The Wellness Mama Podcast
The Wellness Mama Podcast is a weekly series covering the topics of holistic health, real food, stress, sleep, fitness, toxins, natural living, DIY, parenting, motherhood, and other health tips to give you actionable solutions to improve your family’s life! Brought to you by Katie Wells of WellnessMama.com
The Wellness Mama Podcast
The Brain, Gut, Vagina Connection with Dr. Betsy Greenleaf
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Katie Wells/Dr. Betsy Greenleaf
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Episode 939
Episode Highlights With Betsy
- The microbiome you might not have even known you have!
- How the gut and brain microbiome connection comes into play
- Understanding the vaginal microbiome
- The feedback loop to the vagus nerve. If vaginal microbiome is off this can affect fertility and libido as well
- How the vaginal microbiome is connected to birth and the baby’s health
- The direct fertility connection and how understanding this can help women improve fertility
- A connection between microbiome and obesity and how this can help women reach a healthy weight
- The microbiome/inflammation/obesity connection
- Bacteria have DNA for human genes and can impact human behaviors
- What to know about vaginal microbiome testing and the different tests available
- A healthy vagina has a pH of 3.5-4.5 and should be acidic
- How boric acid can be helpful
- Her take on vaginal laser therapies and red light therapies
- Ways vaginal bacteria is connected to STDs, inflammation, and even viruses
- The majority of things we think are yeast infections actually aren’t and why boric acid works
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