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Category Archives: Insulin Resistance

Excess Facial Hair Prevention

08-Oct-09

One of the side effects of my PCOS is excess facial hair. It’s kind of hard to find information about preventing or curing that. It’s easy to find hair removal information, but I’d rather prevent the growth. Over the years I’ve tried various things to get rid of the excess hair, and there are a [...]

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Aerobic Exercise Benefits

05-Oct-09

I talked the other day about trying to get my heart rate, with aerobic exercise, up to a fat burning level. It occurred to me that even if I can’t do that, aerobic exercise still has plenty of benefits.
Detox
One of the major waste eliminations systems of the body is the skin. Sweating is a good [...]

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My Weight Loss Plan, Part 1

22-Sep-09

I’m about 50 pounds overweight. I have PCOS and insulin resistance. That makes it harder to lose weight, but not impossible. For a while I was doing The Insulin Resistance Diet, which was great. It made me feel better. I get lightheaded and woozy when I have too many carbs. But after a while that [...]

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