No, Ephedra does not affect Birth Control. Ephedra is a Stimulant not a hormone. Birth Control is nothing but hormones. If you want to recommend something to your friend tell him to get her off the birth control. I have seen Birth Control mess up plenty of women. Over time it will make them phyco. Kind of like Roids. If you use roids for too long, you get roid rage. Birth Control is like Roids but its giving the women Estrogen and not TEST. I am willing to bet that if she gets off the birth control she will lose the weight alot easier. Also keep her off any Melatonin, As its a precursor to hormones.
Great Point!!!
If she has fat/cellulite then it's highly likely she is producing excess estrogen (birth control pills)
- certainly more than her liver can handle. All hormones are detoxified by the
liver (how is her liver functioning?) and what the liver can't process will be
returned to the blood stream. This can cause the estrogen to aromatise and turn
into a toxin. These toxins are then stored away from the organs and sent to the
fat cells, where they become trapped in the interstititial spaces between fat
cells. These spaces contain fluid. If a part of the body is repeatedly exposed
to toxins then there will be inflammation and the texture of the fat cells
changes - it goes from being smooth to bumpy - hence cellulite has an uneven, or
bumpy feel to it and body fat will rise.
Ephedra will just cause more stress on her adrenal glands and if she is already stressed, it will do more harm than good.