The birth control shot, which appears to be the most popular contraceptive choice, especially among younger women, can lead to an extreme weight gain and a body fat increase, according to a study that appeared in the latest issue in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.
Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA), most commonly known as [...]
1. Weight Gain: A Common Side Effect
Most forms of birth control have side effects, especially birth-control pills that are taken orally. One of the most common side effects of birth-control pills is weight gain. Weight gain occurs when the estrogen in the pill causes your body to retain more water and fat than normal. Since [...]
If you are on birth control pill and experiencing more than 5% of your body weight gain in a year, it may be due to your body’s reaction to insulin resistance or abnormal glucose metabolism. You need to consult your healthcare professional to adopt low carbohydrate diet because high amount of sugar in any meal [...]
It can not denied that pills containing high doses of estrogen may cause fluid retention in the body, specially if the pill has 50 mcgm estrogen or more. How it happens? Well, high doses of estrogen stimulate kidney-substances like renin-angiotensin, which is responsible for water retention that again causes sodium (salt) retention that ultimately causes [...]