Does "the Pill" cause weight gain?

There is a lot to me to require any expertise on this topic, the recent study of the, but the suspicion that the birth control pill causes weight gain the long held belief.

Is a small catch, but this was the Primate Research.

Half the weight of the rhesus monkeys was normal and the other half of the research is considered obese. The Group managed to match the weight of the monkeys, doses, so that it would retain the number of women to prevent pregnancy.

The authors of the study the weight variation of animals is documented, body fat, food intake, activity level and lean muscle mass.

"Obese", a group of monkeys around 8.5% of the actually lost their weight and body fat in 12% of them while they were on the pill, apparently due to a spike in their metabolism.They are "normal" weight of the Group remained steady during the test.

Lead author, Dr. Judy Cameron, said;

This study proposes a weight gain of pill use, concerns appear, on the basis of the facts in fiction than more.

Dr. Lisa Perriera, Associate Professor of obstetrics and Gynaecology, University hospitals case Medical Center, agrees with Dr. Cameron;

Birth control is usually temporary, perhaps the only reason the five pound weight gain is to make the bloating. It is real, but it usually goes away by taking a pill for most women. It is precisely because of their body, the tuning is

, a new medication.I have only vicarious experiences in this case so as to yield fairer sex when it comes to opinions. I figured that the only cause weight gain in some oral contraceptives (although much). But it seems that the research is inconclusive and the aforementioned research towards This meta-analysis.

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