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Top Reasons You Should Stop Taking Birth Control Pills Today
1. Gut bacteria is compromised
As we were just talking about, the pill has a serious effect on the bacteria within your digestive system, often giving yeast a good chance to get a foothold. Because of this, your body’s immune system is compromised. This also means that your body’s ability to absorb nutrients from the foods you eat is also lowered. Once you decide to go off the pill, you will need to eat more foods that will help to reestablish your gut bacteria levels.
2. You increase you chance of developing breast cancer
Studies show that women who use birth control pills could face a minimum 50 percent increased risk of developing breast cancer. This study was done by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre but previous studies have shown the same results as well, so this isn’t just a fluke. Find out top 8 things that increase your risk of breast cancer.
3. Birth control pills reduce your libido
For those of you who aren’t quite old enough to know what your libido is it’s your sex drive. After women begin regular use of birth control pills, their desire for sex goes way, way down.
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4. You tend to make no so smart choices about sex partners
When you are taking the pill, your sense in picking up the correct pheromones in a potential mate is way out of whack. This sounds strange, but science will tell you that it’s true, women like men who prefer the scent of men whose genes are different from their own. This is because a good mix of genes makes for stronger children. But when you are on the pill, all that goes out the window.
5. You become out of touch with your body
Women who do not take birth control pills are usually able to read the signs their bodies give them that tell them when they are ovulating, so they can avoid pregnancy. Women who are taking birth control pills lose all touch with their bodies and are almost in a constant zombie like state of mind.
If you want to go off the pill, consider these other options:
- The diaphragm – An oldie but a goodie. They must be fitted by your doctor, but when used with spermicidal gels, they are 92 to 98 percent effective.
- The cervical cap – You can put these in yourself and leave them in for 48 hours. 91 percent effective. See your doctor for the first fitting.
- Spermicides – These come in creams, gels, and suppositories and contain chemicals that kill sperm. These work best when used with one of the other methods mentioned above but aren’t such a good idea all on their own.
- Condoms for your male partner
- Female condoms – Not as popular as male condoms, but when used with a spermicide, these are 95 percent effective.
