ID: tis the season to remember that activated charcoal can render oral birth control ineffective
How does someone give birth orally??
How are you at least the 3rd person so far to make this unfunny joke?
Through the mouth, duh
And grapefruit can screw up various medicines! Not that this really applies to October. More in general.
I thought you were trolling at first, but nope, this is legit.
https://www.pandiahealth.com/blog/does-activated-charcoal-affect-birth-control-pills/
Not sure why anyone would troll about something like this, but also never trust random people on the internet, especially on medical advice, so… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Thanks for adding sources
The article you link to does not show any effect of activated charcoal on ovulation in women who use oral contraceptives. Not saying it’s a good idea to eat charcoal, but the study didn’t find an effect.
Why would it have an effect on ovulation? People are saying that the charcoal prevents the body from absorbing the pill. It’s also why it’s used in certain cases of poisoning.
Activate charcoal is very common medicine to fight gas and/or mild intestinal discomfort. Very effective when my farts become too noxious and I need to debloat…
Was it TMI…?
Had a cousin eat some spooky bread and found out the hard way what going cold turkey off her depression meds felt like. It was a rough couple days to get her back to baseline.
Ooof, that’s bad, could potentially be fatal. Take care out there, fellow medicated people!
Since when do people eat activated charcoal? Am I missing something here?
Do you guys not take it against gas? That’s a common item in medicine cabinets where I am.
It’s frequently used to make food appear black. It has some legitimate uses but food shouldn’t be one of them.
used to make food appear black.
just one question: why??
Halloween
because black drinks and food look so tasty…
Capitalism
I don’t think capitalism is to blame for having Spooky Food at a Halloween party.
That article needs a rigourous editing from someone that doesn’t think crystals can purge toxins.
Yet another dumb trend that completely passed me by.
Since they started giving birth orally.
Pukebirth sounds like a band name.
Years ago it was a trend to put activated charcoal in stuff like toothpaste and milk based coffee drinks.
Still is for toothpaste at least
Why burn your food for that harsh crunchy texture? Just eat activated charcoal instead, no need to spend all that time and money burning food, just pure taste sensation!
There’s stuff out there that can just make the pill ineffective? You’d think this would be known more widely.
There are several. Grapefruit is another example that comes to mind.
And I agree, these things should be much more widely known. But now you know!
Grapefruit has bad interactions with a lot of medications for some reason
It has a chemical that is a potent CYP3A4 inhibitor - it basically turns off the enzyme that metabolizes a good chunk of medicines.
Earl grey tea has it too.
At first I thought this was about blowjobs.
Y’all been adding activated charcoal to your drinks? I mean, dyed sugar is the only other thing I can think of to have that same ‘look’ to it but still, if all my garnish options sucked I’d just pour the drink without a garnish.
Good for you. Plenty of others do consume it though (you probably have too, without realising. It isn’t just added to drinks like the photo might suggest), and I’m sure they’d appreciate the heads up.
O.o. What’s with the brackets around the A in aware?
Be ware (because spooky)/be aware (because PSA), it’s just a play on words…
I swear I’m never going near the stuff, lest I’m fully committed to giving oral birth!
