If You’re On “Hormonal” Birth Control, Read This.

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For millions of women around the world, taking the birth control pill every day is as ordinary as brushing their teeth. They start at a very young age, for all kinds of reasons that don’t necessarily involve contraception, and just stay on it indefinitely.

Too many of these women spend most of their lives on this medication. They withstand unbearable headaches, weight issues, depression, muscle loss, dropping libido, and tons of other ridiculous effects, without a clue that their birth control might actually be causing all of it.

Here are three ABSURD yet little-known facts about being on the birth control pill:

1. It stops ovulation, an essential process of your body.
2. It inhibits hormone production (your body no longer makes progesterone and estrogen).
3. Pill bleeds aren’t real periods.

If you’re like most women, you probably have no idea why those things are absurd. The body literacy gap is a real thing.

Thankfully, there are trailblazers like Naturopathic Doctor Lara Briden a.k.a “The Period Revolutionary,” who are leading the change. Her book “Period Repair Manual” is the #1 Best Seller on Amazon’s Obstetrics & Gynecology list, and has changed tons of women’s lives for the better.