Questions to ask your doctor
You may think that if you become ill you just go the doctor and they give you a drug to take away the illness
What if your Endometriosis is caused - or made worse - by things that you eat, or don't eat ?
Here are some questions to ask your doctors about Endometriosis
- What causes it ?
- How will looking at it and scraping it help me get better ?
- How can I stop it recurring ?
- Could my illness be caused by things that I eat, or don't eat ?
- What can I change about my diet and lifestyle to help my body repair itself ?
These are easy questions to ask, but very difficult for doctors to answer as they know very little about Nutrition.
It may be worth asking them to refer you to a Dietitian or a Nutritional Therapist, as they specialise in Nutrition.
If your doctor won't do this, try a search for BANT and interview 10 local Nutritional Therapists who have had success advising about Endometriosis before choosing which one to work with
Search online for "anti-inflammatory diet"
This and the suggestions below may help to reduce the pain
Here are 3 well-proven natural ways to reduce the Inflammation that causes the pain of Endometriosis
*Increase your Vitamin D
*Increase your Omega-3
*Reduce your Omega-6
Here are some relevant references that may be useful to you:
Vitamin D Wiki
Optimise Omega-6/3 Ratio
How much Omega-3 ?
15 Omega-3 Foods
What to Do About Inflammation ?
Expert Omega-3
Some people have reported that eating specific foods like meat or dairy gives them an instant flare-up
You may find that keeping a Food Diary may help you find out which foods make your Endometriosis worse and which may help
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