The Gut-Hormone Connection in Menopause and Perimenopause
The Microbiome-Hormone Link
Your microbiome is the community of bacteria, fungi, and viruses that live inside you, and they have a huge role to play in your health. A diverse and healthy microbiome can help balance digestion, immunity, mood, and even hormones.
Gut bacteria that help break down or metabolize estrogen have become known as the estrobolome.
The study of the estrobolome is an emerging field of women’s health.
When your estrobolome is healthy, these tiny organisms ensure that just the right amount of estrogen is present in your body.
Bi -Directional relationship between your gut and your hormones
ROAD 1 – Menopause and hormonal changes affect your microbiome and gut. A decline in hormones directly affects the estrobolome, and plummeting estrogen can seriously upset even a balanced microbiome.
ROAD 2 – Your Microbiome can affect your hormones and menopause and perimenopause symptoms.
The Leaky Gut Link
The relationship between leaky gut and hormone health appears to be bi-directional, with each influencing the other. Hormone imbalances may cause leaky gut, or result from it.
Addressing leaky gut is crucial in managing the hormone–microbe effect on menopause, not to mention a host of other ailments.
Probiotics, Gut Health Supplements, and Menopause
It’s pretty amazing that supporting your microbiome with the right bugs could actually help symptoms that researchers previously thought were controlled only by hormones. This opens up a whole new possibility of going after menopausal symptoms with probiotic supplementation,
Fortunately, it’s not all bad news.
Since gut microbes and hormones affect one another, women can improve their health and comfort during menopause by tending to both their hormonal health and their microbiome.
Lifestyle behaviors, including adding key nutrients to the diet, can influence the microbial makeup of the gut.
A large microbiome study in the United States, found that participants eating 30 unique plants weekly had more diverse microbiomes than those consuming 10 or fewer.
4 Key Gut- Hormone Connections
1. Hormone Metabolism
- Gut bacteria that help break down or metabolize estrogen have become known as the estrobolome. A decline in hormones directly affects the estrobolome
2. Mood Impact
- Serotonin Production: About 90% of the body’s serotonin, a key neurotransmitter that regulates mood, is produced in the gut.
3. Immune System Interaction
- The gut houses about 70% of the body’s immune system
- Imbalanced gut can worsen menopause symptoms like joint pain, fatigue, and brain fog
4. Weight Management & Metabolism
The Gut Microbiome influences how our bodies
- extract energy from food and store fat
- process carbohydrates and maintains blood sugar levels.
- Absorb and digestion nutrients
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