5 Ways to Support Your Gut, Estrogen & Bones After 40 | Dr. Vonda Wright

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A colony of bacteria in your gut is deciding how much of your own estrogen you get to keep. Your bones, your tendons, and your joints are running out of that exact estrogen during perimenopause.

In this episode, I break down the estrobolome, the community of gut bacteria that keeps your estrogen in circulation, and the 5 things I ask my patients to do to feed it. The gut is not separate from the bone. Your gut is an endocrine organ, and it talks to your brain, your immune system, and your skeleton. The average American woman eats 12 grams of fiber a day when the therapeutic dose is 30 grams. That is a bone problem hiding as a gut problem. You are not falling apart. Your microbiome just needs to be fed.

What we cover:

- What the estrobolome is and how it recycles estrogen back into your bloodstream.

- Why gut health and bone health are the same conversation after 40.

- How to hit 30 grams of fiber a day without wrecking your digestion.

- Why 30 different plants a week beats eating the same high-fiber foods daily.

- How one fermented food a day outperforms an expensive probiotic supplement.

- Why added sugar and ultra-processed food starve the bacteria your bones need.