McCall McPhersonFounder, Modern Thyroid Clinic.

Menopause Gut Health: A Revolutionary Approach for Women

24 Apr 2026 · 1 min

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This content was created by McCall McPherson. This content was uploaded by McCall McPherson. This is a YouTube video titled "Menopause Gut Health: A Revolutionary Approach for Women" (created 2026-04-24). It features a single speaker—likely the book’s author—discussing her book "The Menopause Gut," which frames the gut microbiome as central to menopause and perimenopause health. The speaker reviews the book’s coverage of ovarian changes, immune system effects, the gut–bone axis, the influence of the Women’s Health Initiative and hormone replacement therapy, supplements, and practical interventions. She emphasizes accessibility for both clinicians and the lay public, includes gut-centric recipes co-created with Beth Lipton, and highlights topics such as prebiotics, postbiotics, and nutrient-dense foods. The excerpt is an informational, promotional monologue aimed at helping women understand their bodies.

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The Menopause Gut is really probably the thing I'm most proud of that I've done professionally because I have this incredible opportunity to sit down with all these experts. And I kept saying to my editor, I was like, no one's talking about the gut microbiome. And really, it, it's instrumental in every single organ system, every single cell of the body. So yes, menopause, perimenopause are having a moment, but this is a unique lens. And I think both for clinicians and the lay public, it's a really great book because it walks you through what's happening with our ovaries, what's happening with our immune system. It Talks about bone health, something we didn't even talk about, but the health of our bones are dependent on the gut-bone axis. It walks you through all the things, the interventions that I think are really helpful, which it's all about majoring the majors, but it's also looking at the influence of the WHI and hormone replacement therapy and supplements. But to me, it is like a love letter to women, really helping them understand their bodies in a way that's really accessible. In fact, my editor was in my ear the entire time reminding me I'm not writing a scientific journal and I'm not writing a textbook. So we really make it accessible, but also it's a book that you're going to want to have a physical copy of because there's so much information. It's so information dense. And then we have recipes in the back, which I'm really proud of. Um, Beth Lipton and I collaborated again, and these are gut-centric things. We talk about pre and postbiotics. We talk about all the nutrient-dense foods that we know based on research are really beneficial for the gut. So to me, it's a love letter to women.