{"podcast":{"title":"Midlife Conversations with Natalie Jill: Fat Loss, Hormones & Health for Women Over 40","slug":"midlife-conversations-with-natalie-jill-fat-loss-hormones-health-for-women-over-40-236815","podcast_index_feed_id":236815,"rss_url":"https://levelingup.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://www.nataliejillfitness.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/8/c/5/7/8c5771886eddcdda16c3140a3186d450/MIDLIFE_CONVERSATIONS_Podcast_Logo_-_square.png","author":"Natalie Jill","episode_count":521,"summary":"Welcome to Midlife Conversations. On this podcast Natalie Jill does what she does best - taking complicated information that is relevant to us (women entering Midlife) NOW, and breaking it down simply with actionable steps you can implement to level up your life in your BEST YEARS to come. I also regularly interview some of the most inspiring people living their best Midlife years. On this show, I cover topics about our shifting hormones, weight struggles, our mood and focus changes, raising teenagers, our relationships, career changes, beauty and more. 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The problem isn't the supplements you're buying. It's that your body might only be absorbing 10-15% of what you're taking. The rest? Literally flushed down the toilet. In this game-changing conversation with integrative health practitioner Lindsey Burwell, we uncover the absorption crisis affecting midlife women, and why your expensive supplement routine isn't delivering the results you're paying for. After years of bioanalytics testing, Lindsey discovered a shocking pattern: women faithfully taking their vitamins were showing up severely deficient in those exact same nutrients on lab work. We dive into what's really blocking absorption: your stagnant liver and inflamed gut, and why the toxic load of midlife has created a perfect storm where oral supplements simply can't get through. Lindsey explains the \"first pass effect,\" why your liver prioritizes detoxification over vitamin absorption, and how the accumulation of stress, toxins, and hormonal changes has fundamentally changed how your body processes nutrients. But this isn't just a problem - Lindsey introduces a solution that bypasses the entire absorption crisis: transdermal vitamin delivery through patches that go directly into your bloodstream, completely avoiding the liver-gut bottleneck that's blocking your oral supplements. If you're tired of spending money on supplements that aren't working, feeling like you're doing everything right but getting nowhere, and wondering why your body has stopped responding like it used to, this episode will change everything. It's time to understand the absorption crisis in midlife and actually get the nutrients your body desperately needs. 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