For two years, I told myself it was just getting older.
The bloating by mid-afternoon. The energy crash at 3pm that no amount of coffee could fix. The sugar cravings that hit like clockwork. I ate well, I tried to sleep, I drank the water — and I still felt off in my own body.
Then a friend who works in nutrition said something that stuck with me: "A lot of those 'random' problems aren't random. They usually trace back to one place." She meant the gut. And once I learned the signs, I couldn't unsee them.
Here are the 7 she pointed out. See how many feel familiar.