w/PCOS over the past 6 months because of ultrasounds and my symptoms, the only treatment I am presented with is birth control (depression government pills)
True I was diagnosed with PCOS I did manage symptoms by going gluten free, no processed foods, I included low carb veggies added more fats to my diet... it worked BUT my cravings for sugar was still there and I would have to eat 5 times a day for me this is unsustainable long term. Going Carnivore has kicked those cravings and i dont feel like I'm constantly thinking about food which was really becoming one of the stressors in my life... also in terms of my PCOS symptoms my cycle has not been effected. So far Carnivore diet is helping me to achieve optimum health!
@@sophia_jane hmmm , what fat sources are preferred? It just seems that ketosis isn't as natural to be in all the time. It's weird the inuit have a gene against going into ketosis and they mostly eat meat
@@newisthedawn Well, I healed my PCOS through a well balanced vegan diet, but with a lot of prolonged fasting throughout. The key is the fasting = insulin drops. If you are going meat-only for a long time, you’ll run into countless of health problems, because eating just one food really isn’t wholesome.
I too think all meat isn't healthy. But if I eat chicken or pork I start bleeding (female) at the wrong time. Not sure about beef yet. But I'm mostly keeping carbs low, but for fruit.
Is the insuline test accurate to know if we re insuline résistant ? I tried the glucose test where you have to drink a very sweet orange drink and then wait couple of hours to do the test in the morning and came out that there is no insuline resistance. So how come there is PCOS
I wish I had this information 30 years ago. I was never able to conceive due to my weight and never diagnosed with PSOD until it was too late. Makes me wonder what could have been. So glad you are helping the young women now.
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So many women have been there with you, including me! Luckily I was able to adopt but what I went through to try and get pregnant was horrible. I was told to lose weight but the pcos seemed to make it impossible
Feeling very sad for your lady, I have same problem m 28 trying to conceive..
Same for me. 20 years too late I realised what the problem was in losing umpteen pregnancies.
I have PCOS and I remember how I felt when the doctor told me it would be hard for me to conceive I now have 4 children very successful pregnancies. God blessed me!
I'm on my 1st pregnancy, anxious most of the time. Did you have to change your diet during any of your pregnancies?
Amen. I tap into this testimony 🙌
I had an endocrinologist that refused to diagnose me with PCOS despite having high testosterone and oestrogen, having ultrasound scan showing cists on my ovaries and irregular menstrual cycle, hirsutism, weight gain and hair loss. He said "Yes you have these symptoms but its not PCOS. Do regular exercise and eat better." He gave me a list of foods that I already was eating and I was exercising.
That was the final encounter that made me take my health into my own hands. Do your own research. There are many fat idiot doctors out there.
Have you been able to regrow your hair after following Dr. Fung’s protocol?
I find that most endocrinologist and even GYNs have no idea what to do with PCOS. Lol
Good for you
Thank you sooo much it helps me a lot ❤️
I am so happy that Dr. Fung is speaking about PCOS! Thank you, Dr. Nadia Pateguana.
I'm a huge fan of Dr. Fung's science-based explanations for metabolic diseases. People with big bodies, especially women, get brushed off constantly as just needing to eat less and exercise more. No one ever actually explains how our metabolisms work like this. Fat bias in medicine means we're treated like cows eating too much grass, not like people who just want to understand why we struggle so much to lose weight. Finally, a real answer.
I work in metabolic health coaching and I hear this same sentiment expressed so often as patient's experience. It is an actively harmful approach to human beings and their health, ignorant and void of compassion. I really hope this changes soon.
I have now watched this video twice and I am both in awe and angry. In awe that FINALLY someone made sense of this nightmare I've had for 30+ years and there is a way to fix it and angry at the many, many, many doctors who just scratched their heads and said 'we dunno, here have some more birth control pills.' I will be joining IDM very shortly! Thank you, Dr. Fung!
Same with type 2 diabetics. Most doctors don't have a clue.
Thanks a million Dr. Fung for opening women's eyes and not opening their Wallet! Like what is in your wallet Lady!!!
Agree
Same... Just diagnosed with PCOS after 23 years of suffering and five different types of birth control pills. My new gyno today told me that I don't need medication, just need to do low carb to lose weight.
It is hard for me to understand why anyone would give this presentation a thumbs down.
We are a hyper critical culture. It gives a rush to those suffering from personal powerlessness.
