The Pill Poisons

Many of the dangers of the pill are listed on the package insert.  One conference speaker suggested we visit our local “friendly” pharmacy and ask to see this insert for ourselves:  “If you hold one end of the insert high up, the other end will drop to the floor,” she warned.
A nurse at the conference described her visit to a stroke unit.  Amidst the elderly faces, there were also young girls.  “Why are they here?”  She inquired.  She was then told that they “had been on the pill.”  How easily the government ignores that there are real lives that will ultimately succumb to the side effects listed on the pill’s package insert.   Some startling statistics are as follows:

• According to the Journal of American Medicine, using birth control doubles one’s risk of stroke.
• According to the National Cancer Institute one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point in their lives.
• The National Cancer Institute estimates that in 2010, 39,840 women will die of breast cancer.  The institute also estimates that in 2010, 207,090 will be diagnosed with breast cancer.
• According to the Mayo Clinic Research, if a woman uses hormonal contraception for at least four years before her first full-term pregnancy she is at a 52% greater risk for developing breast cancer.
• According to the International Agency of Research on Cancer, if a woman uses a hormonal contraceptive for more than five years, she becomes four times more likely to develop cervical cancer.
• According to the National Cancer Institute, black women, who are between the ages of 20 and 50, are twice as likely to die of breast cancer as white women with the disease.  This is because black women are more vulnerable to “triple-negative” cancers which are more deadly.
• Breast cancer has increased 660 percent since 1973.  At the conference, Dr. Angela Lanfranchi(breast cancer surgeon) linked this increase with the use of hormonal contraception.

Defenders of the pill like to retort that hormonal contraceptives can lower the risk of ovarian and endometrial cancer.  But comparatively few women get endometrial and ovarian cancer to begin with compared to the one in eight who will get breast cancer.  The numbers are far from an even exchange.  If a woman is eager to lower her risk of endometrial and ovarian cancer, this can be done through exercise and diet.  Specific research indicates:

• The risk of endometrial cancer can be reduced through a diet high in fiber, retinol, b-carotene, vitamin C and vitamin E, and by avoiding animal fats and proteins.
• The risk of ovarian cancer can be reduced through a diet high in vegetables, fruits, beans and tea.

We women don’t need to ingest carcinogenic drugs to lower our risk of endometrial and ovarian cancer. 

Empower yourself with knowledge.