Guest guest Posted January 13, 2005 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 Greetings: For all females and those who care about them. I realize that this articles are not that of raw recipes, shopping or a raw event to attend but do tie in to healthy eating habits. As a man, after reading them, I have a totally new respect for women's issues and their well being and thought this worthy to pass on to you. The Pill A blessing or a Curse? By: Sherrill Sellman About 468 million women in the US have chosen some version of the Pill as their preferred method of contraception. This “medical miracle,” has enlisted almost 90 percent of Western women of reproductive age at some time in their lives. Choices now include the low dose and the combined pills made with estrogen and synthetic progesterone. Other choices include a progestin mini-pill, a progestin injection known as Depo-Provera that’s good for three months, ore the progestin implant, - Norplant, which lasts for five years. Initially, women were prescribed contraceptive drugs for short-term use to help space pregnancies. Today the drugs are readily used to “regulate” a woman’s period, eliminate acne, treat endometriosis, control painful periods, suppress lactation, reduce PMS and help with management of perimenopause. There are women today who take birth control pills from puberty to menopause, at which time they switch to hormone replacement therapy. In their cases, the complex physiological processes of their reproductive lives have literally been controlled and determined by powerful foreign chemicals. There is really nothing natural about taking the pill. This raises the question of what happens to millions of women when their bodies, instead of being in tune with the delicate balance and flow of natural hormones, are instead being controlled by some of the potent drugs found in the pharmaceutical pharmacopoeia? Technically, the action of the pill castrates a woman by stopping her natural reproductive cycle, which all too frequently creates permanent damage to her ovaries, leaving her infertile. A Swiss billionaire whose company manufactures 70 percent of the world’s fertility drugs states, “Our usual customers are women over 30 who have been taking birth-control pills since they were teenagers or in their early 20’s. Taking any form of contraception formula increases the risk of coronary artery disease, breast cancer, cervical cancer, skin cancers, immune dysfunction, liver toxicity, strokes, blood clots, osteoporosis, high blood pressure and ectopic pregnancies. Side effects include nausea, migraine-type headaches, breast tenderness, allergies, weight increases, changes in sex drive, depression, hair loss, facial hair growth and increased incidence of vaginitis. Also, women with a history of epilepsy, migraine, asthma or heart disease may find that their symptoms worsen. Many of these effects may persist even after the discontinuation of the pill. Pill users have an increased risk of two painful types of inflammatory bowel disease: ulcerative colitis and Chron’s disease. In addition, the pill can cause nutritional deficiencies of Vitamin B-1, B-2, B-6, Folic Acid, B-12, Vitamin C, Vitamin E and Vitamin K. Other levels of minerals and vitamins are also altered. More alarming is the fact that the earlier a woman begins use of the pill the greater the risk of developing breast cancer and having a worse prognosis. One disturbing study indicated that the pill caused chromosomal aberrations in the breast tissue of young female users. This research was further backed up with a study showing a 100 percent increased risk of breast cancer which extended from10 years of pill use down to just three months use. Progestins make their own mischief, raising “bad” cholesterol and blood pressure, distorting sugar metabolism, compromising the immune system, and creating undesirable masculinizing effects. So it is no wonder that Depo-Provera should be of great concern to women. It was reported that women who used it before the age of 25 increase their relative risk of breast cancer to 50 percent and for women using it for six years or more, the risk was raised significantly to 320 percent. The pill affects many aspects of a woman’s experience in many unexpected ways. For instance, there is significant evidence that birth control pills reduce hormones that are vital to the way women communicate sexually with men. Certain volatile fatty acids, known couplins, are secreted in the vagina and stimulate male sexual interest and behavior. Women who take birth control pills, however, do not secrete copulins. The great cycles and rhythms of nature are among the most fundamental realities of physical life. A woman’s body and psyche are intimately woven into the eternal cycles of life. We are just beginning to realize the price we have paid for being part of a culture that chooses to eliminate these natural cycles and instead have them commandeered by drug therapies which are not the same identical hormones made by the body and do not mimic the highly sensitive and intricately timed hormonal fluctuations. Ronald A. Fells N3VPU Amateur Radio Operator The all-new My – What will yours do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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