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"Oral contraceptives help women with acne by decreasing testosterone levels and thereby affecting sebaceous-gland production. Laser therapies also work, but they are costly and painful. Th?Botlorn I irse Prevention is the first-line treatment for acne, and diet plays a big part in it. First, drink less milk and stay away from high-sugar and processed foods, all of which have been shown to cause breakouts. Exercise regularly and make other shifts in behavior to reduce stress, another reason people get pimples." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"Medications such as lipid-lowering drugs, oral contraceptives, antidepressants, contrast agents (dyes used in some X rays), and antihistamines can also affect TSH testing. Whenever TSH production is not functioning properly, the TSH level will be normal or may even be low, despite low thyroid hormone production or low thyroid activation inside your cells. If this is happening, the diagnosis of low thyroid will be missed. To complicate matters further, TSH tests can sometimes be misinterpreted. Here are two problems interpreting TSH: 1. The true healthy range for TSH is in dispute." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.) "Low testosterone explains why many women using oral contraceptives or oral estrogen experience a gradual decline in their sex drive over time and have a tendency to gain weight. Other causes of low testosterone are adrenal fatigue, pelvic surgery, traumatic childbirth, depression, excessively low-fat diets, and some medications, most notably lipid-lowering statin medications. Testosterone Side Effects Most women are frightened by the thought of using what is reputed to be an exclusively male hormone for fear of turning into an oversized, hairy, argumentative beast." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.) "Wendy: Perimenopause to Menopause When I met Wendy she was fifty-three years old and had been on oral contraceptives for four years to control irregular periods. She used to enjoy normal energy, but in the past year she had become progressively less energetic and was especially tired in the afternoon between 2 and 4 p.m. Her usual upbeat mood had left her. She was often sick and frequently took antibiotics for recurrent sinus infections." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.) "Many medications (oral contraceptives, oral estrogen) and conditions (excess stress, infection, cancer) cause a deficiency of such vitamins, which can lead to low levels of omega-3. Symptoms of inadequate omega-3 are mood swings, depression, dry skin, digestive upset, and immune problems. Until the modern age, we humans routinely ate a diet of nearly equal omega-3 and omega-6 oils, naturally. Since the industrial revolution and the advent of vegetable oils, our diets have gradually changed." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"It is thought that the following factors contribute to Candida overgrowth: use of oral contraceptives, steroids, antacids, ulcer medications, antibiotics, high-sugar diets, pregnancy, smoking, food allergies or intolerances and diabetes. Luckily, Lactobacillus probiotics are capable of keeping Candida albicans under control in all areas of the body. The mouth is host to a large number of microbes including Candida albicans." - Allison Tannis, Probiotic Rescue: How You can use Probiotics to Fight Cholesterol, Cancer, Superbugs, Digestive Complaints and More (Get the book.)

"Androgenicity of progestins in hormonal contraceptives and the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus. Diabetes Care 2007 May; 30(5):1062-68. Isley WL. Hepatotoxicity of thiazolidinediones. Expert Opin Drug Saf2003 Nov; 2(6):581-86. Joshi SR. Metformin: Old wine in new bottle—evolving technology and therapy in diabetes. / Assoc Physicians India 2005 Nov; 53:963-72. Kahn SE et al. Glycemic durability of rosiglitazone, metformin, or glyburide monotherapy. N Engl J Med 2006 Dec 7; 355(23):2427-43. Kapoor D et al." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.) "There is also evidence that women of childbearing age who use contraceptives that contain synthetic progestogens may be at increased risk for gestational diabetes. A recent study showed that the risk was greater among women who took a higher-dose progestin compared with those who took a lower dose. ANTIGLYCATION MEDICATIONS Since glycation is a major theme of this book, we'll take a brief look at several drugs that directly target glycation." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.) "Please note: in addition to insulin resistance, elevated insulin levels can indicate acromegaly, Cushing's syndrome, insulinoma, or fructose or galactose intolerance, or they may be the result of the use of prescription drugs such as levodopa, oral contraceptives, corticosteroids.) If your blood sugar levels have been high for some time and your insulin levels that were initially high are now decreasing, this suggests that your beta cells are becoming less responsive to glucose, and you are at risk for developing beta-cell "burnout" and diabetes." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.)

