Food and inflammation
Supplements for lipedema: what has evidence and what does not
The supplements aisle is where a chronic condition with no cure meets a market with no obligation to prove anything. Here is what the literature actually supports.
Medications
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.
Understanding lipedema
Lipedema and hormones: puberty, pregnancy, contraception, menopause
Almost every woman with lipedema can name the year it changed, and almost every one of those years was a hormonal one. What that tells us, and what it does not.
Treatment and surgery
Every lipedema treatment there is, ranked by evidence
There is no cure. There is a great deal that reduces pain, slows progression and improves how you move — and there is a lot being sold that does none of those things. This separates them.
Living with it
Why lipedema hurts, and what actually reduces the pain
Pain is what makes this a medical condition rather than a body shape — and it is the symptom most often left out of the conversation entirely. Here is the mechanism, and the interventions ranked by how much evidence stands behind each one.
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.