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Why can’t I lose weight?

Think it’s trickier now to stay slim than it was in your 20s? Sadly, you’re right. But the good news is you can still turn things around if you discover what’s derailing your diet. ‘Yes, it’s harder to lose weight after 50,’ says nutritionist Dr Marilyn Glenville (glenvillenutrition.com), author of Natural Alternatives To Dieting (£9.77, amazon.co.uk). ‘As we get older, we naturally lose muscle, which makes it harder to burn fat – and this also causes our metabolism to slow down.’ So, with

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