Womb Led Woman Podcast 14. What Hormonal Birth Control is Actually Doing to Your Body with Maddie Miles
Millions of women around the world use hormonal contraception like the Pill, the patch, the IUD...but how many of us actually know what this drug actually does to our body? Were you told by your doctor how the Pill works, and what the side effects and long-term consequences to your health were? Most of us weren't!
Trigger warning: Eating disorders discussed
Maddie Miles is a Board-Certified Integrative Health Practitioner, Women's Health and Hormone expert, and Clinical Herbalist. She created the brand Peace Love Hormones, and the herbal supplement Soothe, which helps women with PMs and painful periods. She joins us today to talk about the negative consequences of hormonal birth control so that you can be fully informed!
We discuss:
- Maddie's personal journey of being in and out of the hospital for an eating disorder, insomnia and anxiety, to studying integrative health and healing her body
- How hormonal contraceptives impact your gut, liver, mental health, metabolism and more
- How to safely and smoothly transition off of birth control and rebuild your health
- Maddie's favorite medicinal herbs for women's health and hormones
Connect with Maddie:
IG & TikTok: @themaddiemiles
Watch "The Business of Birth Control" to learn more about the consequences of birth control
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