I’m 50. If I could sit across from you at 40, this is what I’d tell you. 20+ years of supporting women’s health & hormones. These are the ten every woman needs to know before 40! 1. Stop living in a deficit. Unless you’re brand new to lifting, it’s very hard to build muscle while you’re always eating less. A deficit only protects what you have. Get to a healthy weight, then fuel your muscle so you can build it. 2. Eat breakfast. Maybe twice. I eat 2 breakfasts before 10am. Blood sugar stability starts in the morning. 3. Lift heavy. Not just to lose weight or look good, to be strong and independent as you age. Muscle is disease prevention! 4. Take your sleep seriously. Losing about 80 minutes a night for six weeks made women more insulin resistant, hardest after menopause (Zuraikat, 2024). Sleep is the biggest biohack there is. 5. Stop building your health from Instagram sound bites. A client recently asked me about fasting for autophagy. Her DUTCH test showed very low cortis...