They compare reality to the mirage of Hollywood.
they are from pharma industries 🤣😂
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Stupidity or Jealousy, or Dr. Fung, revealing the Truth on women's health
Thumbs down come from the food and drug corporations that will lose their “blood money” once the truth is exposed by caring doctors like Dr Fung
Dr Fung has saved my life. Thank you!!!
Oh Dr Fung where were you when I was diagnosed with PCOS 30 years ago? I was offered an ovarian wedge resection but declined it in the 1990s. That was the best explanation of PCOS that I have ever seen. I love the message that you are getting out to the community instead of pushing drugs like so many other doctors. I remember sitting in the endocrinologist office at the Obesity clinic at a major Australian hospital and there was a poster on the wall behind his head about PCOS. It stated that women with PCOS are 5 times more likely to have a heart attack and 11 times more likely to have a stroke by the time that they are 50 years old. I wished that someone had explained the connection between insulin and PCOS when my insulin level was 221. It is negligent practice.
221 insulin in which unit system?
I completely agree with you that this is so informative and it just makes so much sense!
Every time I see a new presentation from Dr. Jason Fung in my subscription feed, I feel like Christmas just came early! Its also nice to be introduced to Dr. Nadia Pateguana. I never would have known about her if it were not for this video. Thank you for uploading this.
I'm a simple man, I see Dr Fung, I click!
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It is interesting that Dr. Fung mentioned getting to the 'root cause' of the disease. I actually had a doctor tell me that I was looking for the "cause" and they (the doctors) didn't do that. They saw symptoms and treated that. I lost all respect for the medical community due that that. It is refreshing to hear there are doctors that actually do what I had sought.
I had a doctor tell me the same thing. It's crazy how doctors these days are useless. U have to research things on your own or turn to the internet for answers.
Same experience here. In my early 20s, I got diagnosed with PCOS. I asked my doctor how to prevent infertility, diabetes, and heart disease while I’m in early stage and young. She said those things will happen in 10-20 years, why worry now, deal with it then and prescribed BC pills. Mind boggling and infuriating to think back now.
I had a doctor tell me something similar, she said I didn’t have enough symptoms to be diagnosed. Despite the fact that obviously something was wrong.
True , I had the same experience, asked a doctor a while ago “why is this problem (arthritis) developing in my body?” She said there is no why, you just have to treat it and put up with it.
Unfortunately, there are alot of dumb doctors out here I'm not sure why people put them on a pedestal.
I am now 50 years of age with PCOS. I am finally understanding how and why my body got cancer at 41 years of age and how it was started from. I wish my several doctors knew or even had a clue what I have learned in the last 2 years and had placed 2 plus 2 to equal 4... no one did this. I did.. lol and I’m not a Dr... I am on a low carb diet and exercise everyday now.. I am doing much better and I’m not feeling crazy either like I used to
Andrea Cooper I’m happy you are doing great 👍 All women should take their own health into their own hands. Many docs are in the business of money
Also Read #RadicalHope of #KellyATurner #KellyTurner
What cancer did you get?
A lot of my childhood makes a lot of sense now. :(
Couldn't agree more. Same here
Dr. Fung is a brilliant physician, no doubts from me! Insulin is so important, but too much of a good thing is bad. I had no clue that high levels of insulin causes so many different, diverse problems.
If Insulin was a real person, DR.Fung will be his arch Enemy :D
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Jason fung is Fasting Man!!!
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Fung's take on Type 2 diabetes is a revelation to me and makes a whole lot more sense.
We need more doctors like him. Thank you Dr !
Fasting is helping me turn my life around at 71! It's never too late to find answers to get healthy. I felt better than I did when I was in my 30's and 40's and for that matter as a young pubescent girl who didn't understand what the heck was happening in my body.
Damn i have been fasting as a young kid cuz i m muslim so we have to but still somehow got pcos 😭😭 now idk if its tht or if my ovary just has multiple cycts ... is it possible to get regular periods and still have cycts
I got prescribed DIANE 35, LOCYST , MYOFOLIC SACHET
I GET REGULAR PERIODS NATURALLY BUT MY ULTRASOUND SHOWED CYCTS ON BOTH OVARY
RIGHT OVARY HAS MULTIPLE CYCTS
LEFT OVWRY HEMOGRAPHIC CYSTS
WILL SKIPPING MEDS BE OKAY FOR ME .?
