The internet wants a morning stack. I stopped writing that list. I dropped the daily multivitamin I took for years without noticing a thing, the turmeric and black pepper that belonged to bodybuilding and braces, and the magnesium that used to own every night. Inflamed seasons end. Bottles do not get tenure. If your cabinet is louder than your body, the next useful move is subtraction — not one more capsule. Bring the list. We start by dropping what no longer has a job.

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