Post by @laurel_gut_health_doc

There's a name for the group of gut bacteria responsible for this: the estrobolome. Cutting a food group or taking a random probiotic won't fix your hormone symptoms if the real problem is one gut enzyme quietly undoing your estrogen clearance. Potential reasons why yours might be out of balance: Low fiber → less estrogen gets bound and excreted, so more of it gets reabsorbed instead Low microbial diversity → more of an enzyme called beta-glucuronidase, which "unlocks" estrogen your body already cleared and sends it back into your blood Chronic gut inflammation → disrupts the specific bacteria that regulate this process Slow gut transit → more time for reabsorption before your body can eliminate it 
Fiber, diversity, inflammation, and transit time are four different mechanisms, and yours might be one of them, or a mix. 
The fix isn't a specific supplement. It's finding out which part of this chain is actually broken for you. Does this explain a symptom you've been trying to fix the wrong way? #holistricnutrition #guthealth #perimenopause #rootcause #hormonehealth