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your menstrual cycle. Here are some may have a negative effect on your
suggestions: microbiome. Regularly brushing and
flossing your teeth can help to remove
1. Eat more fiber: Doing this will help this bacteria and improve your gut.
facilitate healthy digestion. Some high-fiber
sources include beans, vegetables, and fruit. 5. Manage stress: Chronic stress is
damaging to your microbiome and
2. Add fermented foods: Fermented foods hormone levels, causing ‘leaky gut’.
are known to contain helpful probiotics This allows bacteria to develop an
which can strengthen your gut health and inflammatory response. Adopting
fight off bad bacteria. Some examples of stress-management techniques like
fermented foods are yogurt, kefir, kimchi, yoga, meditation, or deep breathing
sauerkraut, and kombucha. are essential.
3. Avoid taking antibiotics: Although Thankfully, improving your gut health is
sometimes antibiotics are necessary, relatively easy. By making these simple
overuse can lead to antibiotic resistance. changes in your daily routine, you
In addition, antibiotics are harmful to can prevent estrogen dominance and
the microbiome and have harmful lasting improve your overall health and well-
effects on healthy bacteria. being during this time of the month.
4. Take care of your teeth: Research Lauren Dunn
has found that bacteria in your mouth My Indigo Sun researcher and writer
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