Soy, birth control interaction?

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Soy, birth control interaction?

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I've read before that soy and some other foods can interact with birth control pills. Is this true? I feel like if certain kinds of food interacted with birth control that there would be a lot more pregnancies. I can understand how taking a strong dietary supplement could interact with birth control but what about foods that contain soy?
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Re: Soy, birth control interaction?

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Hi there FadedPassion,

Eating foods with soy in them shouldn't affect the effectiveness of your birth control - for a more detailed list of what can, check out Something You Can Worry About Less: Interference and Hormonal Birth Control.
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Re: Soy, birth control interaction?

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Thank you! I didn't think that food would do anything. I course definitely see that supplement could affect it since it's taken in large quantities compared to food.
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