46. Why Your Body Suddenly Feels Inflamed

About this episode

This episode explores the causes of increased inflammation in the body during midlife and discusses five common contributors.

If your body has been feeling more puffy, swollen, stiff, or just generally inflamed lately…this episode is for you. In this part of the series “What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You,” we’re unpacking what may actually be happening beneath the surface when inflammation starts showing up more noticeably in midlife. Because inflammation is a response. We walk through five common contributors: • Gut stress and increased immune activation • Blood sugar instability and inflammatory signaling ...

People in this episode

Host: Tanya Pennington-Miller

Topics covered

• inflammation
• midlife health
• gut health
• blood sugar
• immune response

Keywords

• inflammation
• puffy
• swollen
• gut stress
• blood sugar instability
• immune activation
• midlife

More episodes of The Nourish to Thrive Podcast

• 51. Light, Deep, and REM: What Your Sleep Data Is Really Telling You · June 11, 2026 · 20 min
• 50. HRV: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How to Improve It · June 4, 2026 · 20 min
• 49: One Year Later... · May 28, 2026 · 20 min
• 48. What Lifelong Constipation May Be Telling You · May 21, 2026 · 30 min
• 47. Why Your Motivation Feels Different After 40 · May 14, 2026 · 21 min
• 45. Why Your Sleep Feels Different After 40 · April 30, 2026 · 19 min