Bye-bye over-50 belly!

Tired adrenal glands are making 85% of us fat, but new science reveals easy ways to speed healing from 2 years to 3 days! Jacob Teitelbaum, M.D., says, "90% of cravings go away!" Here's what you need to know

- LISA MAXBAUER

Ever felt so stressed and irritable in the afternoon that you reached for a snack pouch of salty chips…then another… and another…only to get caught in a cycle of more cravings, restless sleep, groggy mornings and unwanted weight gain? Us too! And we’re not alone. Those exhausting symptoms are telltale signs of adrenal dysfunction, which affects more than 85% of women over 40.

“Untreated adrenal fatigue is becoming an unnecessary modern- day disaster for women,” says Jacob Teitelbaum, M.D., author of From Fatigued to Fantastic! He notes women are 300% more likely than men to suffer.

First, a biology-class refresher: When we’re stressed, our adrenals —glands that sit on our kidneys, responsible for producing adrenaline—snap into action. They release the hormone