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- Michelle Schoffro Cook
- November 12, 2010
- 4:11 pm
- 106 comments
Before you take “The Pill” as a form of contraception, it is important to know several things:
1. Smoking and The Pill don’t mix. Women who smoke tobacco and use oral contraceptives have a five-times greater risk of dying from a heart attack than oral contraceptive users who don’t smoke. The risk of death linked to circulatory disease is greatly increased in women over the age of 35 who smoke and use oral contraceptives. Avoiding or quitting smoking while using oral contraceptives is recommended.
2. Oral contraceptives can cause folic acid depletion. In women with cervical dysplasia taking oral contraceptives, research showed high doses of folic acid improved cervical health; however women should consult and be supervised by a physician before doing so. Cervical dysplasia has been linked with cancer.
3. The Pill may increase iron levels. Because menstrual blood loss is reduced while using oral contraceptives, iron stores may increase, lessening the need for iron in premenopausal women. Iron levels should be monitored by a physician in women taking oral contraceptives and before taking iron-containing supplements since excess iron has been linked to heart disease.
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Michelle Schoffro Cook, BSc, RNCP, DNM
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Michelle Schoffro Cook
Michelle Schoffro Cook, MSc, RNCP, ROHP, DNM, PhD is an international best-selling and 14-time book author and doctor of traditional natural medicine, whose works include: 60 Seconds to Slim, Healing Recipes, The Vitality Diet, Allergy-Proof, Arthritis-Proof, Total Body Detox, The Life Force Diet, The Ultimate pH Solution, The 4-Week Ultimate Body Detox Plan, and The Phytozyme Cure. Check out her natural health resources and subscribe to her free e-magazine World's Healthiest News at WorldsHealthiestDiet.com to receive monthly health news, tips, recipes and more. Follow her on Twitter @mschoffrocook and Facebook.
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Thank you for the information, and I just recently started eating organic eggs daily...
106 comments
+ add your ownInteresting facts, I will have to implement some things after reading this.
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Good to know information.... sure wish some of it was available way back when.
thankyou. excellent reasons to be eating more fruits and vegetables and taking ginko biloba or using grapeseed oil in cooking.
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Thanks for this very valuable information, Michelle. I wish my doctor had been so knowledgeable!
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