One step at a time — zinc

This “silent disorder” is one of the most common hormonal disorders affecting women today. PCOS can develop for a number of different reasons, and symptoms can vary a lot from woman to woman, although it is generally accepted that insulin resistance plays “an intrinsic role” in the development of the disease. There is no known “cure” for polycystic ovarian syndrome, although the underlying hormonal causes could possibly be reversed. Insulin resistance seems to affect 50–70 percent of all women with polycystic ovarian syndrome.  So what happens in your body…. Ovaries usually start making more androgens (male sex hormones) and that...