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As you’re probably already aware, our bodies change as we age. If you’re still in your 20s and relatively healthy, the concept of your body changing may be a little abstract for you right now — a distant thing. Whereas if you’re in your 40s like me, you are not just “probably” aware of the changes… you are definitely, acutely, aware. OMG so aware. For example, you now know that it is possible to wake up from a great night’s sleep with a tweaked neck. And if you’re in your 50s and beyond, you may be laughing as you read this, thinking “just you wait, young’n”.
OUR BODIES, OUR SELVES
As we age, and our bodies change, our nutritional needs change too. And as you might be thinking, it’s all connected of course. The better you care for and fuel your body, the easier it is likely to weather the aging process, including whatever randomness that your own unique life throws at it. Generally speaking, the proper care and feeding of a human at 23 years of age is different than that of a 43-year-old. That’s true for how we exercise and how we nurture ourselves too. While a bubble bath might sound amazing to a 43-year-old, a foam party might be more like what a 23-year-old would consider “amazing”.
And what of the 23-year-old who has already had a major life event, like a hysterectomy or cancer? The…
