**This is the third post in a Timeline of Health series, see parts 1 and 2 on Stomach Aches and Weight Fluctuations first.
This may seem like an odd topic in relation to gut health issues, and you may be thinking “we all have hormones, what’s the issue?”
But our hormone fluctuations have a significant impact on our health. Women typically have more fluctuations than men, but it is a part of life.
HORMONAL ISSUES ARE A SIGN OF GUT HEALTH ISSUES
So what do hormones have to do with gut health? Well, evidence shows quite a lot! When women start to experience gut health damage we see irregular periods or severe periods.
If you are my age you have the joys of going through menopause. We start to experience mood swings, hot flashes, and other varying symptoms but truth be told our gut health can make these symptoms worse or better.
We start to experience mood swings, hot flashes, and other varying symptoms but truth be told our gut health can make these symptoms worse or better.
So, you will have to go through hormone fluctuations because that is life, but it does not mean it has to be a miserable experience.
HEALING HORMONE SYMPTOMS ALSO HEALS GUT SYMPTOMS
I have learned a lot since going to school to be certified and that helped educate me. But, honestly I really didn’t start to understand the impact of gut health until I cleaned up my diet and started trying to rid myself of Celiac Disease symptoms.
Once I started eating foods that promoted better gut health I lost weight and no longer had bloating or stomach issues. Instead of promoting inflammation in the body my food choices were promoting healing. The most interesting thing I noticed was my menopause symptoms were disappearing as well.
HOW MENOPAUSE IS AFFECTED BY GUT HEALTH
I had been on the pill for years while on my quest to avoid cancer. My mom was dying of ovarian cancer while I was having children so my biggest goal was to not get cancer.
When my children were little, and I had decided I was done having kids, my doctor advised me to go on the pill. At the time many doctors advised using the pill as a way to lower the risk of ovarian cancer. So I did as the doctor advised, for years, I didn’t know if it was right or wrong but I did start to notice a slew of symptoms as the years went on. While the pill ‘regulated’ things I had no idea when I was in menopause.
Sometimes I would get a period, other months I would not, but I would still get all the symptoms like bloating, headaches, moodiness, etc. I thought I might have been in menopause and I went off the pill when I was between 47 and 48. Within a month or two I could tell my hormones were trying to regulate but because of the way I eat and have healed my gut those symptoms went away pretty quickly.
PERIODS AND GUT HEALTH
I wish I had known the things I know now. Our gut regulates our hormones and as women our periods are a huge sign to the current state of our gut health.
Our gut regulates our hormones and as women our periods are a huge sign to the current state of our gut health.
If you have irregular periods, serious side effects before, during, or after a period it is a good sign your gut health is needing repair. I did not know these things when I was younger but I know them now, and this is why I share them! Just know, severe period symptoms or a lack of a period is not inevitable.
You do not have to live this way. Eliminating dairy and other hormone fueled foods is beneficial in so many ways, and really will aid in your gut repairing itself.
GUT RESET WILL HEAL HORMONAL ISSUES
Reproductive disorders, cancers, even breast cancer can be exacerbated or triggered by an imbalance of hormones. Our hormone regulation is tied to our gut health and our gut health is directly tied to what we eat. It is all in our food. This is why my 12 Week Gut Reset Program is so beneficial.
I do mini gut resets that last 5 days and have had clients see improvements such as less hot flashes. In just 5 days they are seeing results! It is amazing how fast results come.
It is amazing how fast results come.
One of the biggest concerns I hear from clients is their fear of eliminating foods. This is extremely understandable given the diet culture we live in, but I promise you more times than not clients have reported it is not nearly as bad as they thought it would be.
That’s because I have created the 12 Week Gut Reset intentionally. I have done the steps, I have walked people through the steps, and I know the struggles everyone most commonly face.
12 WEEK GUT RESET PROGRAM
As I mentioned, I created this program with intention. I created it to reduce the feelings of deprivation. The reality is, if you are eating well and willing to push through the detox phase, your pallet will change quickly.
People are always concerned when they eat things such as pizza or pasta, worried that I am feeling deprived and tempted, but the reality is I no longer feel those feelings. Once you have detoxed you begin to feel better and no longer miss all the artificial ingredients in foods you used to eat.
You begin to feel better, less bloating, losing weight, and that feels better than eating foods that make you feel like crap. This is why I created the 12 Week Gut Reset. If you are ready to start feeling better, message me today! Let’s begin the journey to gut healing.