Age 20
Height 5'4
Weight 61kg
I get pain from the cysts 😣😣 Mere periods 4 to 5 days hotte hai lekin un hone kaha hai ki 2nd day of periods se lena hai
Gratitude for knowing your incredible story, keep up the good work, these are the most efficient surveys we can have
I was diagnosed with ovarian cyst 15cm few days ago n the doctor want me to go for surgery. I’m 42 n now going to do strict keto n OMAD. Thanks Dr Jason Fung n Dr Berg.
Any update?
I cleared up my ovarian cyst through diet and conceived my two girls. You can do it too.
@@_LifeisLush hi
I was diagnosed with 2cm cyst from two months heavy bleeding doctor gave birth control pill and facing severe problem as I'm 43 trying to conceive im scared whether I have got diabetic due to pcos can u please tell me ur diet plan
@@jamie1425How did you do it?
@@jamie1425what was your diet?
Brilliant treatment. Thank you so much. Solution from 31:00
Thank you so much! Much needed info for those SUFFERING with PCOS
This dr is Gold!!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 he is a doctor of love not money 👏🏼
Dr. Fung is not Money Hungry, he has a Heart for those patients or non-patients. !!
I’m South African living in eSwatini. Just got diagnosed and I am so close to Mozambique. This is amazing 🤩
When we wanted a second baby, it took us 5 years and a diagnosis of PCOS (never heard of it before) to figure out why. After losing 50 lbs at the time, she finally came. Now she is 14 years old and many people still don’t know what it is. Thank you for this.
I was diagnosed with PCOS in my 60's. And not because I never went to doctors. I had regular gyn checks, saw MD's and was told I'm hairy because I have a Mediterranean heritage. No discussion about weight, hypoglycemia issues I was having, cystic ovaries or anything else. They just didn't know. It's great to know this is better known. Now, I only hope mainstream medicine knows how to help younger women showing up in their clinics and offices and they teach these approaches in medical school and OB/GYN residency programs.
Thanks Dr. Jason Fung! Started every other day fasting and slowing down the carbs aside from veggies. Dropped 12 lb in a week and I can tell my hormones are already changing. I’m 51 and thought my symptoms were “typical and expected” for someone peri-menopause. I’m even getting my cognitive function back-another symptom on top of weight gain typical for my age.
Who is Dr. Fung?
Dr. Fung is a hero without any superpower, he wears no cape, his panties are not on the outside, but he fights the big pharmaceutical companies and save his patients' lives and wallets.
Lives, wallets, and reproduction.
Agree 100 %, Dr Fung is not money hungry, but has a caring heart for humanity.
Wow, after a few months since I watched this video I came back to check out this amazing information! I don't have PCOS but I follow a keto diet and I am a type one diabetic. So Dr. Fung is really great and has played such a great role in my life on my way to become a healthier and happier person thanks to Intermittent fasting!!
Dr Fung is AMAZING GENIOUS! He should be given a Nobel Prize! I got his books on Obesity. My hubby with long history of diabethes 2 and high level of insulin lost 65 lb and uses very small dose of insulin v huge 1 year ago. God Bless Dr Fung and his family!
He deserves a knighthood (he’s Canadian so this is possible) which would sound great - Sir Jason Fung!
I have a feeling I have this condition, and it's really frustrating that my doctors never said anything. I brought up some symptoms I had with my skin, and I have hair growing on my chin...so I don't know why they never tired to look deeper. They just told me to use a lightening cream and to watch what I ate because it could lead to diabetes, but they never said why this caused anything I was going through. My sister probably has it too, and the doctors were trying to prescribe medicine to control her hormones. I feel both relieved and upset, relieved that I found the name to what I could be suffering from, and upset that so many doctors never told me anything about this condition. I'll make an effort to change my diet, I have a better understanding of the root cause, so now I know how to help my body work better for me, and ultimately feel better about myself. Either way, I need to lose weight, but at least I know more about why my body is the way it is. Thank you so much for this presentation!!
They won’t tell you either, I diagnosed myself because I knew it what was my body had
Dr. Jason Fung ➡ 17:41
Dante Alighi3ri thank you
Not all heros wear capes
Thank god 😂
Only clicked on this because of the speakers but it was really interesting. Good upload.
Same here. 1st Dr Fung video about solving two compartment problem was a lightbulb moment for me.
Most simple modest king of food medicine in today's world....
As always superb presentation from Dr Fung, every day I learn new stuffs to have a better understanding about the chronic diseases
I'm sharing this with a friend and on my Facebook profile. This is crazy Inportant!
