You might be thinking, “But I don’t have any digestive issues, so gut health doesn’t affect me, right?” Actually, that’s not the case! You don’t need to have classic digestive symptoms for your gut to be out of sync.
While issues like bloating, gas, constipation, or indigestion are common signs of poor gut health, it’s possible to have an imbalance without these obvious symptoms. In fact, gut dysfunction can show up in other ways—like low energy, fatigue, mood swings, anxiety, brain fog, or headaches—symptoms that are also common during perimenopause.
So even if your digestion seems fine, your gut health could still be influencing how you feel in this phase of life.
In this episode, I explain:
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