Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

PCOS: Why Overies Get Overstimulated

27 Jun 2025 · 1 min

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Aaron Hartman, MD explains why insulin resistance overstimulates the ovaries in PCOS. When insulin levels rise but ovaries stay sensitive to it, they get pushed into overdrive and produce those characteristic cysts. He stresses electrolytes, magnesium, and hydration, noting most diets have too much sodium.

Questions this video answers

The kidneys and the ovaries.

They become overstimulated, producing the polycystic aspect of PCOS.

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With insulin resistance. What happens is insulin goes up, but there's two organs that still that aren't insulin resistant. One's the kidneys and one is the ovaries. So the ovaries get overstimulated, hence the polycystic aspect. And the kidneys tend to hold on to fluid, so women will see more fluid fluctuations, swelling, edema related to the pcos. And so all of a sudden, your adequate electrolytes, trace minerals, magnesium hydration with not sodium rich. We have too much sodium in our diets in our country, but getting the right amount of electrolytes can be helpful with those imbalances.