Really great man,helping to millions of women,Allaha bless you.
Myo-Inositol & D-Chiro Inositol for PCOS. How does it fit into the treatment for PCOS? Please comment.
I am so delighted with myself; Been on Keto and stable weight for some time, but just finished a 5 day strict water fast and lost 2.2 pounds. Woot! Done plenty of 2 or 3 day fasts, but no weight loss, but I don't know why I procrastinated before trying a longer fast. Now I am going to schedule a 5 day fast once every 6 weeks. I eat one meal a day and I am happy that my weight remains stable with no effort, but it is oh so nice to be able to lose a couple of pounds fasting as I am still overweight.
Apparently I am not close to diabetic, so I figure I am just very efficient with my bodies fuel. Thank you Dr Fung for the confidence to try longer fasts.
Be patient. Your body is first healing and adjusting. The weight loss will follow as an extra benefit. Congratulations on taking the first steps. I’ll pray for your good health to come!
Dr Jason fung->RESPECT!!!! FOR SIMPLY KEEPING THINGS SIMPLE B4 D WORLD... RESPECT!!!!!!
I have pcos it's really tough, trying to loose weight now it's a very long tough process but I will try my hardest.
Shannon, These are the people you need to follow! They can help you!!
Hi hope you doing ok any progress please reply thanks x
True North in California will help you.
Hi Shannon. How are you? Hope you are fine. 1 year of changes in diet and lifestyle would have minimized the condition. Can you help me by sharing your experience (ie, updates) after a year?
The information in many videos coming from Dr. Fung and partners lines up so well with the good science-based videos by others about the evils of fructose and dietary glucose.
It is absolutely crazy how many health issues are associated with so-called insulin resistance, which I think seriously need re-naming. In hindsight, it all makes sense, tying all these disparate doctors and studies together is the challenge. Gut health is right up there too, and while I haven't seen him say it, the carbs Dr Fung recommends (high fibre) also are the ones good for gut health as I understand it. An all-around thumbs up. 👍
Good information here! Jason Fung is one of my favorites!
Fantastic explanation! Thank you so much, both of you!
Nadia's talk was soooo encouraging! Thanks for sharing. 💖
I don't have symptoms: never had a cramp, never had unusual periods or missed any, never had mood swings. I did, however, grow a PCOS belly.
I believe I have symptomless PCOS. So I'm going to change my diet (safely) because that makes sense.
At last this condition has been addressed by Dr Fung!
Excellent talk by Dr. Nadia and Dr. Jason. Very clear and informative points. All women should be aware of this. Thank you. Looking forward to the next talks. Congrats Dr. Nadia!
Have heard any new lectures from him till now. What an Awesome speaker
Not a youtuber influencers content..for universe sake.
Thank you doc.
Thank you Dr. Jason Fung!!! Your book was extremely helpful
Love this channel. I have been learning a lot about real health and wellness.
Wow this has helped so much! I knew the treatment never made sense. It makes soooo much more sense now.
This is very informative thank you all Dr Nadia and Dr fung 🙏🏽
So informative, thank you! It's true - food really is medicine!
Thank you , so difficult to explain this to my thin patients and GPs , grateful for personal example , need more people like you x
Tantos anos que tenho de estudo de nutrição e tanto aprendo com estes excelentes médicos
Grato pela vossa EXISTÊNCIA e por todo o vosso saber.
Insulin Resistance is related with around 50-70% of PCOS cases, so what about the part, who are NOT YET Insulin Resistant, but have PCOS with Hyperandrogenism already? So Insulin Resistance cannot always be the main root cause, often it is enhancer or kickstarter of underlying pcos. Interestingly lowering Insulin in non-Insulin Resistant pcos patients lowers Androgens, but not in controls, so low Insulin definitely helps.
But it is not the main and only root cause.
There are many different genetic and environmental causes for Hyperandrogenism. Very important one is Enchanced 5-alpha Reductase Activity, which turns Testosterone into most potent Androgen = DHT, which by many different pathways will make you and keep you Androgenic and cause PCOS without having Insulin Resistance (yet).
Thank you Dr. Fung!
I am like her, I have always been skinny ( skinny fat) but in my adolescence I had an awful acne, and irregular periods, I was diagnosed with PCOS until my 20s and what was doctor's solution? Birth control. I recently left those pills, but now the most difficult part of this is trying to explain to people why I am in a low carb diet, they look at me as if I was an anorexic or something, just because I do not look overweight, ike if that was the worst part of the decease...
