The widespread use of The Pill is a troubling issue because oral contraceptives devastate beneficial bacterial flora in the gut leaving it vulnerable to colonization and dominance from pathogenic strains such as Candida albicans, Streptococci and Staphylococci among others. The pill harms child’s health, let’s see how! >> Since the introduction of oral contraceptives in the early […]
Why I stopped taking “the pill”? Like many young women, I was prescribed birth control pills long before I was ever worried about sex. At the urging of my mother, I took a visit to my dermatologist to get my first prescription while still in high school. Of course, I wasn’t worried about pregnancy at the […]
How does the Pill work? Quite simply, it shuts off your body’s internal hormone production system. The Pill supplies your body with synthetic estrogen and progestin to inhibit natural cyclical hormones. The Pill changes your cervix’ mucus cycles to prevent sperm from traveling upwards. Some forms of the Pill even affect the structure of your […]
