Gut Check, Queen: Fixing Leaky Gut & Firing Up Hormone Metabolism | Shay Pausa

This week, we're diving deep into the critical connection between your gut health and hormone balance—a dynamic that becomes absolutely vital during midlife and menopause. Our incredible guest, Shay Pausa, Co-Founder and COO of Healthy Gut, is here to help you cut through the "gut confusion" and simplify the overwhelm of supplements and fads, giving women the evidence-based knowledge they need to optimize their complex digestive system.Shay breaks down why your gut is truly your hormone detox HQ and immune command center—revealing the surprising truth that 70–80% of your immune system lives in your gut and why this matters for inflammation, mood, and hot flashes. You'll learn the essential link between digestion and hormone metabolism, understanding why midlife bloating, constipation, or reflux is often a sign of hormone traffic jams. We expose the truth behind leaky gut and how a lack of key players like Butyrate and Digestive Enzymes quietly fuels issues like estrogen dominance, fatigue, and brain fog.Get ready for actionable solutions! We cover the “daily poop report” checklist for better hormone clearance and offer simple steps to help you ditch supplement overwhelm. If you're navigating peri or menopause and feel "off" but can't pinpoint why, this episode is your game-changer for glowing skin, a sharper mind, and better sleep—making you the ultimate CEO of your digestion.Ready to support your gut lining?Purchase directly from Healthy Gut here: https://healthygut.com/shop/?rstr=609&coupon_code=ohm15 and get a 15% discount with my code OHM15Or visit my website to buy directly from me: https://www.ohm406.com/search?q=healthy+gut&type=productsGet Shay's favorite gut-friendly food here: https://www.olivemypickle.com/Listen to my episode on digestion and the microbiome here: https://themenopausemidwife.alitu.com/episode/694f97bb-6fc1-4a0b-ac4f-b54b45847db3Shay Pausa Social Media InfoInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/forherhealth_/Website: https://healthygut.com/Featured Ad Products:Perfect Amino Powder: https://www.ohm406.com/product-page/perfect-amino-powder-chocolateJulva Pro DHEA Vulval Cream: https://www.ohm406.com/product-page/julva-pro-dhea-vulval-creamTimestamps00:00 Intro 00:52 Introducing Shay Pausa, COO of Healthy Gut05:14 Shay's Mission: Empowering Women to Take Charge of Their Well-Being09:55 How much of your immune system is in your gut?11:45 Actionable Steps to Improve Health Through Gut Wellness 16:50 Butyrate and the Gut Lining20:57 The 7 Dwarfs of Menopause22:11 Supplement Strategy: Butyrate, Enzymes, and BHRT26:03 Butyrate 101 32:40 Butyrate and GLP-1: The Connection to Weight Management36:29 The Story Behind HoloImmune42:31 HistaHarmony: Shay's Perimenopause Survival Kit45:27 Dosing Guide: When and How to take Tributyrin-X, Holozyme, & HoloImmune53:25 Rapid-fire questions