I find that people have more understanding if you say that you are pre-diabetic and that you have to eat like that to not become diabetic because of you insulin resistance.
Thank you for this video! Life changing.
Big love for both of you and your work
I wish I had known this when I was younger.. oh well...
Me too
I try so hard to get my daughter to understand and get this...
She has been treated with all these drugs but she trust her Dr.
I'm sorry to hear that. It's very common. Familiarity breeds contempt.
They won't listen even if the truth is staring them in the face. They have to live and learn.
My sister had her thyroid removed and her ovaries hacked up...
All this could have been fixed via proper nutrition and iodine intake.
My daughter is the same. At some stage I hope she has a lightbulb moment like Nadia
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
Can I get rid of uterine fibroids with just doing the intermittent fasting ? How many hours is better to start doing that ? Thanks
Skip to 17:41...
omg thank you. the rambling and "I went to help starving people". FFS. there is more to Africa than starving ppl.
Is Nadia wearing a cape? Superhero?
I was diagnosed with pcos and was given medication to induce menses. The doctor told me to induce it for every 2 months and told me to loose weight.
I stated keto and my menses started to come back naturally (about 36th day cycle). Apart from loosing weight, getting my period back was a bonus. I don't have to depend on medication. Once i stopped keto my period started to get delayed from 36th day cycle to 40+th day cycle. I was worried and got back to keto again.
On the side note, I have a few strands of hair on my chin before keto and it didn't go away after i started keto. I wonder why.... still too much testosterone?
I am not really in treatment, bit same happened to me. I did not realize I had endometriosis.
I keep plucking them, it's just a few, but I wish I'd known all this.
Electrolysis works, I'd think. But maybe there is something more natural, I don't know.
I knew someone who had kind of heavy arm n leg hair, but it just went away at some point.
It's because hairs have two forms: vellus and terminal. All hairs on the body start out vellus, and appear thin and colorless like peach fuzz. Children have these all over. At puberty, many hair follicles morph into their terminal form. On women, it will be the armpit hairs and the pubic hairs, and on men it will be those as well as chest hair, leg hair, arm hair, and facial hair. Terminal hairs are thicker and darker.
Women with hormonal disruptions like PCOS may have the male pattern of which hairs turn from vellus to terminal, or something like a male-female hybrid pattern.
Unfortunately, once a hair follicle has switched from vellus to terminal, it can't go back. It's a one-way switch. However, individual follicles can be turned off entirely, by laser hair removal or electrolysis. Sometimes they can just give up from exhaustion too, if the same hair is plucked over and over and over again.
Thank you very much
Great talk.
“With a little health from the husband, of course! “ Nice one doc. 🤣
Thanks God I got pregnant during my 20’s with my 3 first babies really easy after 30 I started having low progesterone and was hard to keep the pregnancies, I have two more and 5 miscarriages. The postpartum were really hard with depression and anxiety. I remembered the doctor saying that I will not be able to become pregnant others said that I need to start early in my 20s.
The only way that I had been able to lose weight had been lowering my carbs between 70-100 g a day, intermittent fasting 16 hours and going gluten and dairy free. I lost 30 pounds in 4 months.
I am battling with PCOS now and it is really hard
Try the carnivore diet
What happens if you are not insulin resistant? Or do not have high insulin. My doctor has run all the tests and I am not insulin resistant, pre-diabetic or diabetic, I'm a little overweight but only just over healthy BMI.
I have slightly elevated testosterone and Dr Fung has indicated that insulin is the issue here. I'm on low carb/no sugar now through choice but my Dr (who specialises in PCOS) has said I was likely born this way.
So what the hell? I'm more confused now than at the start.
I have conceived twice with clomid and I do not ovulate naturally, again Dr Fung suggests insulin is the issue. How can this be If all my tests are normal? Beyond frustrating!
All the tests the doctors run look at blood sugar not insulin levels. So maybe you still have high insulin levels , but everything looks great like your blood sugar and your hA1c is normal.
@rheidarisafa Exactly. This is what happened with me. Most doctors don't typically check all of these. My A1C and blood glucose had been in normal ranges for years (likely due to intermittent fasting) but my NP through Allara Health recently checked my insulin and it was high.
