nothing fancy, my partner is just starting out but wants to become a muscle girl as she works to conquer her PCOS and i'm down for it :panting: hand weights are fine, or something with a small bar. as cheap as possible without being terrible if anyone's had personal experience
Wait, working out helps PCOS?!
I have that, but I never thought you could do anything for it.
it does but only as part of a multi-faceted plan to attack insulin resistance PCOS causes. my partner is starting a low glycemic diet (basically cutting excess sugar, switching to whole grains and slow carbs) and combining it with that. the insulin resistance and testosterone are basically tied together, so if you lower your blood insulin it starts to reduce some of the symptoms of PCOS. i'm not an expert it's just something she's been researching lately while she tries to find a decent doctor that isn't just a fertility doc
Working out and reducing sugar help a ton
Sugar seems to make a lot of things worse it appears
Sugar causes protein cross-linking. In other words, it makes the structures in your body fucking collapse.
Cool that's terrifying
Yeah, and it kinda gets worse the more you know. Like, your pancreas is home to a very very complex organ called the Islets of Langerhans (which is 1% of the Pancreas' mass but uses 10% of its blood supply) and this is the only thing in your body that can process sugar. Any damage to this organ cannot be repaired, ever. Of course, fucking sugar of all things damages the Islets of Langerhans.
Fuuuuuck
It is tasty and just the absolute worst, sadly