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so I had a question recently from

someone with PCOS and they wanted to

know why does insulin cause PCOS so this

video is about that question what is

PCOS polycystic ovarian syndrome this is

a condition which occurs in females

which involves having too much androgen

okay now normally men are supposed to

have most of the androgens and/or

testosterone women do have androgens but

not at the same levels if a woman has

too much androgen she starts developing

facial hair maybe more body hair acne

hair loss sort of like receding hair a

deeper voice her cycles start becoming

irregular or disappear and she can

develop cysts on the ovaries but what I

want to talk about is why does insulin

cause this condition it does so with two

different mechanisms the first one

involves a hormone from the pituitary

called the luteinizing hormone when you

increase insulin okay you’re gonna get a

spike in luteinizing hormone which comes

down from the pituitary down to the

ovaries once this hormone connects with

the ovaries it triggers this certain

cell called a fecal cell which increases

androgens so that is one mechanism

insulin triggering an increase in

antigens the next mechanism has to do

with your liver there is this buffering

mechanism okay in your liver

called SHBG sex hormone binding globulin

this compound buffers or filters

androgens when you increase insulin you

decrease this compound and you get less

buffering and you get more free

testosterone so there you have it the

two different mechanisms on why insulin

triggers antigens now if you’re new to

my chain

you also need to know what increases

insulin and I put a very important video

about insulin on this page check it out