What Can Chronic Leg Swelling Do to Tendons and Fascia? A New Study Looks at Lipedema and Lymphedema
A new ultrasound study suggests that chronic lower-limb edema may be linked to measurable changes in the Achilles tendon, plantar fascia, pain, and…
 • CarinaW
What Food Looks Like Through the Eyes of a Food Scientist with Lipedema
From nutrient interactions and gut health to food quality and balance, this is the framework I use every day.
 • CarinaW
What Endometriosis Might Teach Us About Lipedema Pain
A new study explores how hormones, immune cells and the nervous system may be connected, but much of the lipedema science is still only a hypothesis.
 • CarinaW
I Got My Lipedema Medical Record from 2012
What a Norwegian vascular specialist wrote when I was diagnosed at 20 years old.
 • CarinaW

July 2026

Why I Keep Thinking About Mitochondria
The science is still young, but the questions are worth asking.
 • CarinaW
Salt, GAGs and the Missing Piece of Lipedema
Salt is my guilty pleasure. Here is what I learned about it and lipedema tissue.
 • CarinaW
The Holiday ReCARB I Actually Needed
What a week in Italy reminded me about lipedema, food, balance, and why I never want my health to become more important than my life.
 • CarinaW
Redox, Oxidative Stress and Lipedema
A piece of biochemistry I first learned during my bachelor’s degree in nutrition may help us understand how energy production, blood vessels…
 • CarinaW
Why Do So Many Of Us Have EDS?
A reader asked. The honest answer took me three days and a lot of reading, and it is not the answer she expected.
 • CarinaW
Can Exercise Improve Life with Lipedema? Inside Norway’s LipidEx Research Programme
A closer look at Norway’s LipidEx research programme and what it may teach us about pain, physical capacity, quality of life and the role of exercise in…
 • CarinaW
The Best Thing I Ever Did for My Lipedema Wasn’t a Treatment
Over the years, taking care of my body slowly became a hobby rather than a burden. Looking back, that change may have transformed my life more than I…
 • CarinaW
What to Read First If You’re Curious About Food, Nutrition, and Lipedema
A guide to food, nutrition, inflammation, insulin, and lipedema symptoms through science and lived experience.
 • CarinaW
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