Your Gut Might Be the Reason You Don’t Feel Like You
Fatigue. Brain fog. Mood swings. Weight gain.
Unpredictable cycles. Anxiety that won’t let up.
You’ve been told it’s “just stress”… or “just your age.”
But what if the real issue is deeper—starting not in your ovaries or thyroid, but in your gut?
This Women’s Health Month, we want to shine a light on a powerful but often-overlooked truth:
Your gut and your hormones are in constant conversation. And when that connection breaks down, everything feels off.
The Brain-Body-Hormone-Gut Connection
Your hormones don’t operate in isolation. They’re part of a finely tuned system regulated by your brain, relayed through your gut, and carried out by glands like your thyroid, adrenals, and ovaries.
The brain acts as the command center—sending instructions via the hypothalamus and pituitary gland.
But here’s the catch:
If your gut is inflamed, imbalanced, or overwhelmed, those signals get scrambled. The result? Hormonal chaos.
Gut health affects:
- Estrogen detoxification and balance
- Cortisol regulation (your stress hormone)
- Thyroid conversion and absorption
- Neurotransmitter production (like serotonin and dopamine)
So if you’re battling persistent symptoms, the gut may be the silent saboteur behind your hormonal imbalance.
Real Symptoms. Real Science. Real Hope.
At Team Health Care Clinic, we see women every day who are dealing with:
- Exhaustion, even after 8+ hours of sleep
- Unexplained weight gain or inability to lose
- Hormonal acne, hair thinning, or painful cycles
- Emotional ups and downs that feel foreign
- “Normal” labs—but feeling anything but normal
These are not things you just “deal with.”
They’re signals. And Dr. Anderson is here to help decode what your body is trying to say.
Meet Dr. Anderson: Functional Medicine That Sees the Whole You
Dr. Anderson specializes in root-cause functional medicine—an approach that addresses symptoms by uncovering what’s actually driving them.
Her evaluations go beyond symptom suppression. She investigates the systems behind your symptoms, including:
- Comprehensive hormone panels: cortisol, estrogen, progesterone, thyroid, insulin
- Gut health testing to identify inflammation, leaky gut, candida, or dysbiosis
- Applied Kinesiology (AK) for non-invasive insights, especially helpful for kids
- Personalized protocols with food, supplements, and lifestyle guidance
She’s not here to hand you another prescription. She’s here to help you heal—with compassion, clarity, and no judgment.
And the best part? She’s a woman. She understands the nuance of women’s health, and she creates a safe space for you to talk about it all—no awkwardness, no dismissiveness, just real care.
This Month, Put You Back on the Priority List
If you’ve been stuck in survival mode, constantly tired or “off,” this is your wake-up call:
You don’t have to live this way.
- There is a reason you feel this way.
- There is a root cause.
- And there is a path to healing.
Let’s find it—together.
- Team Health Care Clinic | Champlin, MN
- Call 763-323-1492
- Request your appointment online: teamhealthcareclinic.com/schedule-appointment
