Your Stomach Affects your Fertility

Send us Fan Mail Gut dysbiosis—an unhealthy imbalance in the microorganisms living in the digestive tract—may contribute to fertility challenges by disrupting hormone metabolism, increasing inflammation, affecting insulin sensitivity, and altering immune-system regulation. Because gut bacteria help process estrogen, absorb nutrients, and maintain the intestinal barrier, an imbalance may influence ovulation, egg development, endometrial receptivity, and the environment needed for implantation....