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Another Downside To The Pill: It Makes You Smell Funny
There's the study showing that birth control pills make you weaker(!) Though there's also the studying showing that the pill can help with ashtma. But then on the other side again, there's the study showing the pill doubles your risk of stroke. Stroke, schmoke — the study I actually find most disturbing is the one that shows the pill makes it so you sniff out guys who aren't as genetically compatible with you. Or at least that was the study I found most disturbing before today. Now there's more bad news in the scent department. In a recent study, when female lemurs were treated with hormonal contraceptives, it screwed up their scent signaling. Male lemurs were markedly less interested in them, and their families members couldn't sniff them out any more. As the researchers put it, they tended to lose their "scent individuality."
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Does The Pill Make You Weaker?
Bummer, dude. A new Texas A & M University study suggests that the Pill may inhibit our ability to build muscle mass. It appears that women not using oral contraceptives build 60% greater lean muscle mass than those who pop the Pill given similar workout routine.
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