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In the last few years, research⁸, ⁹ has discovered that a condition known as insulin resistance plays an important role in the cause of PCOS. Major reviews on the subject suggest that up to 70 per cent of women with PCOS who are overweight can have insulin resistance, and around 30 per cent of women who are slim can have it, too.

Women with insulin resistance have raised levels of insulin in their bloodstream, and high levels of insulin have been shown to stimulate the ovaries to produce more testosterone and lower blood levels of SHBG, resulting in higher and more active levels of testosterone.

‘I only found out I had insulin resistance as well as PCOS when I got pregnant. Tests revealed that my blood sugar levels were all over the place.’

Alice, 36