Dr. Betty Murray explains that your gut bacteria directly affect how your hormones work, not just their levels. An imbalanced microbiome disrupts hormone metabolism, while specific bacterial enzymes help regulate it. Your microbiome is as unique as a fingerprint, making one-size-fits-all hormone advice incomplete.
In your body, the hormone concentration is just one piece of the big picture, right? It's not just about like what hormones are there. It's about like what the hormones are doing. Like, what is your body doing? What are the systems around the hormones? How are they influencing the hormone? And how are they influencing the way that your body cycles hormones? Right? And so the microbiome is, is really important. As you know, there are bacteria that are in your gut and depending on if you have the right types of bacteria. As they say, you can have dysbiosis, you can have what we would consider an abnormal microbiome. But what does that really mean? Because everyone is so different, everyone is so unique. And when it comes to the gut microbiome, I mean, some say it's as unique as a fingerprint, you know? So it's hard to say, hey, your microbiome is perfect for this particular risk factor or not. But we definitely understand that there are bacteria that have certain enzymes that contribute
