Take Control of Your Endometriosis: Help Relieve Symptoms with Simple Diet and Lifestyle Changes

by Henrietta Norton

As a sufferer of endometriosis and a qualified nutritional therapist, Henrietta Norton provides both a personal and professional look at how women can take control of their endometriosis and relieve their symptoms naturally. She shows how making informed choices can improve wellbeing through diet and lifestyle changes and can personally vouch for the positive difference these alterations can make to the health of endometriosis sufferers. With an explanation of endometriosis and its symptoms, a guide to what foods to eat and which to ditch, plus recipes to make the dietary changes easy to follow, this is an authoritative and accessible guide to empower women to manage their endometriosis.

Genres: Nonfiction

208 pages, Paperback

First published August 16, 2012

Reviews

[Megan Olivier · Rating 1 out of 5]

A ‘nutritional therapist’ in the U.K. is not the same thing as a registered nutritionist or a dietitian.

The author of this book had a laser treatment during a laparoscopy which improved her symptoms and, therefore, decided to write a book about how diet can improve your symptoms?? 🤨

Lots of random, opinion based advice with the occasional study sprinkled in when she feels like backing up her words.

One part that particularly made me laugh: as an argument for the consumption of filtered water she mentioned a WHO statistic which suggests most illness could be prevented if the world had access to clean water. Ummm...I don’t think they’re talking about English tap water here. I think the WHO we’re imagining preventing cholera... not endometriosis.

This book is self published (something anyone can do).

Don’t bother. Keep fighting your GPs and specialists for a laparoscopy with excision or start saving to have it done privately.

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

As a sufferer of endometriosis since my late teens, I've never really received all the information I need for managing it in one place. There are many sources, many of which are incorrect, and a lot of time I've had to do my own research when it comes to making decisions about treatments.

Norton understands endometriosis, not only from a medical point of view, but also from the view of someone with experience of the condition. She writes openly about the questions faced by endometriosis sufferers, but she's also positive about the ways in which people can take control, even when they may feel a little ignored by the medical profession.

I understand a lot of the reasons behind the medical options available to me in the UK, but it still leaves me very frustrated and as my condition has become worse, I have felt a little lost in terms of what options are available to me.

Norton's book demonstrates that we need not be at the mercy of the health service, and that we can make choices that impact our daily lives and help us to feel better.

The Kick-Start cleanse isn't really appropriate for me at this current time, but a lot of what she has to say about nutrition has been interesting and informative and I feel like I can now make informed choices about my diet and lifestyle that will help me to tackle the symptoms of endometriosis. I'm certainly up for trying anyway.

[Cory Sydee · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some useful information about endometriosis as a diagnosis and condition but, as a registered nutritionist, I found the nutritional and lifestyle info to be a bit iffy in places. The diet recommended isn’t great. A lot of the good recommendations are ones we all know are good for general health anyway - sleep more, drink less alcohol, eat less sugar.

[Sophie Nicoll · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is incredible how it goes into depth about the illness, even as far as explaining what is a hormone! An incredible read however some of the lifestyle changes that are recommended did seem a bit extreme to me. But it’s a take the meat and spit out the bones kind of book like all endo books I’ve read

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very useful book, great to feel 'seen' and understood.

[Barbara · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this book was a good book to read. It had alot of information about Endometriosis without any of the medical jargon that some books tend to go into.
It is written by a nutritionist that has endometriosis for women that suffer from thi terrible disease. I like these type if books as the writer knows where she is coming from, she knows the helplessness and the pain that the reader is going through.
This book has some interesting recipes that sound very nice.