RE: What is Polycystic Ovary Syndrome?
A couple points of fact:
.1. You write: "GMO chemical foods are blocking the enzyme which is meant to aid in the conversion [of androgen to estrogen], in turn causing an excess of androgen."
Really? GMOs block aromatase? That was an interesting idea. I started googling for it, and I came up with this, which suggests that aromatase, rather than being blocked, is being stimulated, resulting in higher levels of estrogens:
http://natural-fertility-info.com/gmo-corn-hormonal-imbalance.html
So, what gives? Is there evidence that GMOs block aromatase?
.2. You write: "High insulin-an excess of sugar, in turn, triggering a high level of IGF-1 .... Therefore, when you have too much insulin you are going to have a spike of IGF-1 and this is converted to androgens."
?! IGF-1 is not converted to androgens. Do you mean it somehow stimulates androgen production? Maybe. But where is the evidence?
There's no doubt that high insulin levels play a role in PCOS, either as cause or effect or maybe both.
Thank you for you reply. This is the source where I got my information from about the 3 possible causes of PCOS:
Research is suggesting that the chemical Glyphosate found in GMOs is suppressing the conversion of androgens to estrogen by the enzyme aromatase in turn resulting in a spike of androgens.
"ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION: Glyphosate is an established endocrine disruptor and studies have shown it inhibits aromatase, a CYP enzyme that converts testosterone to estrogen"- http://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/roundup-the-nontoxic-chemical-that-may-be-destroying-our-health/
Sources: https://healthimpactnews.com/2013/glyphosate-worlds-top-weed-killer-may-kill-you-too-according-to-new-study/
http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/15/4/1416
"effects of glyphosate may be the suppression of the activity of androgen-to-estrogen conversion by aromatase, a CYP enzyme (Gasnier et al., 2009)".-http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3945755/
Yes, you are right, thank you for pointing that out and I will edit that now. IGF-1 does stimulate the production of androgen.
I would like to say that I am not a doctor, but I do suffer from PCOS and I therefore conduct research to further understand PCOS in order to help myself.
Thanks for the links. Interesting stuff! I had no idea.