Gut balancing goodness from Semaine

Gut health is one of the fundamentals for everyday wellness, and plays a factor in ways we don't even realize.

We chatted with Catherine Lee (check out her Q+A feature on healthy hormones), co-founder of Semaine Health about caring for your gut health and Semaine's Pre + Probiotic.

Here's why gut health is important

Your gut health affects almost every physiological process in your body. An unhealthy gut causes hormonal disruptions and chronic inflammation, which can precede serious conditions such as diabetes, depression, cardiovascular disease, autoimmune disorders, cancer and even Alzheimer's.

Your gut is responsible for taking in and processing nutrients and defending against harmful agents. We would not be able to survive without the microbiome in our gut.

There is new research showing that the gut microbiome plays a big role in estrogen regulation. These studies indicate that poor gut health increases the risk of estrogen-related conditions like PCOS and endometriosis.

The difference between pre- and probiotics — and why they're both necessary

Prebiotics are essentially fiber. They're the food for the good bacteria in our gut (a.k.a probiotics). You can get prebiotics through high-fiber foods like apples, bananas, green veggies, oats and soybeans. Our prebiotic blend uses psyllium husks and acacia gum.

Probiotics are the good bacteria that we want in our gut. Probiotic foods are live yeast and good bacteria that you can get in yogurt, sauerkraut, kombucha, kimchi, and kefir. Our probiotic blend is formulated with Lactobacillus Acidophilus and Lactobacillus Plantarum.

How Semaine's Pre + Probiotic helps daily gut health

Our Pre + Probiotic has a balanced blend of prebiotics and probiotics that help improve your hormonal and gut health. We also included ginger in our supplement to help lower inflammation levels in the intestines and ease an upset stomach. The strains of probiotics that we include also help with your vaginal health so it helps with so much more than the gut.

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