See ya later, Ovulator! Quotes

“What happens to the gut during menopause? With estrogen decline, there is… •​Increased gut permeability •​Bloating, constipation, reflux •​Less bile production to help us break down fats and detoxify estrogen •​IBS symptoms •​Thinning of the mucosal lining of the gut due to estrogen decline •​Decreased calcium absorption (rapid bone loss) •​Increased levels of cortisol due to a decline in estrogen, which can often lead to anxiety and a cortisol belly •​A slowdown in digestion of food due to high cortisol, which leads to digestive and gut imbalances and constipation •​Brain fog, anxiety and depression, poor energy, and insomnia”
― Esther Blum, See ya later, Ovulator!: Mastering Menopause with Nutrition, Hormones, and Self-Advocacy

“What happens to the gut during menopause? With estrogen decline, there is… •​Increased gut permeability •​Bloating, constipation, reflux •​Less bile production to help us break down fats and detoxify estrogen •​IBS symptoms •​Thinning of the mucosal lining of the gut due to estrogen decline •​Decreased calcium absorption (rapid bone loss)”
― Esther Blum, See ya later, Ovulator!: Mastering Menopause with Nutrition, Hormones, and Self-Advocacy

“(You don’t have to succumb to your genetics, by the way...genetics may be the gun, but your environment pulls the trigger!) Your lifestyle will have a much greater effect on how your genes express themselves.”
― Esther Blum, See ya later, Ovulator!: Mastering Menopause with Nutrition, Hormones, and Self-Advocacy

“Gut health is so vital to our health because the microbiome has many functions: •​Makes and regulates hormones and neurotransmitters •​Absorbs nutrients •​Supports immune function •​Regulates estrogen levels in the body •​Fends off pathogens and parasites, and keeps healthy bacterial balance in check Estrogen and progesterone fuel the good bacteria in our guts. Without adequate levels, we can develop dysbiosis and its wide range of digestive disturbance symptoms, including diarrhea, cramping, constipation, bloating, and indigestion. When the gut microbiome is healthy, the estrobolome produces optimal levels of an enzyme called beta glucuronidase. As the liver metabolizes estrogen, it delivers this conjugated estrogen to the bile for excretion into the gut. A healthy estrobolome minimizes reabsorption of estrogen from the gut, and instead helps you poop it out. However, if you’re constipated and not pooping daily, or have an excess of bacteria producing beta glucuronidase, you can keep recycling estrogen in the gut and become estrogen dominant.”
― Esther Blum, See ya later, Ovulator!: Mastering Menopause with Nutrition, Hormones, and Self-Advocacy

“Gut health is so vital to our health because the microbiome has many functions: •​Makes and regulates hormones and neurotransmitters •​Absorbs nutrients •​Supports immune function •​Regulates estrogen levels in the body •​Fends off pathogens and parasites, and keeps healthy bacterial balance in check Estrogen”
― Esther Blum, See ya later, Ovulator!: Mastering Menopause with Nutrition, Hormones, and Self-Advocacy

“The healthier your gut function going into menopause, the better your experience will be throughout menopause.”
― Esther Blum, See ya later, Ovulator!: Mastering Menopause with Nutrition, Hormones, and Self-Advocacy

“radiant health is our birthright.”
― Esther Blum, See ya later, Ovulator!: Mastering Menopause with Nutrition, Hormones, and Self-Advocacy

“So yes, women can train and eat just like men, and many will do wonderfully with that approach. However, many more and perhaps most, will not.”
― Esther Blum, See ya later, Ovulator!: Mastering Menopause with Nutrition, Hormones, and Self-Advocacy

“It is still a bit controversial to point out the differences between male and female metabolism. But think about it. Men have one major sex steroid; testosterone. Women have two; estrogen and progesterone. Male hormones stay static throughout the month. In women, the hormones change day to day and week to week. Men go through two hormone transitions in life; puberty and andropause. Women go through four to five (puberty, pregnancy, perimenopause, menopause, and post-menopause).”
― Esther Blum, See ya later, Ovulator!: Mastering Menopause with Nutrition, Hormones, and Self-Advocacy

“In February 2020 in the journal Circulation, a large report indicated that women still represented less than 40% of the research participants in some of the most important areas of female health and mortality.”
― Esther Blum, See ya later, Ovulator!: Mastering Menopause with Nutrition, Hormones, and Self-Advocacy

“So think about eating plenty of red foods to support healthy Akkermansia (sorry girls, I’m not talking about red wine here): cherries, raspberries, strawberries, pomegranate seeds, red grapes, red apples, and red peppers. Cruciferous vegetables like broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, kale, and artichokes contain compounds that help detoxify estrogen. Prebiotics and probiotic-rich foods are bacterial darlings. Gut bacteria love to munch on prebiotic foods like garlic, onion, asparagus, and bananas. Probiotic foods such as kefir, kombucha, kimchi, sauerkraut, and other fermented foods bring beneficial bacterial strains, like lactobacillus, to the gut.”
― Esther Blum, See ya later, Ovulator!: Mastering Menopause with Nutrition, Hormones, and Self-Advocacy