7 Do’s and don’ts for healing your leaky gut
Healing your leaky gut is a key strategy in managing your Endometriosis symptoms. Because you have a disease that is mostly associated with your reproductive system, you may not have spent a lot of time considering how your gut is causing or affecting your symptoms. In my previous blog post I explained why you should...
Why you should spend more time thinking about your gut
The state of your gut is a key contributor to Endometriosis symptoms. Sounds weird, doesn’t it? How can it be that an organ that is not even connected to your reproductive system causes symptoms that have to do with your menstrual cycle? Your gut, and in particular its wall, plays a key role in many...
Your immune system: its biggest challenge and what you can do to fix it
Your immune system is one of the key contributors to your Endometriosis. If you’ve been reading my posts for a while, you’ll know that I approach Endometriosis as an inflammatory disease, not a hormonal disease. I focus on your digestive and immune systems to reduce the severity of your symptoms. So, what is the biggest...
5 Reasons why Googling ‘healthy eating for Endometriosis’ will leave you confused
Before I started writing this article, I Googled “healthy eating for Endometriosis”. Would you like to guess how many search results that gave me? More than 2 million! There were book recommendations with diets and diet plans. And many webpages that tell you which food to eat and which to avoid. That was just...
Inflammation: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Despite what you might have heard or read, it is inflammation, not hormones, that underpin your Endometriosis symptoms and the progression of the disease. Hormones do play a role, and I’ll write a separate article about that, but they’re not the driving force. And there is good, bad and ugly news about this inflammation. Let’s...
How to use meal planning when changing your diet
Meal planning is crucial to make sure you are prepared AND have the necessary ingredients to make meals that are right for you. One of the main challenges you’ll have to deal with when changing your diet is that you’re fighting your routines. And if you rely on being able to whip up a meal...
How to reduce the risk of miscarriage and support embryo development
The first 13 weeks after your egg has been fertilised are crucial for the development of the embryo, and also contain the highest risk of miscarriage. Let’s look at reducing the risk of miscarriage first. Why does miscarriage occur? Underpinning your Endometriosis is chronic, systemic inflammation. That means your uterine wall is likely to be inflamed...
3 Steps to optimise your ovulation and your chances of falling pregnant
If you are trying to fall pregnant naturally, spending some time considering how to optimise your ovulation is important. After all, it has taken your egg around 4 months of hard work to get ready for it (if you haven’t read my article on egg quality, you can read it here) Ovulation happens when a...
Egg quality: why it is key in fertility and how Endometriosis affects it
Reduced egg quality is the key factor in fertility for women with Endometriosis and/or who are over 35 years old. What is egg quality, and why is it so important? And of course, what can you do to improve it? We are born with all the eggs we’ll ever have. When we were a foetus...
Gluten: how they are one of the main factors in your Endometriosis symptoms.
There is a lot of ‘noise’ around gluten and whether or not you should remove them from your diet. My viewpoint is that only if gluten are causing your problems should you remove them. And because you have Endometriosis, removing gluten from your diet is an important strategy. Let me explain why. There is a...