Lipedema Clinic
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Evidence-based reading on lipedema diagnosis, treatment, nutrition, and the practical side of living with it — written by Dr Jonie Girouard and the Lipedema Clinic team.
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Traveling with Lipedema: A Flight Plan for Your Legs
Long flights and road trips gather everything lipedema legs dislike into one day. Here's how to plan the trip so you arrive comfortable.
Lipedema and Your Knees: A Hinge Pushed Sideways
Told to lose weight for sore knees? In lipedema the problem is often alignment and strength, not the scale. Here's what's going on and what to ask for.
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Pregnancy and Lipedema
Pregnancy is the one time nobody questions a changing body. For lipedema, that makes it the perfect camouflage, and the reason so many women miss it.
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The Second Job Nobody Mentions with a Lipedema Diagnosis
Nobody warns you that a diagnosis comes with a second job: being the press office for your own body. Here's the phrasebook so you don't have to wing it.
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Tracking Progress Without the Scale
Two weeks of doing everything right and the number hasn't moved. The problem isn't your effort. It's the one instrument you keep trusting like an oracle.
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Menopause, HRT, and Lipedema: The Wave Nobody Warns You About
Nobody warns you what menopause does to lipedema. It's the hormonal wave that arrives with the least warning, and it changes the rules.
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Lipedema in the Arms: The Half of the Story Nobody Tells
Every search, every photo, every article is about legs. But if your sleeves keep getting tighter while your hands stay slim, half the story went untold.
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The Lipé Detox Protocol: Why These Four Supplements Work Better Together
Four supplements, one system. Individually they each do a job. Together they may do something the sum of the parts can't, if you run them in the right order.
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Lipé Magnesium Complex: The Mineral That Has Fingers in Everything
Dr Jonie says magnesium has fingers in everything. For lipedema, it touches restless legs, sleep, thyroid, and GLP-1 side effects, and almost everyone runs short.
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Lipé Flora Balance: Why Your Gut Health Is Lipedema's Business
Most lipedema advice starts with the legs. This one starts in the gut, and the reason why traces back to where most of your lymphatic system lives.
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Lipé NAC Plus: The Supplement Dr. Jonie Recommends for Every Woman with Lipedema
Asked which supplement to start with, Dr Jonie almost always names the same one. Not the flashiest on the shelf, but it works on several fronts at once.
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Lipedema vs Lymphedema: Two Conditions, One Constant Mix-Up
Nearly identical names, both mean bigger legs, and the mix-up costs women years. One is a plumbing problem. The other is a tissue problem.
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