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Katherine is a Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. She is also Director of Jefferson Women’s Primary Care. Katherine became interested in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in the 1990’s when she was studying insulin resistance. She started treating women with PCOS and in 2000, she established the country’s first academic program for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.
In today’s show, we talk about PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome), and how Katherine treats women with PCOS and helps them to conceive without fertility drugs!
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Topics discussed in today’s episode
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What is Internal Medicine and how does an Internist differ from a regular doctor?
- Why do women with PCOS often experience fragmented care?
- Why a woman’s menstrual cycle health is actually connected to her overall health
- What is PCOS? And what are some of the common symptoms?
- The relationship between testosterone, insulin resistance, and polycystic ovary syndrome
- Why are women with PCOS often not getting diagnosed by their doctors or care providers?
- Why hormonal contraceptives do not treat PCOS, and how this mode of treatment can be harmful to women in the long run
- The connection between PCOS and diabetes and why it is so important to address this as early as possible
- Why PCOS is often a precursor to type II diabetes
- The relationship between PCOS and weight
- The role that vitamin D plays in women’s menstrual and overall health
- Metformin and PCOS
- How long does it typically take for women’s periods to return after following Katherine’s protocol?
- The connection between acne and PCOS
Connect with Katherine
You can connect with Katherine on the Thomas Jefferson University web site!
Resources mentioned
- Thomas Jefferson University | Dr. Katherine Sherif
- FFP 016 | Real Food For Gestational Diabetes | Pre-conception & Pregnancy Nutrition | Lily Nichols
- FFP 022 | What is PCOS? | Healing PCOS Naturally | PCOS Diva Amy Medling
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By far, one of the best podcasts I’ve heard on this topic. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much Joanna!
Loved this podcast! Love them all but this one was especially great! Thanks so much!
Thanks so much Ash! So glad you enjoyed it 🙂
I have PCOS and this has been so inspiring and invigorating gives me hope that one day I can have a family and knowing that it is possible to do so naturally without drugs has made me want to rethink my course of action and take back my health. I live in Parry Sound ON a small town where doctors are not educated in this area and have been of no help. I appreciate this so much Thank You!
Thank you so much for this podcast. It was very informative and I will surely practice some of what the good doctor said. I was planning on going to a dr for my irregular periods. All the symptoms she mentioned about PCOS I have plus I have not had any vaginal discharge for about 48hrs. I have not been getting 8hrs of sleep and my gut has been expanding. I started taking apple cider vinegar earlier this week to help with the symptoms and my stomach has decreased in size rather quickly. I have changed my diet a bit and I am starting to exercise a bit more. I will start going to sleep earlier and hopefully these changes will help regulate my period and improve the overall appearance of my skin as I do have acne. It was sever when I was a teenager. Thank you so much for this information. I will refer more young women to this podcast as I am now realizing that a lot of young women in my country do have PCOS
Thank you Melanie!