Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share The Gut-Hormone Reset Every Woman Over 40 Needs for Fat Loss
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
The Gut-Hormone Reset Every Woman Over 40 Needs for Fat Loss
In this episode of the Muscle Strength and Menopause podcast, I go over the "Gut-Hormone Reset Every Woman Over 40 Needs for Fat Loss". I explain how the gut microbiome, those trillions of bacteria living in your digestive system, changes dramatically during the menopause transition. When estrogen and progesterone start declining, your gut loses diversity. The good bacteria that keep you lean, energized, and metabolically healthy start dying off, while the fat-storing bacteria multiply rapidly. This condition is called gut dysbiosis. I discuss how this dysbiosis is one of the biggest hidden reasons why you might be doing everything right but still gaining weight, especially around your belly. Finally, I provide actionable steps on how to reset your gut-hormone axis through nutrition, including loading up on prebiotic fiber, prioritizing high-quality protein, eating cruciferous vegetables, choosing carbs strategically, and adding specific probiotic strains.
Important Time Stamps:
- (00:23): What is gut dysbiosis and why it causes belly fat.
- (04:38): How your gut shifts from fat-burning to fat-storing mode.
- (06:58): What happens when your gut wall becomes permeable (leaky gut).
- (09:36): Why chronic inflammation drives stubborn belly fat.
- (10:48): The disruption of neurotransmitters like serotonin and acetylcholine.
- (14:44): How gut changes lead to the loss of immune cells that protect your bones.
- (18:38): Steps to support your gut health and reduce inflammation.
- (19:47): The importance of prebiotic fiber and the colorful plate strategy.
- (21:08): Why you need 30 grams of protein at every meal.
- (24:00): Choosing carbs strategically to avoid inflammation.
- (25:53): Specific probiotic strains for menopausal women.
- (28:21): What not to do (e.g., train harder and eat less, keto, intermittent fasting).
Links & resources Join the 7-Day Hormone Reset & Fat Loss Starter Challenge → https://go.sarafrenzafitness.com/7day-fatloss-starter Join the waitlist for the 28-Day Menopause Fat Loss Kickstart Challenge → Next one starts in February 2026, get on the waitlist below. https://go.sarafrenzafitness.com/vip-waitlist
View all episodes
By Sara FrenzaIn this episode of the Muscle Strength and Menopause podcast, I go over the "Gut-Hormone Reset Every Woman Over 40 Needs for Fat Loss". I explain how the gut microbiome, those trillions of bacteria living in your digestive system, changes dramatically during the menopause transition. When estrogen and progesterone start declining, your gut loses diversity. The good bacteria that keep you lean, energized, and metabolically healthy start dying off, while the fat-storing bacteria multiply rapidly. This condition is called gut dysbiosis. I discuss how this dysbiosis is one of the biggest hidden reasons why you might be doing everything right but still gaining weight, especially around your belly. Finally, I provide actionable steps on how to reset your gut-hormone axis through nutrition, including loading up on prebiotic fiber, prioritizing high-quality protein, eating cruciferous vegetables, choosing carbs strategically, and adding specific probiotic strains.
Important Time Stamps:
- (00:23): What is gut dysbiosis and why it causes belly fat.
- (04:38): How your gut shifts from fat-burning to fat-storing mode.
- (06:58): What happens when your gut wall becomes permeable (leaky gut).
- (09:36): Why chronic inflammation drives stubborn belly fat.
- (10:48): The disruption of neurotransmitters like serotonin and acetylcholine.
- (14:44): How gut changes lead to the loss of immune cells that protect your bones.
- (18:38): Steps to support your gut health and reduce inflammation.
- (19:47): The importance of prebiotic fiber and the colorful plate strategy.
- (21:08): Why you need 30 grams of protein at every meal.
- (24:00): Choosing carbs strategically to avoid inflammation.
- (25:53): Specific probiotic strains for menopausal women.
- (28:21): What not to do (e.g., train harder and eat less, keto, intermittent fasting).
Links & resources Join the 7-Day Hormone Reset & Fat Loss Starter Challenge → https://go.sarafrenzafitness.com/7day-fatloss-starter Join the waitlist for the 28-Day Menopause Fat Loss Kickstart Challenge → Next one starts in February 2026, get on the waitlist below. https://go.sarafrenzafitness.com/vip-waitlist