Why We Gain Belly Fat as We Age & What We Can Actually Do About It with Angela Foster

If you’ve ever looked down at your belly in your 40s and thought… “Where did that come from?” this one’s for you.

I first discovered Angela Foster through The High Performance Health podcast which  I binged. I was left thinking, “where has this woman been all my life?”

Because she was asking the exact questions so many of us are quietly thinking - especially when our bodies start to change in midlife.

Today I’m sitting down with Angela to unpack what’s actually happening when we begin storing more fat around the middle, why sleep suddenly becomes so hard to maintain, why sugar cravings ramp up, and why the old strategies just stop working.

Key moments:

03:05 -The real reason your body changes in your 40s (and why it’s not just “ageing”)

8:55  - The simple explanation of insulin resistance that finally makes sense

11:02 -  Is midlife weight gain actually fat gain… or something else entirely?

14:35 - Why you keep waking up at 2–3am 

18:48 - How poor sleep quietly drives belly fat 

21:59 - The hidden stress pattern that keeps weight stuck (even in healthy women)

28:58 -  Fasting in midlife: It is helping us or harming us?

32:52  - The one thing that stopped my sugar cravings completely

39:42 - “Lower your inflammation” - what that actually means for your body

46:24 - How to reduce your risk of injury as you age

50:27 - When exercising for 20 minutes is enough to see HUGE benefits

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