Understanding lipedema
Twelve things about lipedema that are not true
Some of these come from the internet, some from clinics, and some from doctors. All of them cost women time, money, or years of believing the wrong thing about themselves.
Weight
Food and inflammation
Keto and inflammation in lipedema: what the evidence actually says
The most-recommended diet in the lipedema world rests on a small evidence base and a plausible mechanism. Both of those are worth understanding before you commit a year to it.
Understanding lipedema
Why the scale lies to you — and what to measure instead
One number, four different things inside it, measured at the worst possible resolution. Here is what a bathroom scale can and cannot tell a woman with lipedema.
Understanding lipedema
Lipedema or obesity? Why the difference matters so much
They can look alike from the outside and they behave nothing alike underneath. This is the confusion that gets women dismissed, and these are the differences that separate them.
Food and inflammation
Ozempic, Mounjaro and lipedema: what actually happens
The question in every lipedema group right now. The answer is not "no" and it is definitely not "yes" — it is that these drugs act on a different tissue from the one causing your symptoms.
Mind and body
The part of lipedema nobody treats
It is not a soft topic bolted on to a medical library. Elevated depression and anxiety are in the clinical guidelines for this condition, and so is an instruction to clinicians about how to speak to you.
Understanding lipedema
Does lipedema get worse? What actually drives progression
Yes, it is a progressive condition — and that sentence is usually delivered without the far more useful one that follows it: progression is not steady, not inevitable, and not entirely outside your influence.
Food and inflammation
Should I even try to lose weight if I have lipedema?
The answer is a qualified yes, and the qualification is the whole point: you are pursuing something specific and measurable, not chasing legs that were never going to change.
Food and inflammation
What diet actually works for lipedema?
The honest answer has two halves, and most articles only give you one. No diet removes lipedema fat. Several ways of eating meaningfully reduce pain, swelling and inflammation. Both of those are true at once.