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Fasting for Women with PCOS, Estrogen Dominance & Thyroid Symptoms with Dr. Stephanie Estima

Better! with Dr. Stephanie

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The Effects of Long Term Fasting on Obesity

For women, for any given measure of obesity, as a function of BMI, women have a bigger swing in their leptin response. Leptin is a hormone secreted from the adipocyte. It's basically a satiety signal tells your brain that you're full with fasting. So females who are overweight will all will display sort of a cluster of symptoms that are consistent with this idea of leptin resistance.

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