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

June 2026

When My Legs Became Two Balloons
The swelling, stress, and strange tissue biology behind one of my worst lipedema years (2018).
 • CarinaW
Anti-Inflammatory Food Is Not One Recipe. Especially Not for Lipedema.
Why the lipedema nutrition conversation needs more nuance than a list of “good” and “bad” foods.
 • CarinaW
Can Cytokines Be Detected in a Blood Test?
A beginner-friendly explanation of what cytokines are, how they work, and why measuring them is more complicated than it sounds.
 • CarinaW
What This New Lipedema Metabolism Study Really Shows
And why the most important part of science is learning how not to overstate it.
 • CarinaW
Why Weight Control Matters in Lipedema
Lipedema is not caused by weight. But after fourteen years of living with painful, fibrotic tissue, I have learned that weight control can still be one…
 • CarinaW
The Photo That Explains Why Lipedema Gets Missed
I looked healthy from the outside, but inside my legs were already painful, heavy, swollen, and reacting to a disease most people could not see.
 • CarinaW
Lipedema May Be a Vascular Disease Too
A new review argues that blood vessels, lymphatic load, inflammation, fibrosis, and connective tissue changes may all be part of the same lipedema…
 • CarinaW
Something Is Happening in Lipedema Research
New studies are pointing toward blood vessels, inflammation, nerve pain, altered fat cells, and tissue remodeling as key parts of the lipedema picture.
 • CarinaW
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