EF#5: Good guts, lively livers, fibroids & endometriosis with Christine Garvin

Your gut health is literally one of the most important systems in your body, especially combined with the actions of the liver. In this episode, we talk about the "gut-liver axis" as my guest Christine Garvin refers to it. This relationship is so important for the balance of our hormones, which has a strong effect on the symptoms of Endometriosis and the ability of the reproductive system to work optimally.

The digestive system has until the last few decades been relatively understudied - research is now showing how fundamental it is to so many other systems within our body. It affects our immune system, mental health, hormonal health, detoxification of the body, energy levels and so much more!

In this episode, my guest is Christine Garvin, MA, NE, RWS, a Functional Health Coach based in Asheville, North Carolina, in the US. She weaves together her personal health journey - including a fibroid surgery that nearly killed her - with her training in functional health, nutrition, and hormones to help women heal their gut and achieve hormonal balance. She is the host of the great podcast, Hormonally Speaking. Christine sees clients from all over the world via Zoom and offers self-guided healing programs on her website. You can find out more about Christine on her website at https://christinegarvin.com, on Instagram (@Christine Garvin) and her YouTube channel (@Christine Garvin).

We had a fantastic conversation and covered so many topics, some of which follow on very nicely from Episode 4 about stress and the adrenals. So here are some of the topics we discussed:

• Her experience with a 6cm fibroid that resulted in her losing some of her intestines and getting sepsis
• What fibroids are, the symptoms and how you find out you have them
• Laparoscopic myomectomy vs. hysterectomy
• Understanding what the root causes behind fibroids
• Antibiotics, stress and poor gut health
• Stress response and hormones
• Diagnostic tools such as DUTCH for hormones, and GI-map to help diagnose gut health issues
• Setting personal boundaries
• Liver detoxification
• Estrogen dominance
• Surgery risks of intestinal damage and what to ask your doctor

PLUS, supplements, probiotics and other solutions to improve gut and liver health!

Links and resources mentioned:

• Ready-made castor oil packs for liver detoxing
• DUTCH test
• GI Map
• Hormonally Speaking podcast

Further Endo Fertility links and resources:

• Join my Endo Fertility community! Find us in the Thrive and Conceive with Endometriosis Facebook Group.
• The Endo Fertility Specialist website for details on how to work with me: https://www.endofertilityspecialist.com
• Follow me on Instagram (@endofertilityspecialist) and Facebook (@endofertilityspecialist)
• Intro/Outro Music Credits: Optimistic Future

This episode is sponsored by the Endo Fertility Resource Library where you can get your 3 amazing freebies: E-Book: 5 Things I Learnt to Drop My Pain & Optimise My Fertility, Your Guide to Super Sperm, and 88 Ways I Dropped My Pain and Got Pregnant.

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