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    Beyond the Pill: A 30-Day Program to Balance Your Hormones, Reclaim Your Body, and Reverse the Dangerous Side Effects of the Birth Control Pill
    Beyond the Pill: A 30-Day Program to Balance Your Hormones, Reclaim Your Body, and Reverse the Dangerous Side Effects of the Birth Control Pill
    Beyond the Pill: A 30-Day Program to Balance Your Hormones, Reclaim Your Body, and Reverse the Dangerous Side Effects of the Birth Control Pill
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    Beyond the Pill: A 30-Day Program to Balance Your Hormones, Reclaim Your Body, and Reverse the Dangerous Side Effects of the Birth Control Pill

    Written by Jolene Brighten

    Narrated by Dara Rosenberg

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    About this audiobook

    Out of the 100 million women—almost 11 million in the United States alone—who are on the pill, roughly 60 percent take it for non-contraceptive reasons like painful periods, endometriosis, PCOS, and acne. While the birth control pill is widely prescribed as a quick-fix solution to a variety of women’s health conditions, taking it can also result in other more serious and dangerous health consequences. Did you know that women on the pill are more likely to be prescribed an antidepressant? That they are at significantly increased risk for autoimmune disease, heart attack, thyroid and adrenal disorders, and even breast and cervical cancer? That the pill can even cause vaginal dryness, unexplained hair loss, flagging libido, extreme fatigue, and chronic infection. As if women didn’t have enough to worry about, that little pill we’re taking to manage our symptoms is only making things worse.

    Jolene Brighten, ND, author of the groundbreaking new book BEYOND THE PILL, specializes in treating women’s hormone imbalances caused by the pill and shares her proven 30-day program designed to reverse the myriad of symptoms women experience every day—whether you choose to stay on the pill or not. The first book of its kind to target the birth control pill and the scientifically-proven symptoms associated with taking it, BEYOND THE PILL is an actionable plan for taking control, and will help readers:

    • Locate the root cause of their hormonal issues, like estrogen dominance, low testosterone, and low progesterone

    • Discover a pain-free, manageable period free of cramps, acne, stress, or PMS without the harmful side effects that come with the pill

    • Detox the liver, support the adrenals and thyroid, heal the gut, reverse metabolic mayhem, boost fertility, and enhance mood

    • Transition into a nutrition and supplement program, with more than 30 hormone-balancing recipes

    Featuring simple diet and lifestyle interventions, BEYOND THE PILL is the first step to reversing the risky side effects of the pill, finally finding hormonal health, and getting your badass self back.

    Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateJan 29, 2019
    ISBN9780062891921
    Author

    Jolene Brighten

    Dr. Jolene Brighten, NMD, is one of the leading experts in women’s medicine and is a pioneer in her exploration of the far-reaching impact of oral contraceptives and the little known side effects that impact health in a large way. After many years of clinical practice, she has developed a unique protocol to support women in preventing and treating Post-Birth Control Pill Syndrome, as well as lowering the risks that the pill has created. A trained nutritional biochemist and Naturopathic Physician, Dr. Brighten is the founder and Clinic Director at Rubus Health, an integrative women’s medicine clinic with locations in California and Oregon. Dr. Brighten currently resides in Portland, Oregon with her family. She is a certified yoga instructor, daily meditator, urban homesteader, and a mother to one beautiful boy.

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    What our readers think

    Readers find this title to be well-explained and easy to understand, particularly for those who are not in the medical field. While there are a few unsubstantiated or weakly-explained claims, the book overall makes an admirable effort to address a significant global issue for women. It is recommended for anyone who menstruates and believes it is worth reading or listening to. Every woman should read this book, educate herself on the subject, and form her own conclusions. It is definitely worth the read.

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    • 5/5
      Amazing. We need to think more about the things we're putting into our bodies, so we understand what effects they might have. I'd recommend this book to any ovulating woman and any woman who's taken or planning to take birth control.
    • 5/5
      Everyone who menstrates needs to read (or listen) this book!!
    • 5/5
      Every woman should read this book, document herself on this subject and draw her own conclusions. Definitely worth every page!
    • 4/5
      This book is better to sift through as a written text rather than listen to. A few unsubstantiated or weakly-explained claims about seeds and the moon, but overall an admirable effort on the author’s part to address a huge global issue for women.
    • 5/5
      Explained well and easy enough to those who aren’t in the medical field