PCOS is usually introduced as a problem of the ovaries. For most women who have it, that framing explains almost nothing about how it feels or what to do.
The cysts on a scan are not the cause. They are the visible end of a chain that usually begins with insulin — and understanding that chain is what turns a bewildering list of symptoms into something with a mechanism, and a plan.
Who this is for
- You have been diagnosed with PCOS and given very little beyond a prescription
- Your periods are irregular and you have been told to wait and see
- You have acne, hair thinning or unwanted facial hair alongside cycle changes
- You are being told to lose weight without being told how or why it helps
- You are slim, have PCOS, and none of the standard advice seems written for you
What you’ll learn
- What PCOS is, how it is diagnosed, and why an ultrasound alone does not diagnose it
- Why insulin resistance sits underneath most PCOS, including in women at a normal weight
- How to read your own results: androgens, AMH, thyroid, prolactin, HbA1c, fasting insulin
- Why South Asian women develop the metabolic features earlier and at lower body weights
- What the evidence shows about food, exercise, sleep and stress — and how much each moves
- Fertility, cycles and long-term health: what to plan for and when
- How the common medications work, so the conversation with your doctor is a clearer one
Agenda
- Welcome, and what PCOS actually is (20 min)
- The metabolic engine: insulin, androgens and the cycle (30 min)
- Reading your own reports, line by line (25 min)
- Break (10 min)
- What the evidence supports: food, movement, sleep (30 min)
- Cycles, fertility and the long view (25 min)
- Live questions (30 min)
What makes this session different
We teach PCOS as a metabolic condition with reproductive consequences, because that is what the evidence supports and because it is the framing that makes the advice make sense. Once it is clear why raised insulin drives the ovary to produce more androgen, why that disrupts ovulation, and why the same process shows up as acne, hair changes and difficult weight, the recommendations stop sounding arbitrary.
We also take seriously the women the standard advice fails. A large share of women with PCOS in India are at a normal body weight and are still insulin resistant, which means "lose weight" is not a usable instruction for them. South Asian women also develop the metabolic features earlier and at lower BMI than European populations, and the session covers what that means practically.
And we read reports together — androgens, AMH, thyroid, prolactin, HbA1c, fasting insulin — so your own folder becomes legible.
Every Learning Session includes
Doctor-led teaching. Practical lifestyle strategies. Live Q&A. Evidence-based handouts. Action points you can use immediately.
Before you register
This is educational, not clinical. Nothing covered here replaces an assessment of your own history, examination and reports, and no decision about starting, stopping or adjusting any medication is made from a group session. If you have periods that have stopped entirely, bleeding that is unusually heavy or prolonged, or rapidly progressing symptoms, please arrange assessment rather than waiting for a session.
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A session teaches. A consultation is personal.
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Questions people ask
No. Learning Sessions are educational and delivered to a group. No individual reports are reviewed, no prescriptions are issued and no personalised advice is given. Anything specific to your own case belongs in a consultation.
Very much so. A substantial proportion of women with PCOS are at a normal body weight, and many of them still have measurable insulin resistance. The session covers this directly, because the standard advice is written as though everyone with PCOS is heavy, and it leaves a lot of people without a plan.
Yes, as one part of the session rather than the whole of it. We cover how ovulation is affected, what is usually assessed, and what the evidence says about the ways cycles are supported. Individual fertility planning belongs in a consultation.
No. Many attendees are still trying to work out whether their symptoms fit, and the session covers how the diagnosis is actually made — including the common ways it is over- and under-diagnosed.
The teaching portion is shared with registered attendees afterwards. The live questions are not recorded.