You’re eating more protein than ever and you’re softer than you were at 40. I’m 50, a holistic nutritionist with over twenty years support women’s metabolic health and hormones. Adding the protein is the easy part. Here are the five things I fix first. 1. Where it’s coming from. Bars, shakes, anything with a protein claim on the front. You hit the number and you ate a food product. It leaves a lot of women bloated and inflamed, and you’d never blame the 3pm bar. 2. How much landed in one sitting. Protein is the hardest thing on your plate to break down. Load it into one meal and you’ll feel it all afternoon. Spread out, it’s easier to digest. 3. Whether any of it is moving. Bowel movements nowhere near daily. Estrogen and progesterone changes slow motility down, and all the protein in the world won’t help if it’s sitting there. 4. Whether you can break it down. Bloating after meals, heartburn, waking up nauseous. That’s usually low stomach acid. Without enough acid the food sits ...