Short video/transcript excerpt explaining that hormonal shifts during perimenopause, pregnancy, and postpartum can cause increased intestinal permeability (‘leaky gut’) and changes in immune response because estrogen modulates the immune system; drops in estrogen (e.g., menopause) may trigger immune overreaction and the development of food sensitivities.
Anytime our hormones shift, like perimenopause, pregnancy, postpartum, we can get leaky gut, and we can have shifts in our immune response as well, because estrogen actually modulates our immune system. That's a big fancy word. That just means estrogen tells our immune system how to respond. And when estrogen drops, especially with, like, menopause, our immune system can go crazy. It can start reacting to all kinds of stuff. So perimenopause is a time of shift in how your body's functioning. And if you're not careful, you can develop food sensitivities.
