Episode 26: How Your Gut Impacts Perimenopause Symptoms (And What to Do About It)

You might be thinking, “But I don’t have any digestive issues, so gut health doesn’t affect me, right?” Actually, that’s not the case! You don’t need to have classic digestive symptoms for your gut to be out of sync. While issues like bloating, gas, constipation, or indigestion are common signs of poor gut health, it’s possible to have an imbalance without these obvious symptoms. In fact, gut dysfunction can show up in other ways—like low energy, fatigue, mood swings, anxiety, brain fog, or headaches—symptoms that are also common during perimenopause.  So even if your digestion seems fine, your gut health could still be influencing how you feel in this phase of life. In this episode, I explain: The connection between oestrogen and progesterone and gut health The two really important ways your gut (after the liver) is involved in metabolising and balancing your oestrogen.  The most effective ways for supporting this process and improving your gut health straight away Links: Take my free perimenopause quiz: https://quiz.francescaliparoti.com/start-page  Explore my Midlife Thrive membership: https://francescaliparoti.com/midlife-thrive-membership/  Work with me 121: https://francescaliparoti.com/services/ Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/perimenopause.with.francesca/  Support for the Empowered Perimenopause Podcast Your support in listening to these episodes means the absolute world to me and helps me make an impact with my work, which is why I’m here. I’d be so grateful if you could subscribe and share, and leave a review – 5 stars would be amazing and so helpful!