Created by Sasha Ottey No. of episodes 13 total Picture format 480i (SDTV) First episode date 2010 Executive producer William R. Patterson | No. of seasons 1 Running time 30 minutes Original release 2010 – present Number of seasons 1 Genre Reality television | |
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PCOS Challenge is a series of videos produced to bring greater awareness about polycystic ovary syndrome and support to women living with PCOS. They are available to stream online and aired on public access television stations. The show addresses common PCOS symptoms and related conditions including infertility, diabetes, obesity, heart disease, anxiety and depression, and hirsutism. The television series is executive produced by William R. Patterson, CEO of The Baron Solution Group, and Sasha Ottey, president of PCOS Challenge, Inc.
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- Season one
- Safety
- Efficacy
- Time efficiency
- Episodes
- References
PCOS Challenge, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that provides support for women with polycystic ovarian syndrome through television and radio programming, educational workshops, and online and offline support networks. Sasha Ottey is a clinical and research microbiologist. Ottey started PCOS Challenge after her PCOS diagnosis in 2008.
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Season one
The show follows 10 women with PCOS who are coached by registered dietitian Rebecca Mohning, fitness trainer Josef Brandenburg, and clinical psychologist Ruth Wittersgreen. The women are also guided by alternative and traditional medical experts including reproductive endocrinologists, dermatologists, acupuncturists, and naturopathic physicians.
For nutrition, much of the focus was on eating a low-carbohydrate diet to help improve insulin sensitivity that seems to be at the root of many of the problems associated with PCOS. The women take fish oil and vitamin D to help improve their insulin sensitivity.
In addition to the low-carb diet, the fitness program they was focused on anaerobic exercise — specifically on resistance training and high-intensity interval training. The reason these modes of training were used is three-fold:
Safety
In PCOS most women are obese. Endurance exercise, such as jogging, involves lots of repetitive stress. Each mile is 1,500 repetitions, and each impact is five times body weight. If body weight is an issue, pounding with repetitive endurance work is likely to cause an injury. The resistance training workouts on the show had no more than 15 consecutive repetitions of a movement before the contestant were allowed to rest. Often the initial phases of the resistance training workouts involved reducing the contestant's weight with some sort of external assistance, as their body weight was simply more than they could safely handle. Interval training (intervals of intense work with periods of rest and recovery) allowed the women's bodies to recover enough for the exercise to be safe and avoid injury.
Efficacy
Resistance training and interval training are effective tools for increasing insulin sensitivity in those with insulin resistance. These forms of training depend mostly on anaerobic glycolysis which can deplete the body's stored carbohydrates and create a 36-hour window of increased insulin sensitivity to assist with weight loss and PCOS.
Time efficiency
Most of the women had a full-time job, and many were commuting from great distances to participate in the show, so time was a limiting factor for all of them. It seems that one can get the same or superior results from less time invested in exercise if one uses methods such as resistance training or high intensity interval training.
Episodes
In each episode, the women share their experiences living with polycystic ovary syndrome and learn ways to overcome their challenges with the condition.