Non-Hormonal Birth Control | Elina Berglund of Natural Cycles

Realfoodology

Courtney Swan

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health

4.9 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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128: On this episode, I interview Elina Berglund, Co-Founder of the FDA cleared contraceptive birth control app "Natural Cycles." Topics Covered: Importance of measuring your temperature Does traveling affect your cycle? Oura Ring Hormonal birth control and Natural Cycles When to take your temperature to track your cycle Is Natural Cycles FDA approved? Ovulation strips Is your data safe if you’re using Natural Cycles? Check Out Natural Cycles: https://www.naturalcycles.com/ Code REALFOODOLOGY gives you 20% off + a free thermometer https://www.naturalcycles.com/publications (this links to our publications and clinical findings) Instagram: @naturalcycles TikTok: @naturalcycles Sponsored By: BiOptimizers: Magnesium Breakthrough www.magbreakthrough.com/realfoodology Code REALFOODOLOGY gets you 10% off any order. Organifi www.organifi.com/realfoodology Code REALFOODOLOGY gets you 20% Off Cured Nutrition www.curednutrition.com/realfoodology REALFOODOLOGY gets you 20% off Check Out Courtney: **REALFOODOLOGY PODCAST IS NOW ON YOUTUBE!** Courtney's Instagram: @realfoodology www.realfoodology.com My Immune Supplement by 2x4 Air Dr Air Purifier AquaTru Water Filter EWG Tap Water Database Further Listening: Oral and Gut Microbiome Connection with Dr. Staci

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0:00.0	On today's episode of the Real Foodology podcast.
0:02.8	What happens during the menstrual cycles, kind of like orchestra of hormones,
0:06.2	after you ovulate and your body releases an egg,
0:09.6	which is the moment when you can get pregnant,
0:12.0	your body starts producing more progesterone.
0:14.4	And this is what warms the body.
0:16.4	After ovulation, your temperature is higher than before ovulation.
0:20.0	That is the clue to figure out, like, when ovulation, your temperature is higher than before ovulation. That is the clue to figure out when ovulation happens.
0:25.7	Hi, everyone.
0:26.6	Welcome back to another episode of the Real Foodology podcast.
0:28.9	As always, I am your host, Courtney Swan, and I'm so grateful that you're here today.
0:33.0	On today's episode, I sit down with Alina Bergland, who is the co-founder of the FDA cleared,
0:39.6	contraceptive birth control app, Natural Cycles.
0:43.5	This is a subject that I am incredibly passionate about.
0:46.5	I have done many episodes about hormonal birth control and the detrimental effects that it has on our body.
0:51.2	So if you're interested in that and you haven't listened to the episodes yet,
0:57.9	please make sure that you go back and listen to some of the previous episodes that I've done on that. This episode is about cycle tracking. I was introduced to the world of cycle tracking
1:05.0	probably about eight years ago now when I was looking for a alternative to hormonal birth control.
1:13.2	And I wanted something that had no sort of intervention in my body whatsoever. And when natural cycles came out, or when I became aware of it,
1:18.3	which I think was about four or five years ago now, I was so incredibly excited because now was
1:25.1	something that was just, or they created something that was, according to their research,
1:30.6	it is 93% effective with typical use and 98% effective with perfect use.
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