Angela Foster Performance Podcasts - Episode 197

EP 197 – Bitesize Biohacks The Female Brain on Birth Control – What You Need to Know

In this Bitesize episode, hear an excerpt from Dr Sarah E Hill’s interview with Angela about hormonal birth control and post-pubertal brain development

As the biological groundwork for the adult brain and body takes place during adolescence the introduction of synthetic hormonal birth control means that women who take hormonal birth control during adolescence have different brains than girls who don’t, listen in and hear more

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Bitesize Biohacks The Female Brain on Birth Control – What You Need to Know

In this Bitesize episode, hear an excerpt from Dr Sarah E Hill’s interview with Angela about hormonal birth control and post-pubertal brain development

Key Takeaways

Brain development explodes during pubertal transition
Post-pubertal brain changes are all coordinated by your sex hormones
For millions of years, our bodies have had regular hormonal messages coordinating all the brain changes
Hormonal messaging lays down the biological groundwork for our adult brain and body but it’s interrupted and suppressed by synthetic hormonal birth control
We don’t know how it’s influencing the organisation of the brain
The research seems to suggest that pill use during adolescence may increase your risk of depressive disorders across your lifetime
Sex hormones play a really critical role in post-pubertal brain development

Best Moments

‘It’s important for women to understand that this is at least a possibility’

‘Who you are as a child and who you are as an adult are all post-pubertal brain changes’

‘How many of us were on hormonal birth control when we didn’t need to be?’

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Angela Foster

Angela is a Nutritionist, Health and Performance Coach. She is also the Founder and CEO of My DNA Edge, an Exclusive Private Membership Site giving individuals the tools and bio hacks needed to optimise their genetic expression for optimal health and performance.

After recovering from a serious illness in 2014, Angela left the world of Corporate Law with a single mission in mind:

To inspire and educate others to live an energetic, healthful and limitless life.

Angela believes that we can truly have it all and has spent the last 5 years researching the habits and routines of high performers, uncovering age-old secrets, time-honoured holistic practices and modern science to create a blueprint for Optimal Human Performance.