1031: Sarah Hill | How Birth Control Rewires Women's Brains Part One
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🗓️ 13 August 2024
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
Beyond pregnancy prevention, birth control pills affect the way women think and behave. Dr. Sarah Hill explains their invisible impacts here! [Part 1/2]
What We Discuss:- Birth control pills affect more than just fertility — they can influence a woman's partner preferences, career choices, and overall behavior due to hormonal changes.
- Women on birth control may choose different types of partners compared to when they're off the pill, potentially leading to relationship changes if they stop taking it.
- The pill can alter women's stress responses and immune function, potentially increasing the risk of anxiety, depression, and autoimmune issues.
- Birth control pills may reduce sexual desire and change how women perceive attraction cues in potential partners.
- Women can make more informed decisions about their health and relationships by understanding these effects. Consider discussing with a healthcare provider about trying periods off birth control when making major life decisions or choosing long-term partners.
- And much more...
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| 1:22.0 | Today an episode all about birth control and the hormones involved. |
| 1:26.2 | I really had no idea that hormones from the pill and a lot of the birth control stuff that goes all over your body right so if it |
| 1:33.3 | affects everything the immune system hair mood anxiety etc there can be extreme |
| 1:38.0 | side effects we're gonna dive into some of those here today it's like dropping a |
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