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If you are a female athlete, have high androgens, possibly PCOS, this episode is very insightful and was what I was looking for when I felt my story was different than many of those with the typical "PCOS diagnosis." This episode was one I was looking forward to for a LONG time. I connected with my mentor Vince Pitstick, Functional Medicine Consultant, Coach and founder of "Nutrition Dynamic" based out of the USA. He also went on to found "Nuethix Formulations" which contain high-quality ingredients, with high potency, because he was tired of seeing the opposite in the fitness world. Today Vince and I discuss the following and more: - Vince's story -Some of the fitness industry pitfalls -Western Medicine and what it's missing for healing chronic health issues -Why weight gain can be a SYMPTOM of underlying dysfunction -Weight gain with under-eating and over-training -Women's hormones on testing -The Law of Thermodynamics -Intro. to Women vs. Men's physiology and training -Yo-yo dieting -Metabolic Dysfunction from dieting, over-exercise and increased stress -Hyperandrogenism on tests such as DUTCH (connected to histories of over-training, lack of training cycling and more) -Ectomorphic females and bloodwork -Why SLEEP is the most important -Daily movement > lifting/stressing the body regularly When Vince says "pops cysts" he's referring to the development of multiple follicles on the ovaries (not the same as functional large cysts which are often connected to estrogen dominance, etc). I would like to premise that I LOVE Nutrition Dynamic's approach because it isn't looking at people's weight as being the REASON THEY ARE UNHEALTHY. Nutrition Dynamic strives to investigate which lifestyle choices and nutrition patterns have led to metabolic issues. I am a strong believer in body diversity, size diversity and maintaining positive health at a variety of sizes. I am in no way condoning weight-prejudice or self-hate through dieting in this episode. This episode thoroughly explores patterns in our current society with women's hormonal issues due to over-training volume, under-eating and over-stressing regardless of one's' size (although weight gain can be a common side effect). Training with Nutrition Dynamic for 5 weeks was amazing and I learned so much. At this time I have decided not to complete the next 20 weeks of training because of personal circumstances at this time, but they are a FANTASTIC company to help you in your hormonal detective work and healing journey. THANK YOU VINCE!!!! @nutrition_dynamic https://nutritiondynamic.com/