<p> <br />Those taking brands with the highest levels of oestrogen may even find their hormone-driven suspicions place their relationship in jeopardy, researchers have warned.<br /><br />The finding is one in a long line of ‘emotional’ side-effects attributed to the pill, which is taken by some 3.5 million British women, a quarter of all 16 to 49-year-olds.<br /><br />The drug is also credited with making women broody, changing their taste in men and even boosting intelligence, reports Daily Mail.<br /><br />Working with the Dutch psychologists, Stirling University’s Craig Roberts in Britain asked 275 women a series of questions designed to gauge how much they trusted their partner, according to the journal Personality and Individual Differences.<br /><br />Topics included how they feel when their other half flirts with another woman, whether they were worried that he would leave them for another woman and how possessive they were.<br />Comparing the brands used with the women’s answers revealed a clear link between the drug and envy.<br /><br />And the higher the dose of oestrogen in the contraceptive, the more likely a woman was to be jealous. The chemical imbalance caused by the pill can make women chose more boyish men, like Zac Efron, over more rugged men, such as Sean Connery.</p>
<p> <br />Those taking brands with the highest levels of oestrogen may even find their hormone-driven suspicions place their relationship in jeopardy, researchers have warned.<br /><br />The finding is one in a long line of ‘emotional’ side-effects attributed to the pill, which is taken by some 3.5 million British women, a quarter of all 16 to 49-year-olds.<br /><br />The drug is also credited with making women broody, changing their taste in men and even boosting intelligence, reports Daily Mail.<br /><br />Working with the Dutch psychologists, Stirling University’s Craig Roberts in Britain asked 275 women a series of questions designed to gauge how much they trusted their partner, according to the journal Personality and Individual Differences.<br /><br />Topics included how they feel when their other half flirts with another woman, whether they were worried that he would leave them for another woman and how possessive they were.<br />Comparing the brands used with the women’s answers revealed a clear link between the drug and envy.<br /><br />And the higher the dose of oestrogen in the contraceptive, the more likely a woman was to be jealous. The chemical imbalance caused by the pill can make women chose more boyish men, like Zac Efron, over more rugged men, such as Sean Connery.</p>