Research

Ultra-Processed Foods, Insulin and Lipedema: Why Two Meals With the Same Calories Can Affect the Body Differently
New research published in Nature Metabolism found that two meals with similar calories and nutritional composition produced different metabolic and…
 • CarinaW
Understanding Lipedema and Ultrasound: A Simple Explanation
A reader-inspired explanation of how ultrasound reveals differences in fat and connective tissue, and what these findings could mean for understanding…
 • CarinaW
Can Ultrasound Help Us Better Understand Lipedema? An Interview With Dr. Deise Vargas
Exploring how ultrasound may reveal hidden tissue changes and new insights into lipedema pain.
 • CarinaW
What Is Gut Health? Understanding the Gut Microbiome, Intestinal Barrier and Immune System
What a “healthy gut” actually means, how gut bacteria interact with the body, and why microbiome diversity alone does not tell the whole story.
 • CarinaW
What Changed in Lipedema Research This Month?
The most important lipedema research and developments from 4 September to 4 October 2026.
 • CarinaW
Lipedema Research News: What Changed in September 2026
From the LIPLEG liposuction trial to new findings on pain, diet, tirzepatide, gestrinone and shock-wave therapy, here is what the evidence says so far.
 • CarinaW
Could Lipedema One Day Be Treated Without Surgery?
New clinical research in Dercum’s disease has caught my attention because it offers a glimpse of what a very different treatment landscape might one day…
 • CarinaW
What the Evidence Says About Gluten and Lipedema
What gluten is, who really needs to avoid it, and what the science actually says about gluten and lipedema.
 • CarinaW
Histamine and Lipedema: What Do We Actually Know?
Why histamine is being discussed in the lipedema community, what the research actually shows, and when a low-histamine diet may be worth investigating.
 • CarinaW
Painful Nodules in Lipedema and the Angiolipoma Question
A four-patient case series looks inside painful lumps in lipedema fat and proposes an ultrasound rule for telling them apart from a benign fatty tumor.
 • CarinaW
Low-Carbohydrate Diets Reduced Lipedema Pain, but Insulin May Not Explain Why
A new study suggests insulin changes may not explain the pain reduction seen with low-carbohydrate diets.
 • CarinaW
Everyone Is Talking About the Lancet Study. But What Else Happened This Summer?
A plain-language roundup of new lipedema research on pain, metabolism, imaging, treatment and quality of life.
 • CarinaW
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