Menopause and the Microbiome: When the bloat doesn’t go away.

Synopsis

I had the privilege of sharing my podcast with one of my amazing patients! In this episode she shares a little bit about her story and how we got her health back on track with root cause medicine!

Aging does not have be horrible, and you NEED to be able to advocate for your health!

Presenting symptoms: weight gain, belly bloating, anxiety, insomnia, fatigue, brain fog.

Functional medicine approach:

▫️LISTEN to your patient

▫️Foundational hormone panel

▫️Thyroid panel: and I do mean all the thyroid

▫️GI Stool test

Treatment:

▫️Balance the gut- (remove pathogens, repopulate good bacteria, replace missing nutrients, repair the gut!

▫️Hashimotos protocol

▫️Nutritional support: remove gluten

▫️Manage stress and improve sleep