Thank you! Amazing video
I hope uterine fibroids come under the umbrella of too much insulin eventually. Right now doctors are clueless as to what causes it. I've heard estrogen dominance vs progesterone as one cause. There are no diet related practices that have been proven to work, however, there are anecdotal hints suggesting limiting/eliminating meat (and saturated fat), sugar, and coffee, and increasing your intake of healthy foods like fruits, vegetables, grains; double your fiber! Basically, a plant based diet to the rescue. However, once you understand how a high carb diet will eventually spiral insulin out of control, it's hard to see plants as the long term answer; especially when a lot of vegans have fertility issues also. But a reduction in carbs will promote weight loss, which will prevent the body from making estrogen in fat cells, rather just in the ovaries.
So the answer could be less plants, and more meat. Perhabs a pure carnivore diet. Just look at Michaela Petersons experience with her many autoimmune diseases.
@@HR_sailor66 Yes, makes sense. Carnivore diet, or keto/carnivore diet, would support the body in making healthy hormones from cholesterol, while lowering insulin (and eventually estrogen), at the same time. Better hormonal regulation is a huge benefit for overall health, and might prevent fibroids from growing too big.
Fibroids are not popularly treated as inflammation caused by something else. Like a lot of diseases, the drastic approach has always been the first option; the solution for fibroids used to be a hysterectomy. The current solution, UFE, is minimally invasive, but does not prevent the fibroids from returning, which may suggest diet is a key driver in their creation.
I really wish doctors like Jason Fung, and his colleagues, would come along and offer some insight into the prevention, or reversal, of uterine fibroids through diet. I have been doing my own N=1 trial for the last 6 months; about 80% carnivore without counting anything. I had noticeable improvement after 3 months, and significant improvement by the end of month 6. This is without bioidentical hormones. Unfortunately, I am in perimenopause with the usual decline in estrogen, so I can't say for sure diet was the key. I also managed to reduce physical and emotional stress and that may have played an even more important role in lowering my estrogen.
@@akasuzq1970 But low estrogen is not a good thing, it puts you at risk of developing osteoporosis, not to mention, low estrogen is the cause of belly fat in menopause. Low estrogen means irregular periods in younger women, no ovulation. That's not good. Fasting has messed up my estrogen levels and my periods have become lighter and lighter and more close together since doing it :( I agree that intermittent fasting and keto are two of the healthiest things you can do for your body, but there needs to be more studies on women. How do we keep our hormones in balance while fasting? Seems it isn't as simple as just fasting and cutting carbs, there is more to it for us women.
Hello. Does long-term or short term fasting also help in curing UTI? Would appreciate if you have a talk on that! Thank you.
Drinking a lot of water in general helps by flushing down the bacteria. I had a bunch of UTIs and I would down a gallon of water a day and only had UTI for like three days and only the first day was the most painful. Hope that’s helps
Cranberry juice & water
How does this theory explain PCOS Phenotype D? I have been diagnosed with phenotype D and have 45 cysts between my right and left ovary, ovulate maybe 4 times a year. But, I don't have high testosterone or insulin resistance and I'm a low/normal weight.
Thanks for this insightful video. I don't have PCOS but I have multiple fibroid. What is your advice on how to shrink the fibroids naturally?
castor oil packs!
Dr Ken Berry advocates a low carb diet for this
Stress full I have pcos right now 😢😢😢
Which she says what her strict diet was exactly right before she got pregnant
But wt about that iinsulin is important to make hormones
I am looking for an answer to my question concerning einkorn wheat. My whole life, I've been an athlete...and had pcos. 8 years of infertility and somehow, the Lord blessed us with 2 boys.
I have spent a lifetime eating well...but not necessarily low carb.
My question is in regards to fasting and a low carb diet in relation to the ancient grain, einkorn. Studies are now showing that this genitically unmodified wheat variety can actually stave off type 2. It has a chemical make up that is totally opposite of modern wheat. It doesn't set off the bodies inflammation response, it is low glycemic and doesn't spike insulin( steady release), packed with vitamin B's, has 30% more protein than modern wheat, and has a much weaker gluten bond. There are probably more wonderful things about einkorn...but my question is....with doing OMAD and low carb, would einkorn wheat, noting it's obvious superiority over modern wheat, be something that I could add into my diet occasionally and still keep my insulin at a level that allow weight loss?
I guess it’s much better to have oats and quinoa as for high protein content and no gluten content at all comparing to eeinkorn
Where do you purchase Einkorn wheat???
