Teaching is, ironically, a skill that has to be taught more often than not. Entire college degrees are about teaching.

That is being a true expert. If you can explain it to a 10 year old, you got it

Right? I don't know where WIRED find these people but the vast majority does an excellent job of explaining and answering the questions well without either oversimplifying the subject or being too technical and obtuse.

If you cannot explain a topic so the general population can understand it, you're not an expert.

I agree she's a great teacher. Another thing I admire with great teachers like her is that she acquired some knowledge of neighbouring areas of specialty (like neuroscience).

You can watch Dr Berg. He also make explanation about your issue.

Insuline resistance is still an advancing field of research and there's a lot of details that are yet to be unpacked, Its really interesting and I advise you to do read some of the papers related to it, fun fact, studies have shown that those with dwarfism have decreased risk for Insulin resistance and cancer, and the science behind it (regarding growth hormone, resistin , insulin receptors) are fascinating to say the least

Did you not try googling it? 💀This was literally one of the first things I learned in bio. I'm sure google has many decent explanations.

@@tatiaa7206 OP said "as beautifully". :)

Disagree, because it's not that the insulin "becomes deaf" to shuttling the glucose into the cells. It's that the cells are just stuffed full of glucose and are refusing to open that door. It's like trying to shove 1000 coats into a small closet which will eat one coat per day. You can easily shove those coats in over a long period of time, but if you try to shove all of those coats in a single week... week after week after week. You can't do it. You would end up with coats littered on the floor all around that closet and create a tripping hazard. So the pancreas tries to increase insulin to "try to shove those coats into that closet." Mainly because high blood glucose is poisonous to the body. Chronic high blood glucose over long periods of time makes your blood vessel walls brittle. That's why people with long term (and untreated or treated with only increasing their insulin via shots) type 2 diabetes will often have eye problems or have to get a foot amputated. It's the little capillaries that will break meaning there will be cells that can't get nutrients. Those cells start dying and can bring a cascade of issues.

if she was my Science teacher, I would've listened to her whole class and passed with an A Grade.

I see you everywheree

I will pass the exam

I don't know about that. This doctor is great but it probably would have been better to have a female doctor who is a board-certified endocrinologist since they are literally hormone specialists.

@@MurrayHill17 ok I guess

This is so true that it’s funny 🤣😩 every one of these mfs DESERVES their CHECK !

Also, the partner could just wrap it lol. Unless one of you is allergic to latex. Though, there are condoms that are latex-free. But, those are less effective. Also, this was really cool to learn about. Glad you're safe, at least.

​@jf2801 you do realize birth control pills are an actual medication, right? That can be used to treat medical issues, not *just* to prevent pregnancy, right?

@@jf2801 Birth control pills are not only to prevent pregnancy. They may be taken to regulate the menstrual cycle, for dysmenhorrea, endometriosis and many other issues. But yes, you are right in saying that using condoms is a far better option for contraceptive purposes, because there are way too many side effects of BCPs that have not even been studied yet (as is the case with many other women's health issues). I personally hate them and had to take them only once in my life for a specific issue. It gave me nausea, migraines, weakness, body pain, IBS and maybe more that I was too weak to notice. Never again! Ughhh.

I’m so sorry to hear you’re going through this. I’ve been struggling with PCOS for 18 years. An endocrinologist will do wonders for you, mine changed my life when none of my other doctors would listen to me

@@xnicolex44 What did the endocrinologist do for you? What changed? My doc told me 15ish years ago that it just is what it is, nothing to be done about it, so I just sort of accepted that. Would love to know what treatments there are now.

