Gut Health and Digestion in Menopause.

Have you heard people talking about Gut Health?

What about the gut microbiome?

Do you have menopause symptoms like bloating, gas, pain, undigested food in your stool, or even acid reflux?

How your digestion works, and HOW YOUR GUT FUNCTIONS, matters when we’re talking about menopause symptoms.

But … does the gut affect Menopause or does Menopause affect the gut?

Want to know the basics about the gut microbiome? Click here.

Drops in estrogen and progesterone change the digestive tract, or, your gut microbiome.

In this episode we will talk about 

• What poor digestion looks like in menopause.

• What the digestive system does?

• What causes poor digestion?

• How to improve your gut health, without dieting.

• Common solutions from friends and professionals.

There is evidence that gut health may be made worse by dieting.

Going on a restrictive diet without support from someone who understands the triggers to yo yo eating can affect your emotional and mental health.

Weight loss programs and the diet industry marketing is SLICK.

Gut health is even sold as a weight loss method!

If you are worried about the belly fat that may accompany menopause, then you may want to diet. I understand

Belly fat is your body’s protective mechanism. It is a way of supplying estrogen, as your ovaries decline. The adrenal glands and belly fat take over, in menopause.

It takes time to wrap your head around body changes in midlife.

It’s hard to come to terms with aging, isn’t it?

Supporting your gut will help so many other areas of your body, including skin, and hormones, your endocrine system.

I know that you may be uncomfortable with your belly in menopause. Dieting WILL decrease the amount of beneficial bacteria in your gut microbiome.

If you’re new to this concept, grab my free Beginners Guide to Non Diet Health to learn about a non diet approach to menopause!

Products Mentioned in the Episode.

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References:
Putignani, Lorenza Human gut microbiota: onset and shaping through life stages and perturbations, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2012 Vol 2, p144 
 https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcimb.2012.00144     

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2. Xu, C., Zhu, H. & Qiu, P. Aging progression of human gut microbiota. BMC Microbiol 19, 236 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-019-1616-2

3. Picca, A., Fanelli, F., et al Gut Dysbiosis and Muscle Aging: Searching for Novel Targets against Sarcopenia, Mediators of Inflammation, vol. 2018, Article ID 7026198, 15 pages, 2018.https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/7026198