The PCOS Environmental Roadmap: Everything You Need to Know About Your Internal and External Environments to Reverse Your PCOS - Softcover

Ginsberg MD, Dian J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1796453676 ISBN 13: 9781796453676

Publisher: Independently published, 2019

Synopsis

The diagnosis of PCOS (Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome) often results in confusion and frustration. It usually comes with a pack of birth control pills and a recommendation to eat better and exercise. While there are many books on PCOS to read, this journey is different. We must look at PCOS not as a medical sickness to be diagnosed and cured but as a state of being that developed based on our genetics, activity and complete internal and external environments. Our modern day life has disrupted our natural body rhythms. This dysregulation may manifest as PCOS in the genetically susceptible woman. Once you understand how women evolved to develop PCOS, we will give you a roadmap to help you regain your health and vitality. The journey to hormonal balance and freedom from the PCOS dysregulation requires the navigation of The PCOS Environmental Roadmap. Written by a functional medicine OB/GYN and a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, The PCOS Environmental Roadmap will illustrate specific areas of our body that have been affected along the way by the environment that surrounds us both inside and out. The PCOS Roadmap is divided into 6 parallel lanes that can and need to be traveled simultaneously:1) Energy balance- including caloric intake and burn and movement beyond exercise (although that is also important)2) Genetics and Epigenetics- who we start as and who we become3) Microbiome -our interactions with our internal environment4) Light- our circadian rhythms and sunlight exposure (our interactions with the external environment)5) EMF-electromagnetic force and it’s disruption of both our mitochondrial energy production and life’s building blocks (external environment interacting with the internal)6) Hormone Balance – Estrogen and progesterone are important, but the PCOS patient needs to consider the impact of insulin, leptin, AMH, thyroid and more. With 25 years of OB/GYN experience, Dr. Dian Ginsberg has helped thousands of women with PCOS eliminate their troublesome symptoms by addressing the genetic and environmental triggers that result in the development of this syndrome. This book provides a detailed roadmap of what labs to draw, what to do immediately to begin healing and other actions to take to start you on the Road to optimal health.

About this title

From the Author

Who could have guessed that my two sons with dyslexia would lead me down the path to write a book on PCOS or poly cystic ovarian syndrome? Although seemingly unconnected, this pathway will seem inevitable once you read my story.  
The issues my boys were facing and their subsequent treatment protocols influenced my medical practice as a young OB/GYN physician to start thinking outside the box. I thought, instead of using birth control pills as Band-Aids for issues such as PCOS, what if I took a different approach? The greatest upsets in history came from those who thought a bit more originally, like the Wright Brothers or Henry Ford,and I realized if I wanted to change the world for my sons, I could start with how I practice medicine.

These two opening paragraphs summarize this book and its purpose.  As a physician we are so limited today with the amount of time we can spend with our patients.  It hurts us to have to give a diagnosis of any kind, especially PCOS, and have to walk out of the room and leave you lost. I felt that many times throughout my own journey with my sons and  their learning issues.  

It is my hope with this book that you feel you have an OB/GYN home with you, helping you navigate your way back to health.  Not only will you have some science but a practical and readable plan you can implement immediately to help.

The struggles I faced with my boys are real but they can be overcome.  Allow me into your life through this book to help you with yours.

From the Back Cover

The PCOS Environmental Roadmap provides practical information paired with science to help you navigate life with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome.  This step - by - step guide, written by an OB-GYN / Functional Medicine doctor and a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, will help you understand the environmental triggers that interact with your individual genetics. Practical steps are given to reverse symptoms by addressing all the factors that influence the disease process.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1796453676
• ISBN 13: 9781796453676
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 173