@@xnicolex44 no wonder why all my gynecologists advice was of no use

​@@sciamhach I am so sorry your doctor said that to you, I've been in that boat too. One of my previous gyno's told me for years, "It doesn't matter if you eat boiled chicken and broccoli for every meal, the weight won't come off bc of PCOS," and my general physician said, "Eat more lean meats and proteins, and exercise more" -- and I was already doing all of those things and working out multiple days a week, but gaining weight like crazy. I was bordering on becoming a Type 2 diabetic because of the PCOS (insulin resistance) and my family history, so I saw my endocrinologist and they put me on Rybelsus and it has been a *miracle* for me. I dropped 60 lbs. in under a year, my A1C has come down one point so I'm no longer classified as a pre-diabetic, I get full faster so I eat less (wonderful side effect of the pill), and it also makes your stomach empty slower so you stay full longer and don't feel like you need to eat as often. They also put me on Spironolactone to help with the excess facial hair. It targets any hair that grows as a result of excess male hormones and turns them white. So they still grow in but you can't see them like when it's the thick, coarse, black hairs. I took all of this information back to my general physician and gyno and they were stunned. They said they need to look into this and see about prescribing it to their patients with PCOS. It blows my mind that in this day and age, when PCOS is a well-known hormone imbalance, that doctors still have no idea how to treat it, and continue to tell patients to just eat well and exercise. That's not always enough. So, I highly suggest talking to an endocrinologist, I think they can help do wonders. Hormones are their specialty and they know way more about how to treat them than someone who doesn't specialize. One last point I'll make is that a lot of insurances won't cover Rybelsus if you're not a Type 2 diabetic or headed in that direction because the medicine is expensive and they don't understand why you need it if your A1C is normal. I'm considering drafting up a letter to the FDA about this, but that's another topic for later. If you talk to your doctor and that becomes an issue, there are other medicines in the "Semaglutide" family that may give the same results. I hope all of this information helps you (and others!). Please let me know if you make an appointment and how everything goes. You deserve the best medical care when having to live with this syndrome.

@@ahsanamohsin2468 Absolutely, which is crazy considering that ovaries are their specialty, but hormone treatment is not. Please see my reply to Sciam above, I hope it can help you if you're struggling with your PCOS

Hopefully they bring her back, i would love to hear about hormonal acne.

If you’re hormones are out of balance, you will get hormonal acne. Hormonal acne shows up in certain places on the face typically. Usually along the lower jawline.

@@ijustwanttosleepnow yeah i just hoped to get more in depth info about this

I agree! I have pretty heavy hormonal acne, and I’m going to the doctor soon about it, but I really wanted to hear her talk about it! My doctor says she thinks I have a hormonal imbalance that is causing a whole bunch of issues I’m having, so this video was super helpful to understand what a hormonal imbalance is.

Same for high estrogen. My mother had high estrogen and it was a factor in her developing cancer.

@@guyincognito8440 Everything else on this planet revolves around men, sit down.

Why

@@guyincognito8440 Bro chill

Have you seen more plates more dates? He did a whole thing on birth control. Title of the video is birth control for men. But he speaks about how it affects women

at least she said it that way and not the other way

I was looking for this comment lol

Came here for this comment 😂

we gotta watch out for those DY Ketos!

That's a great analogy!

think of it as the endocrine system needs the perfect post box to deliver the parcel - and all the other postboxes will be ignored

@@sajeallen1552 that's a great refinement of the original analogy too!

I was taught it was like a radio signal, and parts of the body turn on different channels to receive them. Hormones go everywhere, like radio waves, but post is still just A to B.

@@caitthecat That works, too. Then drugs and other compounds that are picked up by those same receptors are sort of like radio interference.

Exactly this. The show offers hope. Doesn’t matter who is finding these people, but the fact that the series consistently delivers on giving great, smart, authentic people a platform to showcase their profession and intelligence, shows us that there are a lot of outstanding humans out there.

Yes king 👑

A bit extreme so do you have to inject testosterone now?

@@richardswaby6339 nope. When I healed after the surgery my mood changed and I even lost weight

I was looking for a comment like this lmaoo

I honestly think it just didn’t occur to her! 😂

Agreed, @cofuente. It was a very wholesome moment. 🙂

Hilarious and wholesome moment, absolutely 🥰

Shout out to Alison Bechdel.

