Lymphedema and Lipedema Nutrition Guide: foods, vitamins, minerals, and supplements

by Chuck Ehrlich

Eat to starve lymphedema and lipedema by having foods that fight these conditions (and cancer) and avoiding foods that contribute to symptoms or related conditions. Lean how food choices affect both conditions and how better nutrition can improve symptoms (including pain) and delay changes associated with progression to more advanced stages. Intended for anyone with, or at risk for, lymphedema or lipedema, caregivers, lymphedema therapists, and other health care providers.Signs of lymphedema and lipedema (painful fat syndrome) include swelling (edema), abnormal fat accumulation, pain, skin changes, and infections (cellulitis, wounds or ulcers) in affected areas. Lymphedema and lipedema are progressive conditions that can be depressing, disfiguring, disabling, and (potentially) deadly, without treatment. This guide explains why nutrition is an essential part of treatment and self-care for these conditions, what to eat, and how to change your eating pattern. It also covers vitamins, minerals, and supplements that may be beneficial.You may be at risk for lymphedema if you have chronic venous insufficiency, other venous disorders, heart disease, obesity, a cancer diagnosis (especially breast cancer, reproductive system cancers, or melanoma), or a family history of lymphedema or swollen legs. Eating wisely and maintaining a healthy body weight can help reduce your risk of developing lymphedema symptoms.This guide includes all the information you need for changing your eating pattern including ways to increase your motivation and build support for changing your eating pattern, meal plans and recipes for recommended foods, a shopping guide, cooking tips, suggestions for eating away from home, and much more. It also includes detailed information on lymphedema and lipedema including risk factors, signs and symptoms, treatment, other health care considerations and over 40 photos showing different stages of each condition.

Genres: Health, Reference

352 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 1, 2016

Reviews

[SaraNic · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just a few chapter where useful for me. This book is for women affected by lipedema/lymphedema that are also obese and never cooked in their life, a lot of chapters are dedicated to the psychological aspect of changing the life style, and also they are teaching how to cut and cook vegetables. The recipes and menu are really sad, there are a lot more interesting recipes that anyone could find on the web. This is the first book that is talking about lipedema, this is important. I hope that in the future there will be other books that are going deeper in the topic.

[Jane · Rating 4 out of 5]

A necessary read. This was informative and well-pitched. Lots of good advice and help. The only reason for a star missing is that there appeared to be a few contradictions in a couple of the shopping lists items - on rice flour / rice cakes etc which wasn't qualified. However, this is just a first read - the Americans are way ahead of this country on these diseases and I'll source more reading on the subject. I had to get quite pushy after 14 years of not knowing what my issues were to get a doctor referral having been fobbed off with water retention and 'it's nothing to worry about' - oh I think it could be!! Thankfully I am now in a position to tackle it myself. This book will help.

[Machelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great resource. A must read for those with the disease or those with loved ones having the disease.

[Sharon Rainey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Extremely helpful

I am newly diagnosed. This book gives immeasurable help, support, suggestions with very specific details. All of it is superb. It offers alternatives, options, honest insight into the disease and how to best deal with all the issues associated with the disease.
If you have lymphedema, lipedema, or Dercum’s you need this book.

[Cris · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very informative. Lots of tips on starting a diet, defining goals and establishing doable actions.
It helps the reader tracking progress, creating a food diary and taking measures, which I think are very valuable resources.
Very good for people with little knowledge in nutrition. However, it is a little bit basic for people who really want to go deeper or professionals.

[Emjaybeautiful · Rating 5 out of 5]

Essential information

Comprehensive info & guidelines Support group resources Provides focus on self-care which is the necessity of treating this Allows for individualized adaptation

[Elly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting and useful. Only wish that they would explain a bit more why they gave some advice. I.e. why yogurt and kefir in the primary and all other dairy products in the limited group? Because yogurt and kefir are fermented? This would be nice to know.

[Trudy · Rating 5 out of 5]

As someone with Lymphedema this book was an excellent source of information. I'm already putting some of the suggestions into practice. I also plan to share this book with my therapist.

[Sheryl Branscombe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of great information in here for anyone who has trouble with lypmphedema and particularly lipedema.

[Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great resource for people who think they have or have been diagnosed with lymphedema/lipedema. Some of the information is strictly best practice for all people (mostly overweight/obesity related), but the info specific to lymph/lip is good. I particularly enjoyed the supplement, meal plan, recipe, and food list sections. This is what I ad been looking for.

[Anne Butler · Rating 5 out of 5]

great book

Lots and lots of great information and pictutes.Diet and nutrition info too.Great resources for sufferer of ppl lymphedema.I am going h to buy a reg

[LeeAnn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good advice!

[Milli · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book does have some good information, but it recommends a pretty strict, mostly vegetarian diet that doesn't seem sustainable long-term, in my opinion.