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Women in the reproductive age produce four times as much testosterone as estrogen.

Most doctors don't know that, and so testosterone is as much a female hormone as a male hormone.

Welcome to the Dr. Skitschim podcast.

To show about food, lifestyle, medicine and how to improve your health today.

I'm Dr. Rupi, your host. I'm a medical doctor, I study nutrition, and I'm a firm believer in the power of food and lifestyle as medicine.

Join me and my expert guests where we discuss the multiple determinants of what allows you to lead your best life.

Today we have a jam packed episode discussing what my guest describes as the epidemic of PCOS.

Dr. Nitu Budgeco is a senior consultant obstetrician and gynecologist, author and board certified lifestyle medicine practitioner in the UK with over 35 years of clinical experience in women's health.

Today we are talking about how you can spot the signs of PCOS, why PCOS costs billions in healthcare costs annually, why women, particularly from ethnic minorities, are at worse risk.

We also discuss how three and four of those with PCOS remain undiagnosed because of how complex the condition it is.

We talk about insulin resistance and the drivers behind it, estrogen dominance and whether that's a thing or not, the e-strobole, which is something that I haven't heard referred to like that in the past, and also how to avoid bloating when inching toward a more whole food plant-based diet.

We also get into a bit about Nitu's background and how on the outside she is a smiley, happy motivational, energetic person, but on the inside, you know, she just suffer from anxiety and it's something that really does resonate with me.

I think it speaks to the wider implications of comparing oneself on social media where you just show each other the highlights of your day rather than actually really how you're feeling.

I'm really delighted that we got a chance to talk a bit more about Nitu's background and how she actually got into lifestyle medicine.

That's towards the end.

As you can tell, this episode is going to be absolutely packed with information, but you can also check out Nitu's book, Living PCOS 3 that she co-authored with her daughter and nutritionist, Roheny Budgicol.

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