It Isn't Age. It's A 2pm Wall, And There's A Reason For It.
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Everybody gets told the same thing about the afternoon crash. It is age. It is a busy period. It is normal.
Except it arrives at roughly the same hour every day, and age does not keep a schedule.
What the liver has to do with an afternoon
The liver has been filtering for decades and nobody mentioned changing the filter. It handles blood sugar regulation, medication load, alcohol, and the by-products of everything else the body does.
When glutathione — the molecule it cleans with — runs low, that work does not stop. It just gets less efficient. The fog and the flatness that show up after lunch are what running a clogged system feels like from the inside.
Why it is worth taking seriously
Because it is one of the few early signals available. Liver enzymes climb quietly for years. The 2pm wall is often the first thing anyone actually notices.