"Many other drugs such as oral contraceptives, anything that interferes with hydrochloric acid and a lot of simple sugars in the diet can cause problems with yeast. The diagnosis of candidiasis is often made by a history of the symptoms. Stool cultures and antibody tests also may be used. The mechanism of candidiasis is explained by Dr. Korins: "Although Candida is usually a normal part of the constitution, stress interferes with the secretions, with the immunity, with the nutrition or drugs or impaired liver function. When this happens, the yeast products are absorbed by the body." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"Certain medications, including cimetidine (antiulcer; brand name Tagamet), benzodiazepene-containing drugs (antidepressants and Valium), antihistamines, and oral contraceptives can all hinder phase I detoxification. Other inhibitors include grapefruit, the spice turmeric, capsicum of hot peppers, cloves, toxins from intestinal bacteria—even age can slow down your liver's first detoxification process. Doctors are now diagnosing more and more fatty livers (especially in children), a result of too much sugar and processed foods in the diet." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"The established risk factors for ovarian cancer are older age (>50 years), low parity, never having used oral contraceptives, and having a family history of breast or ovarian cancer [287, 288]. Although the etiology is still a focus of intense investigation, a current theory is that increased ovulation or hormonal stimulation of ovarian epithelial cells plays a role in the development of ovarian cancer [289]. Current prevention strategies for women at high risk include oral contraceptive use, tubal ligation, and prophylactic oophorectomy [290]." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"The Morning-After Pill Mifepristone (Mifeprex, RU-486), one of the newest and most revolutionary contraceptives, is used to terminate early pregnancies, which are defined as 49 days or less since the start of the last menstrual period. Mifepristone inhibits the activity of progesterone, which results in termination of the pregnancy. It can, however, result in an incomplete abortion or increased vaginal bleeding, both of which may require surgical intervention. So far, 1% to 5% of women have required some surgical intervention. For this reason it is only available through a physician." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"Obscurely inspired, we've even used fruits as contraceptives. In medieval Europe, lemons were believed to neuter sperm the way citrus curdles milk. Casanova wrote of using hollowed out half-lemons as contraceptive diaphragms. Ancient Egyptians used orange halves in the same way, as do some misinformed modern teenagers. Unripe papayas can allegedly induce miscarriages and have been used in traditional societies as morning-after pills. In the sixteenth century, melons were prescribed to dampen sexual appetites. Herbalists from that period also claimed that medlars stay women's longings." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.)

"Since this chapter starts with oral contraceptives, it's worth taking a very brief look at the history of what is popularly known as "the pill," because it provides a framework for my discussion about its uses, side effects, and risks. The condensed version of the pill's development starts with Gregory Pincus, an early-twentieth-century American physician, biologist, and researcher who studied hormonal biology and steroidal hormones." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"Women on oral contraceptives may want to take nutritional supplementation to adjust for some of the biochemical alterations caused by the pill. Women on BCPs have a higher requirement for folate,8 and this may be especially true for women who have had cervical dysplasia (precancerous abnormal cells of the cervix). The frequent ingestion of the steroids found in BCPs have been shown to depress levels of riboflavin, pyridoxine, vitamin B12, ascorbic acid, and zinc." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"But beginning with the 40-month examination, Mary's polyps completely disappeared, an effect the lasted fori 6 months and coincided with the use of estrogenic contraceptives. Later Mary was switched to a different contraceptive and a small number of polyps appeared. This striking report suggests estrogen may exert control over polyp formation Hormone replacement therapy has repeatedly been shown to inhibit colon cancer. [Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers Prevention 5: 779-84, 1996; 7: 329-33, 1998; American Journal Medicine 106: 574-82, 1999] The same holds true for oral contraceptives." - Bill Sardi, You Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore (Get the book.) "Some research shows that women who use oral contraceptives may be at a higher risk for developing cervical dysplasia. One reason may be that oral contraceptives interfere with folic acid metabolism in the cells around the cervix, and folic acid may help prevent or reduce cervical dysplasia. A study at the University of Alabama was the first to demonstrate the connection between folic acid deficiency and increased risk for papilloma viral infection of the cervix. Researchers at the University of Alabama conducted a 24-month study involving folic acid and human papilloma virus infection." - Bill Sardi, You Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore (Get the book.)

"Some examples of these drugs are aspirin, oral contraceptives, and barbiturates. For example, two aspirin tablets taken every six hours for a week have been reported to lower the amount of vitamin C in white blood cells by half. Vitamin C has been used under medical supervision to treat cancer with variable success. High intravenous doses have sometimes resulted in lessening of pain and extended life. This treatment is very controversial. Vitamin C is needed to catalyze enzymatic reactions that activate hormones such as oxytocin." - Dr. Steve Blake, Vitamins and Minerals Demystified (Get the book.) "Drugs that can interfere with folate include aspirin, anticancer drugs, antacids, and oral contraceptives. Older people tend to have higher homocysteine levels and are encouraged to meet or exceed the RDA for folate. FOLATE IN FOOD Leafy green vegetables are the best sources of folate. Legumes are also high in folate; please refer to Graph 1-6. Other sources include fruit and enriched grains. Summary for Folate Main function: synthesis of DNA and red blood cells. RDA: adults, 400 meg; pregnant women, 600 meg. Tolerable upper intake level: 1000 meg. No toxicity reported from food." - Dr. Steve Blake, Vitamins and Minerals Demystified (Get the book.) "It is easily eliminated in the urine. Oral contraceptives may increase the need for pantothenic acid. Supplements are usually in the form of pantothenol, a stable form of the vitamin. Supplements are also made from calcium and sodium D-pantothenate. The panthene form of pantothenic acid is a cholesterol-lowering drug used only under expert supervision. Vitamin B6—Pyridoxine, the Protein Burner Vitamin B6 was discovered in the 1930s. Vitamin B6 occurs in several forms, all of which can be converted to the most active coenzyme form, Pyridoxal Phosphate (PLP)." - Dr. Steve Blake, Vitamins and Minerals Demystified (Get the book.)

