I nagged you about fish oil a couple of days ago. Here's why.
One of the places where inflammation, the underlying cause for PCOS, does its worst damage, is the brain. It destroys neurons. Wondering where your motivation, your memory, your focus and concentration went? Out the door with inflammation.
Think about a piece of rusted out metal. That's the result of oxidation. Inflammation is the process that is trying to repair oxidation. But if you're burning through brain cells faster than you can repair them, you create holes. They've even shown it on brain scans. Where depression exists, (and depression is the result of so many brain cells being scavenged that the brain is literally moving in slow motion), there is inflammation.
There is one, and only one chemical known to man that can repair those holes. That chemical is docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), or one of the two things you get when you take fish oil. If you're vegan, you can get it in marine algae. If you've ever been vegan at any time in your life, or you hate or are allergic to fish, chances are it's a major factor in your PCOS. You can't repair your brain holes, and if you have holes in your brain, your brain can't regulate your hormones.
It is that simple. Really.
I had a client once who said to me,"This fish oil stuff works wonders. That is, when I remember to take it."
I don't care what you have to do — program your smart phone, post it note your computer monitor, ask your spouse to nag you — take fish oil.
The dose you're going to need is higher than what's recommended on the bottle. You're going to need 1000 mg, or 1 gram, of DHA per day. Not 1000 mg of total fish oil, of DHA. It's about 4 times what you see on many bottles.
Oh, and just so you know. That repairs the damage, but it doesn't protect you from new damage. For that part, you're going to have to change your eating and lifestyle. It really isn't going to work to take a ton of fish oil with the belief that it's cancelling out the damage done by that donut, by not working out, or not getting to bed on time.
I have clients who keep a rusty can next to their computer. It's a reminder. For some reason, when they hear that this PCOS thing is totally messing with their BRAINS — it gets their attention. If that's what you need to do, go find a rusty can. Yup, that could be your brain if you don't start getting that fish oil.
It's the first, most crucial step in the road to balancing your hormones. It's simple. And if you go to Costco, it's not really all that expensive.
Just do it. You'll be amazed at how quickly you start to notice little signs that inflammation is peeling away.