How BIRTH CONTROL changes everything | What women need to know | Sarah E. Hill, PHD peace. love. hormones. By The Maddie Miles

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:




The pros and cons of hormonal birth control
The impacts of hormonal birth control on brain development
The fallacies of mainstream media when it comes to women health
The abysmal state of women’s health research



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TIMESTAMPS



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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