The Wirth Wellness Podcast #28- Post-Pill Amenorrhea and PCOS| My Healing Story
Description:
In this episode, Erika shares her story of recovering her period, naturally, after coming off hormonal birth control. This conversation is full of tips and strategies for bringing your hormones back into balance, and replenishing your body with the nutrients hormonal contraceptives are known to deplete. While many women are prescribed the "pill" for the management of adverse hormonal symptoms, rarely are they given information about the many, and serious, health risks associated with long term use of this medication. Women deserve better! It's time to ask for more from women's health practitioners- more information and education around birth control options, that don't pose a considerate threat to our health, and real solutions to hormonal imbalances, that address root causes, rather than merely "band-aiding" symptoms.
Resources:
-Related Episodes-
Interview with Samantha Gladish
How to Find a Naturopathic Practitioner and What to Expect
-Supplements-
Ali Miller's Prenatal Bundle
-Non-Toxic Household, Body, and Beauty-
EWG's Guide to Healthy Cleaning
All Purpose Cleaning Product
Body Soap (my absolute FAV)
EWG's Guide to Healthy Bath and Body/Skin Deep
Homemade Deodorant Recipe- This is the one I make and my husband LOVES. *I add a few drops of peppermint and holy basil organic essential oils, to the basic recipe.
-Books-
Beyond the Pill... by Dr. Jolene Brighten
This is Your Brain on Birth Control... by Sarah E. Hill PhD
In the Flow and WomenCode... by Alisa Vitti
-Articles-
How to Quit the Pill Without Side Effects by Alisa Vitti
The Birth Control and Thyroid Connection by Dr. Jolene Brighten
Don't Fear Fat by Dave Asprey
-Blood Sugar Balancing Diet for Hormones (Samantha Gladish)-
-Research-
Myo-Inositol As an Intervention for Restorying Ovary Function, and Metabolic Health, in PCOS Patients
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27898267/
Myo-Inositol Compared to Metformin for PCOS
- https://www.pcosnutrition.com/metforminandinositol/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30614282/
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Risk for Oral Contraceptive Users
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26658991/
Oral Contraceptives Deplete the Body of Nutrients
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21967158/
- https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ogi/2010/925635/
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