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    WHAT’S YOUR gut FEELING?

    May 13, 2021 4 minutes

    WHEN YOU’RE up and down on your personal hormonal rollercoaster you probably don’t give much thought to your gut health – but it turns out that the friendly bacteria in your intestines have a huge impact on just how bumpy that rollercoaster gets.

    ‘Your microbiome can influence your hormone levels, create hormones and tell your body when to make its own hormones,’ says nutritional therapist Angelique Panagos, author of The Balance Plan (£20, Aster).

    The natural drop in oestrogen levels as you go through the peri-menopause could affect the balance of your friendly bacteria too. And it’s this, according to the experts, that could explain the increase in your risk of problems such as osteoporosis, insulin resistance and obesity post-menopause. But if

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