How Do Oral Contraceptives Relate to Inflammation? The Pill Is Linked to Higher CRP in Olympians and Blood Donors Alike
Oct 25
3 min read
C-reactive protein, or CRP, is one of the most widely used blood markers of inflammation, in sports medicine and in cardiovascular risk screening. If you are a woman taking a combined oral contraceptive and your CRP comes back high, does that mean you are inflamed, overtrained or at higher risk? Two very different datasets, one in Olympians and one in thousands of blood donors, point the same way: pill use is associated with a higher number.
Want to read more?
Subscribe to ohanaperformanceinstitute.com to keep reading this exclusive post.