What a strong and beautiful couple

Good to know your wife's weight gain is a problem for you, disgusting worm.

@@looksirdroids9134 good to know you cant comprehend English you fuckin imbecile.

Does she eat a lot of sugar? I ask because I was an insomniac all my adult life until -- for unrelated reasons -- I gave up eating obvious sources of sugar. Within a week, I wasn't an insomniac anymore. It's been over 4 years now, and I haven't had any trouble sleeping since. In fact, I'd probably have gone right back to eating sugar again if it hadn't inadvertently rid me of sleep issues. I still eat things with sugar...fruit primarily, and a lot of foods with small amounts of sugar added. Just nothing like, you know, cake. Or soda. EDIT: I still drink a lot of coffee and tea, so it wasn't caffeine. Just to head that off. ;)

@@kyledaugherty1609 she does not. She actually went back to being vegan and that actually helped her a lot (she used to be vegan for like 13 yrs before she met me lol) in general. She used to be a big coffee drinker but she's moved over to tea (non caffinated). She did have a Red Bull habit when her sleep was really bad, but she's been able to kick that too (for the most part)

😂😂

Everyone reacts differently to any medication. Sometimes adjusting the dosage is required (which can be done with BCP, too), changing the medication or stopping it all together. Hopefully, your doctor listened To your concerns & worked with you. There are lots of hormone-free contraceptives out there nowadays. Glad you’re feeling better!

On top of that they actually can often make women attracted to a type of man that off the pill she wouldn’t be attracted to. Isn’t always bad but it can screw up relationships

@@DaveE99 That book is insane

On the flip side of that, hormonal birth control is a crucial part of managing my rare chronic pancreatitis. I couldn't live without it. Everyone is different for sure and it's always good to know your options as well as their pros and cons.

@@DaveE99Dr Jennifer Gunter explained why this study is pretty poor quality and has been debunked. The methodology was flawed and the sample size was small, other studies that researched this used bigger sample sizes and found that hormonal birth control didn't have this effect.

Yes yes yes yes yes

Nurses don’t know anything, otherwise they would be doctors

@@annaSHRRR You obviously don't know a thing about medicine.

Wish you a very blissful week aheah and may you find the strength to navigate the situations in your life!! 😊❤️

All the best to you

I have a condition called Septo Optic Dysplasia where my body doesn't make hormones. If you want to know more I can tell you.

@@JixieDye are you a dude or lady?

@@EternalFinity they them

@@BabyJesus66 i dont give two shits what you think you identify as because neither does your body

@@EternalFinity a lady

This is part of why the rhetoric about contraceptives being immoral and banning them is so dangerous. They're totally necessary for medical reasons for some people.

It's just really important to remember that everyone is different. The level of havoc wreaked on my body by any/all types of hormonal birth control was such that if you asked me to choose them or death, I'd just die. ESPECIALLY progesterone only birth control, which was the more recommended option for me since I'm prone to migraines and giving estrogen to people with migraines increases stroke risk. Although as soon as I started the birth control, my migraines and a million other extremely negative symptoms increased. I'd highly recommend women in the scenario you're describing start with a pill form of progesterone-only birth control before jumping to the depo shot, because that way, if they have an adverse reaction, they can discontinue the pill and be back to normal fairly quickly. If you have a bad reaction to the depo shot, you're going to suffer for months before it's out of your system. If you tolerate the pill well, THEN you could jump to the shot.

Im so glad depo worked for you. For me it destroyed my body. Gained a ton of weight overnight which gave me brand new stretch marks (right after finally healing my puberty stretch marks), and other awful stuff. Im on non hormonal BC now because all the hormonal ones ruined me in some way, i wish there were more options besides the copper IUD but such is life... Its just so wild how ppl can have vastly different reactions to BC. I know depo works for lots of ppl so i'm not hating on it but wouldnt it be nice if you could predict the effects BC has on you before taking it?

