Dr. Sarah Hill, PHD, is one of the top researchers when it comes to women’s health. She is the author of This is Your Brain on Birth Control - How the pill changes everything and a professor of psychology at TCU. In this episode, we talk about:
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00:00 Sarah E. Hill, PHD, introduction
02:00 The Washington Post’s misleading article about hormonal birth control
08:40 The current state of women’s research: the current research on women is abysmal. The research is still done mostly on men and male animals. Research is required to be done quickly and cheap.
17:20 The importance of progesterone
20:24 This IS Your Brain on Birth Control: How the pill changes everything
21:20 the PROS of hormonal birth control: women having more ability to make plans, go to school, pursue career goals, and its convenient usage.
24:30 The CONS of hormonal birth control: normal hormone functioning is shut off, turns down/off the HPG axis, lowered mood, lowered energy and libido, synthetic progesterone side effects, anxiety, depression.
32:30 Hormonal birth control can change who we are attracted to!
34:50 Teens and hormonal birth control
39:40 Women need more health and hormone education.
45:30 Postpartum anxiety
48:00 Closing thoughts
THE DOWNSIDES OF HORMONAL BIRTH CONTROL → https://www.peacelovehormones.com/blogs/life-style/birth-control-pills-things-to-consider-before-starting?_pos=2&_sid=3d5e411a6&_ss=r
BIRTH CONTROL OPTIONS, SYNTHETIC + NATURAL → https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/peacelovehormonespodcast/episodes/Ep-31-Birth-Control--hormonal-and-non-hormonal-options-e1ed30k
BOOSTING PROGESTERONE LEVELS NATURALLY → https://youtu.be/FeqodA_50GA
Connect with Sarah → https://www.instagram.com/sarahehillphd/?hl=en
Her Website → https://www.sarahehill.com/
Her Book → https://a.co/d/dlsw1zP
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