The Table

Lawrence Alma-Tadema, In the Tepidarium (1881), classical female figure

HRT and Gut Health: What Hormone Replacement Do...

HRT changes the gut. The estrobolome shifts. The bloating, the bowel changes, the new sensitivities are real, and the mechanism is documented.

HRT and Gut Health: What Hormone Replacement Do...

HRT changes the gut. The estrobolome shifts. The bloating, the bowel changes, the new sensitivities are real, and the mechanism is documented.

Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Fire (1566), allegorical portrait

GERD in Menopause: Why It Arrived Now and What ...

You never had reflux. Now you do. Estrogen decline, cortisol elevation, and a sphincter that lost its tone created a new pattern. It is workable.

GERD in Menopause: Why It Arrived Now and What ...

You never had reflux. Now you do. Estrogen decline, cortisol elevation, and a sphincter that lost its tone created a new pattern. It is workable.

Pieter de Hooch, Dutch interior with woman (17th c.)

Constipation in Perimenopause: The Hormonal Mec...

The bowel that used to be reliable became unreliable somewhere in your forties. Progesterone is part of the story. Cortisol is part of the story. The rest of the story...

Constipation in Perimenopause: The Hormonal Mec...

The bowel that used to be reliable became unreliable somewhere in your forties. Progesterone is part of the story. Cortisol is part of the story. The rest of the story...

Edgar Degas, After the Bath, Woman Drying Herself (1890)

Adrenal Fatigue and Cortisol Belly: What Is Act...

The exhaustion is real. The belly weight is real. Adrenal fatigue is not the diagnosis your endocrinologist gives, and the underlying mechanism is workable.

Adrenal Fatigue and Cortisol Belly: What Is Act...

The exhaustion is real. The belly weight is real. Adrenal fatigue is not the diagnosis your endocrinologist gives, and the underlying mechanism is workable.

Roman marble portrait bust of a woman (Metropolitan Museum)

Hashimoto's and Gut Health: The Connection Most...

The thyroid panel was finally accurate. The medication is right. The gut symptoms have not gone away, because they were never about the thyroid alone.

Hashimoto's and Gut Health: The Connection Most...

The thyroid panel was finally accurate. The medication is right. The gut symptoms have not gone away, because they were never about the thyroid alone.

American Text-Book of Obstetrics (1903), historical female anatomy

Endometriosis and the Gut: The Estrobolome Link...

The endometriosis is real and the surgery may help. The gut bacteria that govern your estrogen are part of why it kept coming back.

Endometriosis and the Gut: The Estrobolome Link...

The endometriosis is real and the surgery may help. The gut bacteria that govern your estrogen are part of why it kept coming back.