On this episode of The Resetter podcast, I am bringing you back once again, Cynthia Thurlow.

Now, I got to tell you, Cynthia has been one of our most requested guests.

She and I have done two episodes on fasting.

She wrote a book called Intermittent Fasting Transformation for Women.

So we've united on the metabolic health of women over the years. And those of you have been

listening to the Resetter podcast for a while may have remembered those conversations.

Well, I am bringing her back today to talk about an extremely important piece of hormonal health that does not get enough attention.

And that is our gut microbiome.

Cynthia has a new book out called The Menopause Gut.

It is a much needed conversation in the menopause space right now. On this particular

episode, you're going to learn about a set of bacteria that we call the astrolome, which are

bacteria that break and detoxify estrogen. And it is this set of bacteria that is critical for your hormonal experience.

If this set of bacteria is off, your menopause journey may be incredibly turbulent.

So in this podcast episode, we talk about what do these specific bacteria do?

What parts of our health do they control?

What lifestyle habits that we have destroy them?

And most importantly, what do we do to bring these microbes back?

As you're going to learn in this podcast, these microbes not only break down estrogen, but they have a massive impact on insulin sensitivity as you go through menopause.

They have a massive impact on your moods as you go through menopause.

And there is a lot in this discussion about how these microbes affect sleep.

So if you're looking for a deeper conversation about how do you take your power back as

you're going through menopause, how do you have more control through this experience,

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