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Things that are on my mind,
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Middle-Aged Battles: Acne, Weight Gain, Inflammation
I am a homeopathic skeptic. In fact, I believed it was a great waste of money, until I got desperate. I can only share anecdotal results, but, for me, these supplements and diet changes have eased my middle-aged woes and might be worth a try, if you are struggling with acne, weight gain or aches and pains.
Any supplement takes about a month to work. It has to get in your system. So, try it for a month, and see if you get results. If you don’t get results in 30 days, it’s pretty safe to say it doesn’t work for you.
I was hit by a Jeep while running and shattered my hand. Lo and behold, I became one of those people who felt aches with all the weather pressure changes — yes, it’s real. For me, taking two turmeric pills a day made it a non-issue. Nutrachamps on Amazon worked for me at $21.95 for 180 capsules.
I am also now a proponent of probiotics. I take a prebiotic/probiotic combo, and, after 30 years of cystic, scarring acne, I finally have clear skin. I take the full dose, which is four pills a day.
Probiotics also seem to help me with my metabolism, coupled with a few other changes. After about eight years of weight-cycling (yo-yo dieting), my metabolism was jacked. I could eat very little and not lose weight. I tried Noom, intermittent fasting and straight-up starving (not sustainable).
What finally worked was when I started consistently eating lean protein with a healthy meal at breakfast, lunch and dinner, plus adding at least two intense 20-minute cardio bursts to my twice-a-week weight training, as recommended by my trainer. This combination seems to have finally got my waist to slim down again. Note: You can over-cardio. Who knew? Doing excessive cardio can cause you to overcompensate with extra food and actually cause your body to hold on to weight. So, strive for balance in calories and exercise.
I also reduced alcohol consumption to once-a-week (usually), which likely helped all three of these things.
I only put this out there because they worked for me, and I think there are so many of us desperately searching for solutions and few people offering what worked for them, without being tied to a product or diet “method.”
Good luck, and I’d love to hear what worked for you!