![]() What research around diet and endometriosis can show us more clearly is how symptoms may improve or reduce by the addition or removal of some key elements within a diet. Further research is needed in this space! Therapeutic use Therefore when discussing prevention, we must discuss it in the context of there being no definitive data at present and there are no clear correlations between specific foods and the risk of endometriosis. Even then, without studying every component of each food item within the specific diet, it is difficult to know which part of it is having the preventative effect. Researchers can adjust for some of these factors when they design the studies. With no current reliable diagnostic blood tests, it means subjects have to undergo laparoscopy (as the gold standard diagnostic tool) to ensure they truly are disease free, which isn’t ideal as it is invasive and costly.Īlternatively women who have already been diagnosed with endometriosis can be assessed for disease progression whilst following a specific diet, however this can also be problematic as asking patients to recall retrospectively what they ate over long periods of time is challenging. There are several issues with obtaining meaningful data from research surrounding a preventative diet.įor true prevention, researchers need an endometriosis free population as a control group. When we think of diet and endometriosis there are two key areas we focus on, prevention and therapeutic use. ![]() In addition the severity of the pain does not always reflect the severity of the disease. (1) Symptoms can range from mild pelvic pain through to debilitating painful periods and infertility, although these, and additional symptoms are different for every woman. ![]() It is a complex disease with multifactorial considerations and when we talk about diet and endometriosis, simplicity is not a word we think of either.Įndometriosis is a hormone-dependant, inflammatory, gynaecological condition which affects an estimated 176 million individuals around the world. However there is nothing simple about endometriosis. If we were to answer this question simply the answer would be no. Member of Endometriosis Australia’s Clinical Advisory Committee
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