There is a tiny, largely unsung community of bacteria living in your gut right now that has a direct say in how much oestrogen is circulating around your body. It is called the oestrobolome, and once you understand what it does, so many of the changes you feel during perimenopause and menopause start to make a lot more sense. Gut health and menopause do not sound like they belong in the same sentence. But stick with me, because this is one of those "why did nobody tell me