095: What is PCOS? with Dr. Wiggy Saunders
Women's Wellness ON AIR WITH ELLA
Ella Lucas-Averett
5 • 699 Ratings
🗓️ 31 January 2017
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
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PCOS is a problem of hormonal imbalance that plagues approximately 15% of women in the Western world – and this number is increasing. Why?
What We Talk About:- What is PCOS?
- How do you know if you might have PCOS?
- How do you test for it?
- How we address it - from natural means to pharmaceuticals
- Why the traditional medical approach might not be your best option
Additional Resources:
- What causes PCOS?
- Our previous episode on Thyroid Health and the role of hormones
- I use a period tracker app in iOS called Clue (it's free)
- Blood sugar support through metformin
- Natural supplements berberine and saw palmetto
- What is the relationship between paleo and PCOS? Why does it heal some women so well? Why do symptoms get worse sometimes for others?
- PCOS treatment options explained
What questions do you have for Dr. Wiggy? Let me know and we'll include them in the next episode.
ANNOUNCEMENT: Come Meet Me!I am going to be bouncing around a bit in the coming weeks. I want to know if you are anywhere near these places as I arrange official On Air with Ella meet ups!
London, UK February 28 (early evening) New York, NY March 10 (morning) Los Angeles, CA March 24 (midday) Reply here with interest…. It’s not a commitment AT ALL, but will help me determine the potential for a meet up. Stay tuned to the podcast for more info!
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The people that tend to do the best out of my patients are those that take control of their health themselves. |
| 0:05.0 | And then they, yes, they let me kind of fix the things that only a doctor can fix. |
| 0:10.3 | But even just things that I can fix, that's usually not enough unless the person is also taking control of their own health. |
| 0:18.7 | Welcome, you're on air with Ella, where we share simple strategies and truths from |
| 0:23.5 | people who are doing something better than we are, whether it's wellness or fitness and fat |
| 0:28.5 | loss to just living better and with more energy or changing your mindset to accomplish more in |
| 0:34.2 | your own life and succeeding however you define it. This is where we share the best |
| 0:38.7 | of what we're learning from the experts, and we're learning more every day. Live better. Start now. |
| 0:47.9 | Hey guys, it's me, Ella. Listen, before we jump in with Dr. Wiggy Saunders, who I'm so excited to share |
| 0:53.4 | with you again, I have some |
| 0:55.0 | super exciting news. I'm so, so, so, so excited. We're going to do something really, really fun. |
| 1:00.6 | As I'm recording this in the very end of January, 2017, I am planning my first meetups in person |
| 1:09.5 | with whomever wants to come. So check this out. I'm going to be in |
| 1:14.7 | London on February 28th. Again, this is 2017. I'm going to be in New York on March 10th and I'm |
| 1:21.3 | going to be in L.A. on March 24th. I want to hook up with you. I want you to come meet me. If you are going to be in London, |
| 1:30.5 | New York, or L.A., you've got to connect. Let me know if you're interested and you can jump in on |
| 1:35.4 | this meetup. We're going to have a very informal, casual meetup in each of those cities. |
| 1:40.2 | And it's going to be tons of fun regardless. So here's how to let me know if any of those are of |
| 1:45.1 | interest or how to learn more. First of all, if you jump on my mailing list, that's the easiest way. |
| 1:49.4 | You go to onair with Ella.com. There are about 25 ways to sign up for my mailing list there. |
| 1:54.5 | Or go to this post. So episode 95, just search episode 095. And it'll be on the landing page at onair with Ella.com for now. |
| 2:06.0 | If you look at the post for this show, just scroll down and it tells you where I'm going to be and when, |
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