Perimenopause, GLP-1s, and Your Gut: The Problem No One is Talking About
Perimenopause, GLP-1s, and Your Gut:
Perimenopause doesn’t just affect your hormones, sleep, mood, and waistline. Declining estrogen can also change the environment of your gut microbiome—reducing resilience, affecting intestinal-barrier integrity, and potentially increasing inflammatory signaling.
Then many women add a GLP-1 medication to the mix.
GLP-1s can be incredibly powerful tools, but they also slow gastrointestinal motility and reduce how much—and how many different foods—you eat. If you already struggle with constipation, reflux, bloating, SIBO, or poor fiber tolerance, the…
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