Can eating Keto help with Lipedema? 

To fellow big-legs sufferers: go one step up, go carnivore (its keto but without plant foods) and intermittent fasting. I was losing weight slowly on a standard keto diet which includes vegetables, nuts, avocado etc. It was good, but I found something better. I kept encountering carnivore diet videos and while initially very resistant of the idea of cutting out plant foods (a lifetime of indoctrination that plants are good and necessary), I decided to look closer and listen to what they were saying: "eliminating plant foods fixes many auto-immune and inflammation diseases in some people". So, I decided to try it for 30 days, see for myself. I was already keto-adapted so the transition was very quick. I have now passed 60 days in carnivore and won't be stopping because it was like I put my foot on the accelerator and took off!!! Going from standard keto to carnivore gave me a huge boost in fat loss, energy, mental clarity, sleep, mood, motivation. Also I want to stress that I dramatically increased my fat intake too, I add cream, butter, suet to my daily meal of meat/fish. This is important. I let go of the decades of "saturated fat = bad" indoctrination. I eat once per day without feeling hungry in between, i have no cravings, it's so, so EASY. I don't count calories or weigh food, just eat until i have had enough, which turns out to be about 500g of meat/fish for me. I have added one day per week of complete fasting (tea/coffee are ok). I did this to boost the benefits of autophagy, it has added to the healing and well-being I am feeling. The hard fat in my legs, hips and bum is now soft and squishy, it's a weird feeling, it's melting. I can cross my legs over when I sit now, I haven't been able to do that for a decade because my thighs got so large. I can walk normally again instead of waddle, and I can take long strides again, which i was unable to do due to hard fat restricting mobility. I am still rather shocked that to cure myself of fatness I have to eat extra fat - it's so counter-intuitive, but it works!! - not through deliberate calorie restriction (the bad old days) but through hormones, biochemistry magic, satiety, pain-free fasting. Its such a paradigm flip, its mind blowing. I have been going 6 months in total, (4 months standard keto, then 2 months carnivore so far) 30kg down, 20kg to go, no plateau, acceleration when I switched to carnivore. So it turns out I am one of those people who do better without plant food. I am still getting my head around that! I highly recommend trying it, putting aside ingrained prejudice you may have from a lifetime of believing that plants are required for good health, and just try something that seems radical. It might be as good for you as it has been for me and many, many others. Won't know unless you try.

Keto has been life changing for me! Its reversing my lipedema symptoms and for the first time in my life, I'm losing weight.

Thank you so much for your pilot study and for releasing your book on lymphedema/lipedema! God bless you! 🙏

I have done keto since 2018 and lost 25 lbs. Dec 2019 I started Carnivore almost a year later I have lost no more weight. But I have either been keto or carnivore since then simply to try and not gain. I also have some cystic fibrosis variations. 40-50 % of people with cystic fibrosis become diabetic. A few months ago I did some food testing. I found out I have an intolerance to dairy and eggs. So depressing to not lose and have all these self imposed food restrictions just trying to maintain .

Thank you for this video. I tried every possible diet to lose weight and to help with lipedema, even keto. I have not been having sugar, carbs for many years and for last 1 months off veg and fruit now. Still no weight loss. I have lipedema, fibromyalgia, flat feet and varicose vein’s operated on but have swelling and pain now, diabetes 2(which is amazingly under control with meds and change of eating for first time in years) NAFLD reversed. I take tons of supplements, find compression garments so difficult to use as I enjoy loose clothing, I have compression machine, massage gun and not so faithful with brushing nd home self care. I wish there was an easier way to help this condition. Top it all our medical aids doesn’t cover treatment .

Many Thanks to you... I realy found your videos helpful..... Regards from meddle east

I had success with keto but fell off the wagon and gained back 60 lbs. The keto helped tremendously

I'm for sure that is what is on my left leg. When I eat too many carbs it hurts like crazy. Today I started low carb. It seems to feel better. Trying to gradually do let. My last doctor I had. He looked at my leg. I don't think he knew really what it was. But I have read that carbs can cause swelling and high inflammation.

Thank you so much for your video. I am 64 years old and hve struggled with lymphodema for many years. I have tried all the diets out there and I am very over weight too. For the last month i have started implementing keto into my life and I must say that my leg swelling is almost gone and I have lost 13 pounds. I also noticed that I am not as hungry and dont want to eat sugary and salty junk foods either. I need to get hip replacement but need to get my BMI under 40. The pain has decreased but I need to do more exercise. What exercises can I do to help lose more weight?

it can affect the lower belly nd breast as well. After my first child my breast kept growing, feeling the same lumps inside as in my legs. Doctors called it out of ordinary breast growing lol. Of course no one spoke about lipedema 35 years ago. I waterfasted for 2 month before and gained weight. Anyone else would die

The people in this small study did lose weight but this does not necessarily mean that it resolved lipodema. Were any of the patients actually diagnosed with this condition or simply overweight/obese?

I am trying keto and I think is helping Nothing else helped with my lepodema

What about the gallbladder? What role does the gallbladder play

Good morning, does it neet to be like a strict keto diet ? Or just a low carb diet ?

I asked Leslyn about the gallbladder in the same interview. Here is the clip. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-h403DcLOHWM.htmlsi=FrvKERWDM_u4-Uqm

As a vegetarian with lipo, I feel a bit stymied.

Join us for a free webinar with me, Robert Erkstam, OTR, CLT-LANA, and Leslyn Keith OTD, CLT-LANA on Monday, January 10 at 4 pm EST. You will learn about how the Ketogenic lifestyle can help with lymphedema and weight loss. Sign up here: self-care-therapy.mykajabi.com/Lymphaticlifestylesolutions