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Why Sweet Potatoes Are A+ In Your 40s & 50s, From An Expert
Remember when midwife and integrative medicine doctor Aviva Romm, M.D. gave us a hormone-balancing grocery list on the mindbodygreen podcast? While you can fill your plate with healthy, antioxidant-rich staples no matter your age, she does offer up a few star players for each decade. See, you experience quite a few hormonal shifts throughout your lifetime (puberty, pregnancy, and menopause tend to be the Big Three, although there are others), so it can be helpful to identify specific foods to help you at each milestone.
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