Iron deficiency is very common amongst people with Endometriosis. There is a bit of a vicious cycle between iron deficiency and heavy and long bleeds during your period: heavy and/or long bleeds increase your iron deficiency, and iron deficiency causes longer and heavier bleeds. Iron plays a very important role in many body processes, such...

Soy is a key food for many of you and it can be confusing to know whether it will help with your Endometriosis or make your symptoms worse. Although Endometriosis is not caused by an excess of oestrogen (one of the 2 female hormones), Endometriosis is an oestrogen-dependent disease. This means that your Endometriosis responds...

I have a philosophy about the best approach to managing your Endometriosis. I call it the buffet style approach. You know the food buffets you often see in hotel restaurants. I like them because it allows me to create my own meal from the ingredients that are there. I can mix and match, based on...

As with gluten, milk products are getting a lot of ‘noise’. For a long time it had a bad rap as one of the key contributors to heart disease. We now know better, and for many people, milk products are a healthy food. However For some of you, removing dairy altogether, or at least...

I have so many clients who come to me because they have Endometriosis but also have other health concerns, such as thyroid disease, multiple sclerosis, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), asthma, dermatitis and varies allergies. Many of these other health concerns are auto immune diseases, or have some connection to the immune system. Endometriosis is not...

In my previous post I have you some suggestions on how to clean up your environment. It may not be something you can do in one big swoop, but if you change the products you use little by little, you will improve your health. In today’s post I want to talk about the hidden toxins...

I talk a lot about food intolerances and how they contribute to your Endometriosis symptoms. These are often intolerances to normally healthy foods, such as fresh fruit and vegetables. But where do they come from? Have we always had food intolerances or is it a modern ‘affliction’? The question actually came up in one of...

Endometriosis surgery, even if it is laparoscopy, is invasive. It affects many systems, creates sites of trauma (where incisions are made or where tissue is removed) and various chemicals are used on and in your body that need to find their way out again.  It really is like running a marathon and the fitter and...

Because systemic inflammation is such a key element in the development and progression of Endometriosis, one of the most powerful steps you can take is to follow an anti-inflammatory diet. The word explains what it does – it reduces the systemic inflammation in your body. But what is it? Well, it is a diet that consists...

Lack of energy or fatigue is a symptom I see a lot of in my clinic. When I meet someone in an Endometriosis SOS Call to discuss their Endometriosis journey, symptoms and what they would like to achieve (by the way, you can book your own, free, Endometriosis SOS Call here), they tend to ask...