S9 E5: The lowdown on hormonal contraception

The Food Medic

Health & Fitness

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

This week on The Food Medic podcast we are joined by Alice Pelton and Dr Fran, from The Lowdown - the UK's leading contraception review and subscriptions platform.
This episode covers:

The story behind The Lowdown
What are your options? Different forms of contraception
Pill-bashing and fear mongering online
Does hormonal contraception affect fertility?
How long is too long to be on the pill?
Advice for those considering stopping or changing their form of contraception
Natural family planning and fertility awareness methods
A new form of male contraception?

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0:31.0	Hello and welcome back to the Food Medic Podcast.
0:34.0	I'm your host, Dr Hazel.
0:37.0	Today we're going to talk about contraception,
0:39.0	a conversation which I personally feel we don't talk about enough.
0:43.0	For this episode, I'm joined by two guests from the Lodem,
0:48.0	the UK's leading contraception review and subscriptions platform.
0:53.0	Alice Pelton is the founder of Lodem, and set it up after struggling
0:58.0	for years to find a contraceptive method that didn't negatively impact her mood.
1:03.0	They've just closed their two million seed rent and have big plans
1:08.0	to use their unique community first approach to put the next
1:12.0	billion women in control of their healthcare decisions.
1:16.0	And alongside Alice, we have Dr Fran, one of the Lodem's medical directors
1:20.0	and the first doctor to join the Lodem team in 2020.
1:25.0	When she's not offering exceptional contraception consultations
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