Wellness & Health

Ask anyone to picture inflammation and they'll describe something they can see. That's the kind we were taught to look for, and when it wasn't there, we figured we were fine. Specialists point out that chronic inflammation doesn't always come with clear symptoms, and the ones it can cause are almost all things a busy mom would talk herself out of!

My old theory on afternoons was pretty simple. Everybody hits a wall around three, the tough ones push through it, and the rest of us go find something cold with caffeine in it! If you've ever typed what causes the afternoon energy crash into your phone with your eyes half closed, you already know exactly which wall I mean!

So you tell yourself tonight will be different, you get through dinner and dishes and the third "one more glass of water," and then the house finally goes quiet and you're standing in the kitchen with a handful of chocolate chips asking why do I crave sugar at night when I was fine all day?