When navigating the daily challenges of endometriosis, the idea that something as simple as changing what you eat or adding a supplement could ease your pain can be incredibly appealing. A new international survey, the largest of its kind has, shed more light on how much of a difference these changes might make.

In this episode I talk with Nirala Jacobi, The SIBO Doctor about some of the mechanisms that drive chronic pain with a special focus on how dietary factors, microbiome imbalances and the nervous system play a role in the development of pain.

There’s a ton of ideas floating around social media about the best diet for chronic health issues. Some have research to back them up, many don’t. So, when I read this recent paper reviewing the studies that found positive effects of dietary changes on pain intensity in musculoskeletal pain (MSK) I was one happy practitioner!