In a modern world where health advice often feels like a treadmill of quick fixes, there’s a growing call to step back and address the wider context: how hormones, gut health, and metabolic function intertwine — especially for women. Episode 20 of the Gut Check Podcast highlights how many well-intentioned interventions miss the mark when they don’t account for the full system.
For many women, skin health is more than “what product should I buy?” — it’s tied to hormones, microbiome balance, inflammation, and long-term wellbeing. Acne flare-ups, melasma, postpartum skin changes, perimenopause shifts, and sensitive-skin reactions often have deeper roots.
When wellness advice focuses only on diet and exercise—but skips what we breathe, ingest unknowingly, and live around—the picture remains incomplete. Episode 18 of the Gut Check Podcast dives into how environmental toxins, especially mold and hidden contaminants, impact gut health, hormone balance, immune resilience, and ultimately how you feel day-to-day.
Hormonal health isn’t just about ovaries or adrenals—it’s about the full system: your gut, sleep, metabolic balance, and how you live each day. In Episode 16 of the Gut Check Podcast, Pauline Cox guides us through how these pieces fit together for women’s health across life stages—from adolescence through perimenopause and beyond.
Did you know that 70–80% of your immune system resides in your gut? According to renowned microbiologist and microbiome expert Kiran Krishnan, this immune tissue acts like a sampling station, assessing environmental inputs from food, water, and even the air we breathe. "Your immune system gets its training from your microbiome," he explains. "Without it, immune cells are like untrained soldiers — they don’t know friend from foe."
Much of women’s wellness focuses on “diet this,” “supplement that,” or “hormone imbalance = X symptom.” But what if the real lever is a deeper system: your gut microbiome, its connection to hormonal signaling, and how lifestyle stressors shift the balance? Dr. Kristina Telhami joins us in Episode 1 of the Gut Check Podcast and walks us through why the gut-hormone axis matters, and what you can do about it now.
