…the muscles of the digestive tract making it more difficult to get things flowing through the gut. Progesterone is the main hormone of the luteal phase, the part of your…
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How Do Birth Control Pills Work
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The Healing Properties of Bone Broth
Touted for its gut-healing, immune-boosting properties, bone broth has to be one of the most delicious healing foods out there. Broth is a traditional food prepared by cultures worldwide for…
How to Reduce the Side Effects of Hormonal Birth Control
…not detox these synthetic hormones without a certain medication or supplement. 3. Mind Your Microbiome The pill is known to cause intestinal hyperpermeability (leaky gut), disrupt normal gut bugs, and…
Do Birth Control Pills Cause Gallbladder Problems?
…estrogen dominance. In addition, because birth control has such a significant impact on gut health and your microbiome, you can have alterations in how your gut metabolizes and moves out…
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…serotonin, which can negatively impact mood, motivation, food choices, energy levels, motivation, and workout satisfaction. There’s also evidence that lower estrogen levels potentially decrease microbial diversity in the gut and…
Fertility—Why Holistic is Better
…health. I jokingly called it getting “pre-baby body ready.” My journey included optimizing nutrition, healing my gut, tending to my mental and emotional wellbeing, and facilitating my body’s ability to…
How Coffee Affects Your Health and Hormones
…leaky gut). People with intestinal permeability are more likely to have food sensitivity and gut issues. Since coffee is a gut irritant (and speeds up gastric emptying), people with gut-related…