Buckle up for a fiery and thought-provoking conversation with Alex Clark! In this episode, we dive into the untold truths about hormonal birth control, the American food industry, and the growing health crisis affecting women today. Alex shares her personal health transformation, from ultra-processed foods to a whole-foods lifestyle, and how questioning Big Pharma and Big Food changed everything for her. We also get an insider look at the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement, the policies shaping it, and the heated debate over reproductive health.

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📌 Links & Resources Mentioned:

🔗 Science Vs on the Placebo Effect: https://podcasts.apple.com/es/podcast/placebo-can-the-mind-cure-you/id1051557000?i=1000565044402 

🔗Business of Birth Control Documentary: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3543964/

🔗Recent bans on toxic food dyes: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/11/food-dye-ban-bill

🔗Trump’s IVF Executive Order: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/expanding-access-to-in-vitro-fertilization/ 

🔗 Endometriosis & PCOS funding disparities: https://www.nature.com/articles/s44294-024-00048-6 

🔗 Maternal mortality crisis in the US: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/maternal-mortality/2023/maternal-mortality-rates-2023.htm

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