Vintage & Vital: How Eliminating Toxins and More Thoughtful Choices Can Make Midlife Easier for Women

Wendy Miller
8 min readMar 10, 2023
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As a woman of a certain age, I feel more liberated, authentic, happier, and more comfortable and confident in my body than I ever have. Being in my 40s (let’s not get more specific than that!) has given me the life experience to know what I want and how I want it while still having the energy and youthfulness to go after it.

But some aspects of this age are a little unpleasant. I’m looking at you, female reproductive system. Things were unpredictable when I was a young girl learning to navigate having my period. Eventually, things leveled out and I became very in tune with my body. Lately, however, it’s as if my reproductive system is being run by a toddler flipping a bunch of switches just to see what will happen.

I have questions when I look at some of the changes or symptoms I notice. Is it normal? Is it supposed to be exactly like this? Can I change it or stop it?

So when I was allowed to interview Dr. Wendie Trubow, co-author of the book Dirty Girl: Ditch the Toxins, Look Great, and Feel Freaking Amazing, I jumped at the chance. Better known as Dr. Wendie, she…

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