Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)

Insulin

A key anabolic hormone regulating blood glucose levels — understanding how it works is the foundation of consciously managing metabolic health, regardless of whether someone has diabetes.

Insulin Resistance

A state in which the body's cells respond more weakly to insulin, forcing the pancreas to produce ever-larger amounts of it — the most common, and largely reversible, precursor of type 2 diabetes.

Menopause

The permanent cessation of menstruation caused by the ovaries ceasing function — a turning point involving significant metabolic, cardiovascular, and bone changes that calls for deliberate prevention.

Endometriosis

A chronic disease affecting about 10% of women of reproductive age, still diagnosed with a multi-year delay on average — despite pain severe enough to significantly disrupt daily functioning.

Testosterone

The primary anabolic hormone — its natural level depends heavily on sleep, resistance training, body composition and fat mass.

Hashimoto's Thyroiditis

A chronic autoimmune thyroiditis and the most common — though often overlooked in discussions of hypothyroidism itself — cause of thyroid hormone deficiency in iodine-sufficient countries, affecting women several times more often than men.

Can TRT Lower Fertility Even With Normal Testosterone?

Serum testosterone can look textbook-perfect, and yet a semen analysis shows a drastically reduced sperm count or none at all. This isn't a contradiction — it's a consequence of the fact that spermatogenesis depends on testosterone concentration inside the testis, dozens of times higher than in blood, which TRT suppresses even when the blood result looks ideal.

Hypothyroidism

One of the most common hormonal disorders, especially in women — it slows metabolism and is often mistaken for chronic fatigue or 'ordinary' weight gain.

PCOS and Diet: What to Eat, What to Avoid, to Actually Support Your Hormones

"Eat a low-glycemic-index diet" is the one line PCOS hears most often — rarely explained in terms of what it actually means on your plate. We break down the evidence for low-GI versus low-carb, show what actually moves insulin and androgens, and point out where diet ends and myth begins.

August 22, 2026

Inositol and PCOS: What Does a Review of 13 Meta-Analyses Show?

Myo-inositol and D-chiro-inositol have featured for years in recommendations for women with PCOS as a way to improve insulin sensitivity, cycle regularity, and fertility. A new umbrella review pooling results from 13 earlier meta-analyses shows a consistent picture of benefit across hormones, insulin resistance, and ovulation — with one major caveat the authors themselves state outright: most of the underlying evidence is of low or very low quality, and the results "should not, on their own, guide clinical decisions."

August 25, 2026

Berberine and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS): What a Meta-Analysis of 10 Trials Shows

Berberine, a plant alkaloid best known for research on insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes, has in recent years gained popularity as a natural support for women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). A fresh meta-analysis of ten randomized trials gives a concrete answer to whether adding berberine to standard PCOS treatment actually improves fertility and hormonal profile — and shows the effect is real, but has clear limits.

September 2, 2026

Hormonal Acne — How Do You Recognize That It's Really Hormones?

Not all adult acne is hormonal acne, and online "is it hormones" quizzes usually don't help. We lay out five concrete, clinical recognition criteria — location, lesion character, cyclicity, treatment resistance, and timing of onset — which together, not individually, give you a real signal.

September 25, 2026