The PolyBiotics Journal

Think insulin resistance means high blood sugar? Not quite. Your glucose can look completely normal while insulin is already elevated — driving androgen production, disrupting ovulation, and causing real metabolic dysfunction that standard tests miss entirely.

Learn why insulin rises first, how this connects to PCOS phenotypes, and why understanding the distinction between insulin and glucose actually matters for your health.

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You've probably seen the "four types of PCOS" circulating on social media — insulin-resistant, adrenal, inflammatory, post-pill. They're everywhere. But here's what most posts don't tell you: none of these are recognised in clinical guidelines or medical research. In this article, a women's health expert unpacks what the science actually says about how PCOS is classified, why the online "types" can be misleading, and what a more accurate picture of PCOS really looks like.