Episode #24: Constipation- Healthy Poops Make For Happy Hormones!

'Tis the season for a celebration of glorious eating and the sounds of borborygmi... your belly's version of jingle bells. It's more than holiday eating for many women that keeps them from having daily bowel movements.  In my clinical practice, nearly 70% of the women I see are somewhere on the constipation spectrum.

During this episode, I'll take a deep dive into the realm of women's constipation and why resolving it can take the mystery out of so many other health issues- lupus, PCOS, and migraines to unexplained infertility, including breast cancer.  

Your GI tract and microbiome integrity is the overseer of your endocrine system- aka your beautiful hormones. What you eat, assimilate, and eliminate influences the excretion of unhealthy estrogens and unwanted toxins.

Having healthy poops involves more than just fiber and water.  We'll explore intriguing factors contributing to chronic and "unexplained" constipation. Yes, you can have glorious, effortless, and happy daily poohs- not just once, twice, or three times weekly.  I'll let you in on a secret; stomach acid plays a significant role in bowel health.  So, what's up with stomach acid? Listen in sweet lovelies and you'll find out! 

I'm super excited to share this information because right now I'm bopping along to Charlie Brown's Christmas! Welcome to The Hormone Lifestyle Zone.

P.S: Additional Good Info From Today’s Podcast Contraband Ferments: Cheryl Paswater is an amazing Fermentationist and her website is filled with great fermentation recipes including coconut kefir that was mentioned in the show. This lady is the real deal!

Probiotic: UltraFloraSpectrum

Digestive Enzyme: Digestive Enzymes Ultra with HCL