Nutrition & Food Science

A Food Scientist Explains Anti-Inflammatory Food
Why “anti-inflammatory” is not a simple food category, and why that matters when you live with lipedema.
 • 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
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
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
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
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
When Food Becomes a Religion
The longer I studied nutrition, the less I believed in one perfect way to eat. Food is polarizing, but the human body is more complex than ideology…
 • CarinaW
Insulin Resistance, Diabetes and Lipedema
How insulin signaling, insulin resistance and blood sugar regulation may help us understand one important metabolic layer of lipedema.
 • CarinaW
Why Sugar Hurt My Lipedema Tissue Before Surgery
A personal reflection on acute swelling, pain, and why the reaction changed after liposuction.
 • CarinaW
I’m a Food Scientist With Lipedema. This Is My 80 Percent.
Not a perfect diet, not a strict plan, but the everyday ingredients I rely on to nourish my body with healthy fats, fibre, protein and colour.
 • CarinaW
Can Diet Quiet Inflammation in Lipedema? A Study on Mediterranean-Style Keto
A closer look at a Mediterranean-style ketogenic diet and what it may tell us about inflammation, fat tissue, and dietary quality in women with…
 • CarinaW
Mediterranean-Style Ketogenic Diet for Lipedema
What does a Mediterranean-style ketogenic diet actually look like for someone with lipedema?
 • CarinaW
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