I used to get a fever every single month because of periods. The pains started a week before the bleeding. Then bleeding and fever. Then a week of exhaustion and recovery. That didn’t leave me with many good weeks. When I started depo, the periods stopped and all became peaceful. In hindsight it also turns out I have POTS, and bloodloss with this condition is not great. 🥲 I think the increase in acne and the weight gain is the lesser evil in this case.

Same! Getting progesterone saved my life. I used to bleed through a large tampon in 90 min - 2 hrs, and I had heavy flow for seven full days. It got to the point I was bedridden for 2-3 days with period pain every single month. I take it and estriol in a cream that I use every day except days 1-6 of my cycle

Yeah. I just got diagnosed with thyroid cancer and I would love to learn about those hormones

@@emilywilliams3433 I can teach a little. What do you wanna know?

@@madmadammeag5141 I don’t really know specifics. Just like what they do. And what the pills do and stuff like that

@@emilywilliams3433 Well the pills replace your thyroid hormone, which you need to live. Generally when you have thyroid cancer they remove the entire thyroid so you need to replace the hormones. And those hormones regulate.... well, a lot. Your mood, your body temp, your weight, and your periods just to name a few.

Stress absolutely affects you physically. We need a little stress but constant, overwhelming stress degrades our systems. Hopefully, you’ll find a way to relieve some of your stress- a warm bath, hot tea, not listening to the news for a day, reading, drawing, throwing things, smashing things, therapy, exercise, pets…whatever works (and doesn’t hurt anyone else. 😜)

@@KristenRowenPliske Or, you know, removing the stressor(s). Within reason, of course. ;)

Bruh go offline then?

It’s more the lack of education, I think. The normal bodily functions are either poorly addressed, never addressed at all or are condemned as “evil” depending on the school system & one’s parents. So kids are more confused & afraid to ask questions. I’m glad my mom was an RN to teach me about these things. I’m an RN, too, and my girls ask me all kinds of things.

Probably because men usually accuse women of being “hormonal” anytime a woman does something they don’t like.

Keep in mind that there are literal children on social media, who may not (yet) understand the nuances and complexity of our bodily systems. And they like to exaggerate. Best not to take internet comments too literally, especially if it's just the one comment and not a full conversation adding more context.

I've also seen a lot of people online demonizing testosterone. Some uneducated people seem to equate testosterone with toxic masculinity as weird as that sounds. Id like to see schools actually put more of an effort into teaching kids about these things.

​@@meikusje they need to raise the age of being on social media to 17-18. Thirteen is too young for the amount of bs that's on here these days.

Yup.. me too!

That pretty much describes my cycles though I'm pregnant right now. Exercise, eating less junk food and processed foods, and no alcohol really helped me.

@@samanthab5006 I'm also pregnant🙂 Congrats! Hope you and your baby are doing fine!😇

@@ira6133 I wish you and your baby the best too!

Well, when I looked it up online they said it was PMT/PMS. I did read that exercising helps not like joining the gym but going on walks and light cardio might help.

good luck with getting T bro, i've been on it for 4 years and thankfully it isn't as hard to get in europe, but still took a year of doctor visits to get started

I mean, oral contraceptives are still safe to use and should be encouraged to prevent pregnancy until people are ready.

You may have ADHD

“D-y keto watch” was my favorite lmao

Quite informative indeed! Also, have you heard of the #SaveSoil #ConsciousPlanet movement before ?🌍🌎🌏

It generally makes me feel like absolute trash

That can be a symptom with those who have ADHD. Not everyone with it gets tired (I don't) but some do. Some can take there stimulant meds or drink a coffee and go to sleep right after it kicks in🤣

Right and habits. A body in motion really does tend to stay in motion. Smoking and alcohol aren't going to help you any in large amounts.