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Monday, 18 April 2016

Fighting Endo with diet



I'm a serious researcher when it comes to something I'm really passionate about or something I feel I could improve on in my life. Endometriosis is one of these categories alongside; how do I get my toddler to inhale his puffer and how to disguise veggies in healthy meals.
I've been doing some serious reading over the last few weeks on ways to improve my pain symptoms with my endo before my operation that should be happening within the next couple of months (wooohooo for me!!!). About 90% of people I have read about have used a 'diet' method, which has nothing to do with losing weight. Most women have said that once they changed their health and lifestyle their PMS and endo symptoms halved!! Yes really, that's the absolute dream!!

As I read about how CRAZY this diet was, it seemed overwhelming and I basically was scared at the thought of cutting out so many foods I enjoyed. The 'run down' of this diet is basically;

- No dairy
- No caffeine
- No gluten
- No red meat
- Avoid chicken
- No alcohol
- No artificial or refined sugars

SAY WHAAAT! I love my sugar, I love my carbs and I love my caffeine.
Am I really embarking on a impossible task? Am I really giving up things I REALLY enjoy?
Answer plain and simple. Sorta yes... I'm going about 90% vegan aside from small cheat meals. Here's a little dish from today; Tandoori Cous Cous salad with Rocket and Chickpeas.


Here's why I'm going to endeavour on this crazy mission.
The results really (they say) speak for themselves. A lot of these women have said they hardly even feel a thing around PMS time. Surely this is joke you say? I hope not! But nevertheless I'm going to try (try being the operative word here) to make this change slowly and accompany it with hot yoga and light walking which I have already started. I may be crazy BUT crazy is what crazy does (I have kids surely I've hit crazy already?) and I'll let you know if I start pulling my hair out or succeed and feel like a million dollars! Let me know if you have endometriosis and have also gone on the vegan style diet. Did it help or did you notice a difference?


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