1045: Dr. Jolene Brighten- Beyond the Pill
Jun 03, 2019
In this episode, Sal, Adam and Justin speak with Dr. Jolene Brighten, author of Beyond the Pill. Dr. Brighten is a leading expert in women’s medicine and covers a number of topics in a fun and engaging way that not only affect women but the men in their lives as well.
- How many women are using birth control? (3:30)
- What symptoms are women being prescribed birth control for? (4:20)
- Have we been misled when it comes to the pill? (6:30)
- The impact of mate selection and the pill. (8:45)
- Is there a correlation to women on birth control and autoimmune disease? (16:15)
- How does birth control affect a women’s ability to gain muscle and burn body fat? (20:41)
- How there is a time and a place for birth control: What can women do to reduce side effects? (30:28)
- Diets and their impact on your body. (33:20)
- What happens when you have women who are on birth control and statins? (44:55)
- How did she get into the field of women’s health? (51:45)
- The differences between the shot and the pill. (1:00:37)
- The ‘decoder ring’ of a woman’s hormonal cycle. (1:05:10)
- Are there some birth control pills that are better than others? (1:09:27)
- The 5 Fundamentals of the Brighten Protocol. (1:10:23)
- The ‘411’ on endometriosis. (1:16:25)
- How to work with the menstrual cycle to get gains. (1:20:49)
- Negative self-talk and its impact on your health. (1:32:12)
- The pros and cons of fertility awareness methods. (1:39:33)
Featured Guest/People Mentioned
- Dr. Jolene Brighten (@drjolenebrighten) Instagram
- Website
- YouTube
- Jessica Rothenberg (@thetraininghour) Instagram
- Dr Lara Briden (@larabriden) Instagram
- Amy Schumer (@amyschumer) Instagram
Related Links/Products Mentioned
- June Promotion: MAPS Strong ½ off!! **Code “STRONG50” at checkout**
- 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 – Book by Jolene Brighten
- Women more attracted to masculine mates during ovulation
- The Stripper’s Secret
- Effects of an oral contraceptive on sexual behavior of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)
- Women on Pill three times more likely to get Crohn’s disease… and the risk could be even higher with morning-after contraception
- Sarcopenic obesity – definition, etiology and consequences – NCBI – NIH
- Association of Hormonal Contraception With Depression
- The Gift of Fear: And Other Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence – Book by Gavin de Becker
- FDA allows marketing of first direct-to-consumer app for contraceptive use to prevent pregnancy