"According to another study by Smith JS, Green J, "Cervical Cancer and Use of Hormonal Contraceptives: A Systematic Review," The Lancet, 2003 Apr 5, cervical cancer is closely linked to oral contraceptives." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"Oral contraceptives, alcohol, caffeine, and immune suppressant medications (including corticosteroids) add to the problem. Put a high-sugar diet together with a course of antibiotics and you can pretty much guarantee you've got a serious Candida problem. It's a particularly insidious problem to have. Only in some cases are the symptoms localized and obvious—a vaginal yeast infection, for example, or a case of thrush, which is an overgrowth in the mouth. Most of the time the symptoms are general and somewhat ambiguous." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"Probably the most significant problem with oral contraceptives is the current regimen of taking them 21 days on and 7 days off. The 7-day drug-free interval allows for less suppression of ovulation. During that 7-day pill-free interval, follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) rises, follicles begin to grow, and ovulation frequently occurs. Since PMS is only seen in ovulating women, this lack of ovulation suppression may be the reason for the frequent failure of OCs in PMS." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.) "About 10 percent had early menopausal symptoms, 10 percent were affected by hormonal contraceptives, and about 5 percent each were found to have eating disorders or substance abuse issues predominating. Anyone who considers her PMS to be significantly bothersome might be wise to check with her practitioner should her efforts with self-care fail. There may be other, more effective treatments, either for the PMS itself or for an underlying condition. Most women feel different emotionally and physically during the premenstruum." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.) "Conventional practitioners take great care in educating the patient about the disease; the importance of treatment; the possible consequences; the importance of treating her male partners, if applicable; and the importance of barrier contraceptives and other methods to reduce the risk of STIs. To a patient not accustomed to dealing with severe infections and the need for antibiotics, some practitioners may seem overly aggressive in their recommendations and insistence." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"THIRTEEN Special Formulas for Women Formula for Women Using Oral Contraceptives Note: There is evidence that women who use oral contraceptives have greater requirements for vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) and folic acid. Oral contraceptives appear to interfere with these vitamins. The mood changes (such as depression) that many women who use oral contraceptives experience have been attributed to decreased synthesis of the neurotransmitter serotonin. This decreased synthesis may be a consequence of decreased vitamin B6 status." - Sheldon Saul Hendler, The Doctor's Vitamin and Mineral Encyclopedia (Get the book.)

"And there is some evidence that weight gain can make it worse, as can a sedentary lifestyle and oral contraceptives. The good news is this unappealing sign is totally benign in women. In men, however, cellulite may be a sign of androgen deficiency from such conditions as Klinefelter's syndrome. (See Chapters 1 and 7.) Men who are on estrogen hormone therapy for prostate cancer sometimes get cellulite. Wrinkles Wrinkles are the one skin sign that we all will develop if we live long enough. But wrinkles aren't just signs of aging." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.) "They can also be a reaction to certain drugs, such as oral contraceptives, antidepressants, and some heart medicines. WARNING SIGNS The following are common signs of gum disease: LJp ¦ Spaces between your teeth ¦ Pus between your teeth and gums ¦ Receding gums ¦ Bad breath ¦ Itchy mouth ¦ Mouth sores ¦ Changes in your bite or the way your dentures fit Swollen gums can also signal diabetes. Indeed, one-third of people with diabetes have severe gum disease. Interestingly, treating the gum disease may help control blood sugar levels." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"Because so many women use oral contraceptives, it is especially important to consider the side effects and consequences. What on the surface looks like an easy choice (to take "the pill") may not be for all women. How They Work The female reproductive cycle is a complex monthly choreography of hormonal and physical changes whose purpose is to maximize a woman's capacity to conceive a child during the years when she is most likely to successfully bear that child and raise it to adulthood. If no conception takes place, the cycle repeats itself about every twenty-eight days." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

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