Welcome to today’s Midlife Minute.Today, we’re exploring bloating, constipation, and various other midlife gut woes. Stay tuned as I clarify how midlife changes the gut narrative and review the evidence about how to get things moving again.IN THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL LEARN: Why your gut motility changes in midlife How menopause influences the gut-brain connection Why various types of constipation require different interventions How changes in your gut bacteria affect the way your gut functions in menopause How different types of fiber can either help or worsen constipation symptoms, depending on the type of constipation  The main types of constipation, and how they differ  How estrogen therapy may influence bowel regularity, and why the route of administration matters Lifestyle habits that can stimulate bowel movements Why bloating tends to occur in midlifeConnect with Cynthia Thurlow   Follow on X, Instagram & LinkedIn Check out Cynthia’s website. Submit your questions to [email protected] Join other like-minded women in a supportive, nurturing community: The Midlife Pause/Cynthia Thurlow.  Cynthia’s Menopause Gut Book is on presale now! Cynthia’s Intermittent Fasting Transformation Book The Midlife Pause Supplement LineLinks:1. Menopause Is Associated with an Altered Gut Microbiome and Estrobolome, with Implications for Adverse Cardiometabolic Risk in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos2. The Intestinal Microbiome and Estrogen Receptor–Positive Female Breast Cancer 3. Estrogen–gut microbiome axis: Physiological and clinical implications4. Menopausal shift on women’s health and microbial niches5. Gut microbiota has the potential to improve health of menopausal women by regulating estrogen6. Gut-microbiota-targeted diets modulate human immune status7. Effect of female sex hormone supplementation and withdrawal on gastrointestinal and colonic transit in postmenopausal women8. Constipation and diarrhea during the menopause transition and early postmenopause: observations from the Seattle Midlife Women’s Health Study9. Estrogen Rather Than Progesterone Cause Constipation in Both Female and Male Mice10. Rome IV Criteria11. Gut-Directed Hypnotherapy for Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Gut-Directed Hypnotherapy for Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (PubMed)12. Randomised clinical trial: the efficacy of gut-directed hypnotherapy is similar to that of the low FODMAP diet for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome13. Gut-directed hypnosis and hypnotherapy for irritable bowel syndrome: a mini-review14. Review article: gut-directed hypnotherapy in the management of irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease