Lara Briden - The Period Revolutionary
Leading the change to better periods
A healthy metabolism or ability to lose weight depends on having healthy insulin sensitivity.
Insulin resistance is the condition of having chronically elevated levels of insulin. It’s also called hyperinsulinemia, metabolic syndrome, or pre-diabetes and is a major player in many women’s health conditions including PCOS, acne, fibroids, perimenopause, and heavy periods.
Insulin resistance also causes abdominal weight gain and is a risk factor for diabetes, cancer, osteoporosis, dementia, and heart disease.
Do you have insulin resistance? It’s time to find out.
In women, too much testosterone can cause insulin resistance and abdominal weight gain.
That’s why androgen excess is a factor in the weight gain associated with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), menopause, and some types of birth control.
Sometimes a patient tells me she had only a salad for dinner. Or, even more puzzling: A green smoothie.
I could never do that. I’m tired at the end of the day. I’m hungry. I need a substantial dinner such as roast chicken with potatoes, vegetables, and butter. I honestly cannot imagine sitting down with just a cold green salad.
I don’t think I’m different from other women. Women get hungry. Women need food.
Doctors, please stop prescribing the birth control pill willy-nilly to teenage girls. It is only a band-aid solution for symptoms like acne and PCOS, and it does nothing to correct underlying hormone balance.
Never mind the hair loss, depression, and weight gain from hormonal birth control. There is something else of great importance for young women: the pill reduces libido, possibly forever.