Thanks!
How is it possible to have normal sugar levels, be slim and yet have severe pcos? I do not get mine at all
How do you know you have it? You can have some not all the symptoms but the most common one almost all women with pcos is insulin resistant and slow matabolism
Keto worsened my PCOS symptoms, going low carb however made it better
Women need carbs to properly make progesterone.
How will you explain Erectile dysfunction in male patients with high insulin level? If Insulin is associated with low SHBG and High testosterone level.
What about lean PCOS without any insulin resistance. My blood sugar is normal , weight is normal but still having pcos. Please link if there is some helpful material.
Thanks
Arjumand Mirza don’t rely just on your blood sugar level or A1C to tell if your insulin resistant. A serum insulin test determines if you have insulin resistance
I agree with Elma Karic about getting a serum insulin test to see what your fasting insulin levels are. The problem with this is that most doctors will not understand insulin-driven diseases so he/she may not order that test for you. If that is the case you could order a C-Peptide blood test instead. C-peptide bonds with insulin when they are produced in the beta cells then they break apart. It's also cheaper than a serium insulin test, which you can pay out of pocket for if your doctor refuses to order it for you.
Also as you can see from the doctor that started the presentation she was also skinny and thought she was relatively healthy till diagnosed with PCOS and the only thing that helped her symptoms was low carb IF anyway, that's what their book suggests as well
Thank u so much for the feedback. It helped me a lot. I did fasting insulin and it turned out i have high levels. Its was still in Norma range but high. My insulin in blood in 8.8. homma Ir is 2.2 which is on upper limit
Great vid!
not sure about ketogenic diet as me with pcos also has high blood fat
Nadia we share same names😍😍😍😍 ...I am from Algeria north Africa Arab country
This info is not true for me - I’m skinny, eat low carbs, vegan diet for over a year. I used to be a sugar and processed food addict all my life until 2 years ago. I have been diagnosed by 3 docs w/PCOS over the past 6 months because of ultrasounds and my symptoms, the only treatment I am presented with is birth control (depression government pills)
You could have HA and PCOS. Just curious, where do you get your calories on low carb vegan?
A normal vegan doet in itself is a high carb one.
what do you guys think of metformin for PCOS? good?
Diet!!
I healed myself of this back in 2008 and conceived two kids with no youtube! You can do it!
It sounds like Dr. Fing & Nadia P. Don't think so, watch the video again.
32:03 In the future maybe they will add Carnivore Diet to that list.
Enjoyed all the information.
Totally agree! Meat heals!
True I was diagnosed with PCOS I did manage symptoms by going gluten free, no processed foods, I included low carb veggies added more fats to my diet... it worked BUT my cravings for sugar was still there and I would have to eat 5 times a day for me this is unsustainable long term. Going Carnivore has kicked those cravings and i dont feel like I'm constantly thinking about food which was really becoming one of the stressors in my life... also in terms of my PCOS symptoms my cycle has not been effected. So far Carnivore diet is helping me to achieve optimum health!
@@sophia_jane hmmm , what fat sources are preferred? It just seems that ketosis isn't as natural to be in all the time. It's weird the inuit have a gene against going into ketosis and they mostly eat meat
@@newisthedawn Well, I healed my PCOS through a well balanced vegan diet, but with a lot of prolonged fasting throughout. The key is the fasting = insulin drops. If you are going meat-only for a long time, you’ll run into countless of health problems, because eating just one food really isn’t wholesome.
I too think all meat isn't healthy. But if I eat chicken or pork I start bleeding (female) at the wrong time.
Not sure about beef yet.
But I'm mostly keeping carbs low, but for fruit.
17:43
Ok, but what caused high insulin in the first place??? 🤔
Stress..
Mix diet, stres, no sunshine and genetic background for this
Excessive consumption of carbohydrates and industrial seed oils.
Nadia said she was sugar water, junk food only, candy. No exercise.
Is the insuline test accurate to know if we re insuline résistant ? I tried the glucose test where you have to drink a very sweet orange drink and then wait couple of hours to do the test in the morning and came out that there is no insuline resistance. So how come there is PCOS
Keep following Dr. Fung and his team, They can help you..watch the videos, Go to there website, you will find answers!
Glucose test will not tell you the answer, the actually test for insulin resistance is HOMA-IR
C peptide is also an option.
what happena if you have pcos but your insulin levels are normal?