You eat well. You manage your stress. But you are still dealing with heavy periods, stubborn weight gain, or period brain.
If this sounds familiar, the missing link is not in your ovaries. It is in your gut.
Normally, your liver processes estrogen and sends it to your intestines to be discarded.
However, if your gut contains too much of an enzyme called beta glucuronidase, the story changes.
This enzyme unpacks estrogen meant to leave your body and recirculates it back into your bloodstream, leading to estrogen dominance.
Dr Olz’s Insight: We often treat the symptom with hormones, but in functional medicine we treat the source. If the drain is clogged, no amount of new water will fix the flood.
Yes. Increased intestinal permeability can trigger inflammation which disrupts estrogen and progesterone balance.
A high fiber, plant rich diet helps bind and eliminate excess estrogen.
Yes. Alcohol can disrupt gut bacteria and increase estrogen recirculation.
Do not guess with your hormones. We use functional testing to assess your microbiome and hormone markers together.
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