Hey, this is Amanda, women's health dietitian. And I'm Emily, nutritional therapy practitioner.

And this is the RU menstrual podcast, where we help you navigate the confusing world of women's

hormones and teach you how to have healthy periods. Each week, we will be diving into a different

topic on women's health and sharing our perspective using nutrition, female physiology, and metabolic health.

Our goal is to help you wait through conflicting health information and empower you on your

healing journey.

We hope you enjoy it.

So far on the podcast, we have discussed a wide variety of topics spanning women's health and hormones

from mineral balance and metabolic health to PCOS and menopause. But one area that we have yet to

cover is birth control, which we realize is hugely important to most women in their childbearing

years. A whopping 80% of women will take the pill at some point in their lifetime,

and for that reason, we didn't want to go any longer on the show without speaking about it.

So in this episode, we're going to be covering what you need to know about hormonal birth control specifically,

including the different types, how hormonal birth control works to prevent pregnancy, and the

specific impact each type can have on the female body.

And this is something that's had a huge impact on myself personally. It's a hormonal birth

control, particularly the pill is a really big part of my hormone healing journey. It's what

kind of sparked my whole interest in this world because I

came off the pill and was just a complete mess. Didn't get my period. My hair was falling out and had acne.

I was diagnosed with PCOS and no one can help me. So it really kind of sparked my entire interest

in switching my career path to women's health. And it's a huge part of the majority of the

clients that I work with. Like most women that I work with have been on some type of hormonal

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