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The Period Party Podcast · EP. 17 · November 3, 2020

Is Your Beauty Routine Messing with Your Hormones?

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Rachael Pontillo is an AADP and IAHC Board Certified International Health Coach, licensed Aesthetician, natural skincare formulator, and educator about whether your beauty routine is messing with your period? She is also the bestselling author of the book Love Your Skin, Love Yourself, and the co-author of The Sauce Code.

In this episode, we talk about common causes of hormone imbalances and skin breakouts, why we should avoid synthetic fragrances, why using beauty products that create a foam is like power washing your face, how antibiotics can impact our skin’s microbiome on a permanent basis, and so much more!

Episode Highlights

Resources Mentioned

Fix Your Period

How Fix Your Period Connects Gut Health to Your Hormones

Nicole has long taught that gut health is foundational to hormonal health — the estrobolome, intestinal permeability, and microbiome diversity all directly affect the menstrual cycle. Here's how the app supports this work.

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Symptom Tracking

Track the gut-hormone connection through bloating, mood, energy, cravings, cycle regularity, and skin symptoms — the patterns that signal gut-driven hormonal disruption.

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Hormone Health Assessment

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Gut Health Protocols

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Gut-Hormone Education

Nicole's signature Period Pillars include a dedicated deep-dive on the gut-hormone connection — one of the most overlooked drivers of period problems.

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Nicole.AI

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Personalised Protocol

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions from this episode — and how Fix Your Period can help.

What is the gut-hormone connection?
The gut microbiome plays a direct role in hormone metabolism. The estrobolome — the collection of gut bacteria that metabolise estrogen — determines how much estrogen gets reabsorbed into circulation vs. excreted. Poor gut health leads to estrogen recirculation, driving estrogen dominance and worsening period symptoms.
How does leaky gut affect hormones?
Intestinal permeability (leaky gut) allows bacterial toxins (LPS) into the bloodstream, triggering systemic inflammation that disrupts hormone signalling, stresses the adrenal glands, and impairs thyroid function. Healing the gut lining is often a foundational step in addressing hormonal imbalances.
What are signs that gut health is affecting my period?
Signs include bloating that worsens before your period, estrogen dominance symptoms (heavy periods, clots, breast tenderness, PMS), irregular cycles, skin issues like hormonal acne, and mood disruption — particularly anxiety and depression around the luteal phase.
Is there an app that addresses the gut-hormone connection?
Yes. Fix Your Period's free assessment identifies gut-linked hormonal patterns. Fix Your Period Premium unlocks Nicole's gut health protocols, dedicated Period Pillars education on the gut-hormone axis, and Nicole.AI for personalised support.
How does nutrition support the gut-hormone axis?
Key strategies include increasing dietary fibre (which binds excess estrogen for excretion), eating fermented foods to diversify the microbiome, reducing inflammatory foods that damage the gut lining, and addressing specific dysbiosis or SIBO with targeted protocols.
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