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Living Functionally... Foods for Healing

Living Functionally... Foods for Healing
Living Functionally... Foods for Healing
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Table of Contents:
Do I have Endometriosis?
Symptoms of Endometriosis
Co-existing Conditions
Diagnosis
Treatment

Living with endometriosis can be a devastating, isolating, and all-consuming experience. As women with endo, we often feel as though we have lost all control–pain, exhaustion, and bleeding can hit at any time.


Often, we’ve sought out answers from countless medical professionals only to be left feeling unheard, dismissed, or prescribed a band-aid treatment option that not only leads to more symptoms but does not address the root-cause of our disease state.


While surgical intervention is often the only, and best, option for eliminating endometriosis at its roots, there is good news–we can control more than we may be led to believe!

In Functional Medicine we look at the person as a whole, understanding the interconnectivity of living with chronic disease. Endometriosis impacts every aspect of our lives-our physical bodies, our mental health, our sleep, our relationships, our schedules, our finances, and more.


Your RESTORE Center for Endometriosis team wants you to have tools to regain control over your health and life while navigating your endometriosis healing journey!
Understanding that endometriosis is an inflammatory disease, we can work to reduce environmental inflammation–things we are exposed to each day in our food, air, water, and environment.

Here are a few helpful nutritional upgrades to implement:

  • Focus on whole foods–lean proteins, vegetables, and fruits
  • Follow the Dirty Dozen + Clean 15 to avoid over-exposure to pesticides
  • Incorporate yummy anti-inflammatory, vitamin rich, antioxidant foods each day
  • Healthy Fats: avocado/avocado oil, olives/olive oil, coconut/coconut oil, ghee, salmon, sardines, and tuna
  • Leafy Greens: spinach, kale, Swiss chard, collards, broccoli, beet leaf
  • Colorful Vegetables: carrots, cucumbers, celery, peppers, squash, sweet potatoes, beets, onions, mushrooms
  • Berries: blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries
  • Nuts and Seeds: almonds, walnuts, chia seeds, flaxseeds, sunflower seeds + nutbutters such as almond butter or sunbutter
  • Spices and Herbs: turmeric + black pepper, garlic, ginger, cinnamon, rosemary
  • Drinks: green tea, raspberry leaf tea, bone broth, vegetable juice, steamed nut milk with cinnamon and honey
  • Sweet Treats: Dark chocolate
  • Cut down on your intake of processed foods, fast foods, sugar, sodas, and alcohol
  • Reduce exposure to plastics as plastic is a hormone disruptor which mimics estrogen in the body. Cut out bottle water/drinks and treat yourself to a reusable metal or glass bottle
  • Drink filtered water and stay hydrated—your body needs ½ its weight in ounces of water each day to properly detox. If you weigh 200lbs your daily water intake goal should be 100 oz


We hope these nutritional tips help inspire you to feel empowered to RESTORE your life! Check back for more functional living and wellness tips!

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