{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmenopause-chicks.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fsomeone-you-love-is-full-of-sht-5xSwaPnW","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Someone you love is full of SH*T","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/baae9b42-06c0-4013-9a1c-7451f37f2b2f/f503f2b4-7ce2-4995-9742-183e657df0dc/this_show.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"Someone you love is FOS (Full of Stool). Maybe it's you? Why aren't we talking about poop? In this episode of the Menopause Chicks Podcast, Shirley Weir is joined by Jen Howker, RD (Registered Dietitian) to crack open the conversation around digestion, constipation, and gut health — because if you're not talking about it, you're probably suffering in silence.\n\nJen breaks down what constipation actually looks like (hint: you can go every day and still be full of stool), how to read the Bristol Stool Scale, and why women's colons are literally longer and twistier than men's. From hydration and fiber to magnesium citrate, kiwis, and the pharmacy aisle no one explains, Jen offers practical, evidence-based guidance for navigating gut issues at midlife.\n\nPlus: audience questions on progesterone and gut motility, fecal urgency, pencil-thin stool, medication-induced constipation, pelvic floor dysfunction, the best fiber supplements, and why you should aim for 30 different plants a week.\n\nIt's time to stop \"shoulding\" on yourself (trying to figure this out on your own.) Seek support from a Registered Dietitian and Pelvic Floor Physiotherapist."}