365: Birth Control Pill - Risk vs Reward with Dr. Jolene Brighten
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Lucas Rockwood
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 27 June 2019
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Many women start hormonal birth control in their teens and continue for years or even decades. This can be a responsible decision, but most people don’t realize the long-term side effects and risks including infertility, reduced libido, weight gain, and even mood disorders. With all things birth control, there is no one-size-fits-all solution, but throwing a pill at the issue without weighing the options is surely a bad idea. On this week’s show, you’ll meet Dr. Jolene Brighten, a women’s hormone specialist who will help you make an informed decision about what’s right for you.
Listen & Learn:
- How the Fertility Awareness Methods (FAMs) can be just as effective as hormonal options
- Why the pill contributes to increased miscarriage rates and infertility later
- How the pill can cause adrenal and thyroid problems
- Why IUDs are back, and why you might try this old-school method
- How the pill is often misused to treat irregular periods, PCOS, PMS, and acne
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ABOUT OUR GUEST
Dr. Jolene Brighten is a functional naturopathic medical doctor who focuses on women’s endocrine health. She’s an expert in Post-Birth Control Syndrome and the long-term side effects associated with hormonal contraceptives.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Lucas Rockwood show. I'm a yoga teacher, I'm a trainer, I'm a serial |
| 0:07.2 | entrepreneur, I'm a nutritional coach and a dad, but first and foremost I'm a |
| 0:11.7 | student I love learning and this show is all about scratching my own itch to learn |
| 0:16.0 | I go out and find experts in their field medical doctors yoga teachers movement professionals |
| 0:21.1 | and smart people who can hopefully add some really great tools to your |
| 0:25.2 | toolkit in terms of health and wellness, personal growth, and things that will help you live |
| 0:29.8 | a better, more fulfilled, more healthful life. |
| 0:33.0 | On this week's show we're talking about hormonal birth control |
| 0:36.0 | and I always like to joke that you know for 30 years a recurring theme in |
| 0:40.0 | sci-fi movies has been an infertile planet, you know, a planet where there are no babies, |
| 0:45.6 | everyone's getting old, everyone's infertile because of the toxic waste, and it was always just |
| 0:51.1 | science fiction, but it's really reality right now. The infertility rates are |
| 0:55.1 | shockingly high. Women all over the world are struggling to carry babies to term. |
| 0:59.6 | Fertility rates are down in most developed countries and it's getting worse, it's not getting better, |
| 1:04.8 | and a lot of this has to do with hormonal dysregulation. |
| 1:08.0 | And this week's show we'll be talking about the birth control pill and the role that it plays in this |
| 1:12.3 | and really setting the stage |
| 1:13.7 | for endocrine disruption and this is not meant to be an anti birth control |
| 1:19.0 | pill talk at all the |
| 1:25.0 | it's just meant to be an educational talk where you can weigh the different options, of which there are many and growing really healthy options |
| 1:28.0 | that might be better just depending on what stage of life you're at. |
| 1:31.0 | If you're a long time listener to the show, one of the best ways you |
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