How vivaBALANCE
may improve women's health

Testing is a key to understanding your unique health profile.  

Below you can discover:

  1. How looking at women's health issues via the gut may change your approach.
  2. What we test, and what the results can tell you.
  3. How personalised health may support hormonal health, immune function, and metabolic well-being.
  4. What type of probiotic, vitamin and supplement mix you may receive based on your data

How hormonal changes affect your health?

Brain Fog

Sharpen your focus with the personalised supplements that helps with memory troubles, inability to concentrate, difficulty processing information, fatigue, and scattered thoughts.

Brain Fog

Gaining weight

Take the initiative to maintain, reduce or even improve physiological inhibitors like metabolic performance often linked with weight gain and feeling sluggish.

Gaining weight

Joint pain and osteoporosis

Looking for supplements to help relieve pain, stiffness and other arthritic symptoms that will help you get on the track again.

Joint pain and osteoporosis

Trouble sleeping

Supplements to help end the tossing and turning, night after night by assisting you to relax and fall asleep.

Not sleeping at night

The connection between the gut and women's health

The gut microbiome significantly influences women's health, especially during life stages like pregnancy and menopause. Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium spp are crucial for maintaining hormonal balance, immune function, and metabolic health. 

  • Lactobacillus supports both gut and vaginal health, helping to prevent infections and maintain reproductive health by ensuring a balanced vaginal microbiome 1, 2. During pregnancy, maintaining a healthy population of Lactobacillus can promote a balanced microbiome, supporting overall health. 
  • Bifidobacterium spp enhance digestion, immune function, and nutrient absorption, which are vital during pregnancy and post-menopause 1, 3
  • Anti-inflammatory bacteria like Faecalibacterium prausnitzii and Roseburia help manage inflammation, often exacerbated by hormonal changes, reducing the risk of vaginal dysbiosis and related health issues 4, 5

How could vivaBALANCE help?

Manage hormonal change

Manage hormonal change

Menopause is primarily associated with a reduction of oestrogen. The right nutritional supplements may help ease menopausal symptoms such as mood swings, night swears and hot flushes by seeking to reduce the impact of lower oestrogen levels.

Improve bone mass

Improve bone mass

During the menopausal transition period, the drop of oestrogen leads to more bone resorption than formation resulting in osteoporosis. 

Ultimately, osteoporosis may weaken bones to the point that they can break easily. It is called a "silent disease" because people who develop it may not notice any changes until a bone breaks, such as a hip or wrist.

Drop the weight gain

Weight gain

Hormonal changes of menopause make it more likely that women will gain weight around the abdomen, rather than the hips and thighs. But hormonal changes alone don't necessarily cause the weight gain. 

Instead, it's usually related to ageing... but extra pounds aren't inevitable. Ease weight gain with a step up in activity, a precision nutrition and probiotics and supplements to help metabolic activity.

What might my vivaBALANCE precision health program include?

Testing your biology

When it comes to your women's health, vivaLAB tests may help identify:

  • Activities that increase inflammation.
  • Indicators of high oxidative stress.
  • Factors associated with metabolic weight gain.
  • Nutritional markers that correlate to hormonal changes of menopause, including neurotransmitters and metabolic
  • Markers associated with fatigue and tiredness.

Probiotics

Probiotics have been formulated for the specific needs and demands of a woman's body. The vivaFLORA probiotic offers broad-spectrum yet targeted support for women looking to support their overall digestive health and vaginal health.

Essential nutrients

Magnesium
May be helpful for reducing unplesant menstrual symptoms in women because of its ability to reduce bloating and water retention.

Iron
Women are at particular risk of being low in iron due to regular losses of iron via menstruation. Iron is an essential mineral responsible for oxygen transport throughout your body via red blood cells. It may help reduce tiredness and lethargy, as well as helping with keeping your immune function in check and also supplying oxygen to your muscles.

Vitamin K2
Helps to maintain the elasticity of the blood vessels, which has been shown to help postmenopausal women. It also may slow down age-related decrease in bone mineral density.

Calcium
Essential for building and maintaining healthy bones throughout life. Calcium combines with other minerals to form hard crystals giving bones strength and structure.

Vitamin B6
Taking a vitamin B6 supplement during and after menopause may help tame prevent symptoms caused by low serotonin levels. These include loss of energy and depression.

References

  1. Phoonlapdacha, P., et al. (2022). Gut microbiome profiles in Thai healthy pregnant women and its association with types of foods. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 22(1). 
  2. Jiang, G., et al. (2021). The gut microbiome during pregnancy. Maternal-Fetal Medicine, 5(1), 36-43. 
  3. Koren, O., et al. (2012). Host remodeling of the gut microbiome and metabolic changes during pregnancy. Cell, 150(3), 470-480. 
  4. Ceccarani, C., et al. (2019). Diversity of vaginal microbiome and metabolome during genital infections. Scientific Reports, 9(1). 
  5. Bar, O., et al. (2023). Comparison of vaginal microbiota between women with inflammatory bowel disease and healthy controls. Plos One, 18(11), e0284709.

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