The Pill and Libido

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Female: Recent published research that 40% of women experienced reduce sex drive or taking the birth control pill. Why?

Female: A key component in female sexual desire is testosterone or hormone many think of as being male. But women have it to and every month when ovulation occurs their ovaries actually make excess testosterone. Biologically that is because women are fertile when they are ovulating and the body secretes testosterone to encourage reproductive behavior. But women taking hormone contraceptives do not have active ovaries. So testosterone normally made their which it counts for half of the body of the body’s production is not secreted. A woman’s adrenal glands make the other half of her testosterone and they too are affected by the pill. Why? The pill does not just produce testosterone production it also encourages the liver to make a protein called SHGB, which hinders its effect. That is because when someone pops the pill the liver erroneously assumes the body has produced two much estrogen and fights back with the SHGB. But what about women who do not experience decrease libido on the pill? Will check out their story in our next video.

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