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ELEVATING YOUR
Midlife Health & Vitality

THREE POWERFUL STRATEGIES TO Calm Midlife Inflammation

BY SARAH HAAS

If you’ re a woman in midlife, you may be noticing some uncomfortable changes in your body. That may feel like waking up stiff and feeling achy in your joints throughout the day. Or your fingers feeling puffy and your rings not fitting. Or a bloated, uncomfortable stomach and your waistband feeling tighter than it used to. Or a foggy brain and slow, sluggish energy. Or your weight steadily creeping up.

Many times, especially around menopause and beyond, these symptoms are connected to a process we don’ t even realize is happening quietly in the background … inflammation.

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