The Endometriosis Health and Diet Program: Get Your Life Back Paperback – February 21, 2017

This is the first book I've found that has really given me hope. It is up to date and incredibly informative, being written by very credible doctors. I appreciate that it acknowledges the vast amount of misinformation that is spread. It talks about related conditions and life factors that contribute to pain and flare ups.I've always been frustrated that there isn't a clear treatment plan. This is partly because it manifests so differently between women. The plans in this book are meant be done in phases to find what's best for your body. I'm eager to put the dietary and lifestyle advice in this book to use.. I would recommend this to anyone suffering from endo or who is watching a loved one suffer. The introduction is a powerful summation of what endo is and how it affects the body. It is a strong description of endo that loved ones or coworkers or ANYONE could benefit from taking a minute to read. Thank you for this.

Amazing book. I've had endometriosis for 11 years and I've been researching this disease for all of that time. I've never found such comprehensive information, scientific proven methods, and easy to understand all in one place until I got this book. If you have endo you NEED this book. This information is priceless and empowering how you can change your situation through lifestyle changes. Thank you so much.

This book has been very helpful. It is difficult to find practitioners who approach endometriosis holistically, and Dr Cook does. I like that he discusses the benefits and drawbacks of both conventional treatments (excision surgery, ablation surgey, GnRH antagonists, etc). I decided to undergo excision surgery, which I'd been afraid of for awhile, based on some advice in his book. It has been a good decision. I also appreciate the elimination diet he guides you through. I had to adapt month 1 as my body was unhappy with so few carbohydrates, but it has been nice to identify some trigger foods and try to get at the root of my endo related IBS. No program for endo is perfect, as there's no such thing as one-size-fits-all, but this program has helped me more than any other that I have tried.

This will be a bit of an essay - for that I am sorry - but I think this review and this book would've saved me $5000 from a failed surgery I have to redo. To start: was diagnosed with stage 3 endometriosis by a local general OB-GYN who regularly conducts laparoscopies using both ablation and excision. This book goes into why ablation is absolutely incorrect and the reasons why. In addition it also goes into diet changes that I have separately found to be successful, recommended to me by different support pages and such (as my doctor was the least helpful source possible in trying to find relief) before I found this book. Please, if you are at a stage in your life where you have been recently diagnosed or - better yet - you think you might have endo and you are considering surgery; get this book. Endo is a very under-researched condition that most doctors are treating with old science that in my experience actually aggravates the issue. I have gone to a specialist's clinic who informed me I not only have to get another surgery because my surgery wasn't as this book calls it 'wide' enough, meaning in-depth enough, but also a lot of different things I was upfront about in my pre-surgery consults were not treated. I showed them my laproscopy pictures and they also diagnosed me with adenomyosis and listened to my complaints (the same issues I raised to my previous surgeon) and they believe I also have endo on my diaphragm (which, in extreme cases, collapses lungs!). I reiterate - having this book likely would've saved me from having the first surgery at an under-trained and under-informed surgeon.Since my surgery I have been in far more pain than before it; however I have found relief with diet changes and lifestyle changes recommended to me by support and the internet. Though I have called my surgeons office and gone back in after a visit to the ER due to the debilitating pain I was in - I have never spoken to my surgeon since the day of my operation. Great bedside manner. A lot of the successful changes I lucked into are detailed in this book; a lot of the relief I have experienced since my surgery is from those changes and this book covers them all and why they work. For your relief and knowledge on your condition, get this book. I gave it 4 stars because I was hoping for more applicable recipes like dinners I could share with my family for everyone to enjoy while I still found relief but the doctor in this book discusses a 3 phase treatment plan to begin the process, not a long-term cookbook for endo relief.

Great book with useful advice for maintaining a healthy lifestyle, balancing hormones and managing endometriosis. The author, Dr. Cook, is also an excellent physician and surgeon. He performed my surgery to remove stage 4 endometriosis which was a huge success. I bought this book to learn more about nutrition and living a balanced lifestyle after surgery but I wish I would have read it sooner! So much good advice.

I was very excited about this text, but it was a little heartbreaking to see that much of the diet suggestions are meat-based. I bought the protein powder they recommended, only to find out that it was a byproduct of cow and pig hides. It would be nice if the text offered alternatives for vegetarians and vegans. Also, I am relatively active, and I am uncertain about whether the meal plan provides adequate amounts of food. In the beginning, it is a lot of smoothies and soups . . . not pre-run material. I would enter into the diet cautiously and be ​mindful of what your own body needs.That being said, I do think the book offers valuable information. I am going to follow the diet loosely, insofar as what is comfortable for me and my lifestyle. It really is about limiting gluten, sugar, alcohol, caffeine, dairy, and so forth. I already realized that some of these were pain triggers for me, such as alcohol (especially wheat-based) and caffeine. Give it a go, but be aware that it is necessary to adapt some of the content.

Only 1/3 of the way through but it's been so informative and also validating. The meal plans are comprehensive but the recipes seem simple. With Stage 4 Endo, I'm seeking naturally-based symptom relief and excited to start on a new food livestyle!