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Week 14, 110 mg zinc – is it plain zinc or zinc carnosine?

Chris: That’s zinc carnosine for that specific effect. The mechanism by which birth control leads to bacterial overgrowth is the estrogen effects the microbiome. I did a podcast a while back on this I think or an article on the estrobolome, and actually, birth control pills are among the medications that have an adverse effect on their gut flora. So let’s see, Lyndsey, you might have already put it in the chat, but here’s the article. Yes, here it is. That’s the gut hormone connection, but birth control pills among many other medications including, of course, antibiotics can have a negative effect on the gut flora.

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