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Eating Less But Gaining Weight? Do These Successful Steps Instead.
How can it be possible to be eating less but gaining weight?
It seems counterintuitive, especially since most of us have been told for decades that weight loss is simply a game of calories– eat less than you burn, and you will lose weight. But it is indeed possible to be eating less but gaining weight.
Why? What if I told you that calorie restriction doesn’t get to the root cause, and it often even backfires? All too often prioritizing calorie restriction actually ends up leading to a slow metabolism, leading to major fatigue, cravings, thyroid issues, and making your body hold onto body fat. This is what so often causes weight loss resistance in women.
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Is PCOS an Autoimmune Disease?- A Functional Dietitian Talks
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Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, or PCOS, affects women at a rate of about 6-12% of women of reproductive age in the US, making it one of the most common causes of female struggles with fertility. PCOS is usually classified as an endocrine disorder. As research stands at this time, there is no exact proof that PCOS is an autoimmune disease. But it very well could be. Or at least the two are likely to coexist in women.
To understand what links PCOS has with autoimmunity, we first have to understand what’s going on in the body of a woman experiencing PCOS and autoimmune disease. We need to know what underlying dysfunctions are driving PCOS and autoimmune disease – and then understand why these two conditions may be linked. We’ll discuss all of this below.
What is an autoimmune disease?
According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, an autoimmune disease is a condition in which the body’s natural defense system (the immune system) can’t differentiate your own cells from foreign cells. There are different types of autoimmune conditions in which certain cells or tissues in the body may be involved. “Foreign cells” often refer to food particles that, because of improper immune responses relating to autoimmunity, the body sees as harmful and mobilizes an attack against them.
