Endometriosis: A Key to Healing Through Nutrition

(buy this book!)

I recently got a book from Amazon (here is the link) entitled Endometriosis: A Key to Healing Through Nutrition, written by Dian Shepperson Mills & Michael Vernon.  I had decided to look into nutrition, so this seemed like a good purchase for me.  I was expecting lots of recipes, in-depth diet tips, etc.  I have to say, it is not exactly what I had been expecting (there are some recipes), but I think it's a great book nonetheless.

If I were just beginning with endometriosis, this would be a book I would want to read.  It provides a solid basis of understanding to a lot of the early questions that I had.  It is written a lot like a textbook and I was impressed with the depth the book was able to go into while still covering the scope of the disease.  There are also helpful chapter summaries that will give you the important points covered in the chapter.  I have already used quite a lot of post-its on my copy!

Nutrition

I have read different articles about nutrition and endometriosis but never really thought a lot about them.  Recently, as I've been frustrated and wanting to do anything I can that won't cause me more harm, I've decided to adjust my own diet according to the information that I've found to be common to many of the different articles/books I've read.  Obviously, each article is a little bit different, but I've picked up on certain things and read a book recently which highlighted others, so I am slightly changing my diet and I am going to see if that does have a positive effect on my endometriosis symptoms.  Like most things, I have read women who claim it was the miracle that ended their symptoms and other women who have said they didn't notice a change.  Well, since it's not going to hurt me (I check with my doctor first, always), I'm going to try it out.