How Exercise Effects Your PCOS And Hormones with Dr Brooke
The PCOS Oracle Podcast
English - April 04, 2019 17:22 - 1 hour - 55.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsAlternative Health Health & Fitness Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Episode 37 of the PCOS and Nutrition podcast features guest Dr.Brooke Kalanick, a licensed Naturopathic and Functional Medicine Doctor.
Regular exercise is another key component to include in your POS treatment plan. But did you know that the exercise you are doing may be causing you more harm than good?
In this episode of the podcast, Dr. Brooke talks about the impact exercise has on our hormones, the positives but also the negatives. She identifies which exercises are best for each type of PCOS and hormonal imbalance.
Find out:
Types of PCOS (6:28)
The hormone hierarchy (9:35)
Why you should focus on your delicate hormones, low cortisol and low thyroid first (10:08)
What type of PCOS are metabolic conditioning and fat loss workouts suitable for (10:45)
Why you should pay attention to your thyroid (14:56)
Symptoms of low thyroid (15:37)
Symptoms of low cortisol (15:57)
Tests for inflammation (17:39)
Signs of inflammation (18:02)
Hormonal imbalances in Lean PCOS or Adrenal PCOS (18:22)
Signs of insulin resistance (18:44)
Nutrition for Insulin resistance (19:21)
What if you have low cortisol and insulin resistance (20:12)
The Birth Control Pill and PCOS (24:06)
Metformin and PCOS (25:39)
Supplements to take if on the BCP (31:53)
Should all women with PCOS do weight training (32:53)
Fasted cardio or non fasted cardio (39:15)
Why you should embrace the muscle and muscular physique (43:32)
Why it is important to listen to your body (47:10)
Training with your menstrual cycle (55:00)
Show Notes
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