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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Lauren Taylor

‘I was bed-bound with endometriosis for half the month – until I changed what I ate’

After years of being dismissed, Richards turned to food to help manage life with endometriosis - (Clare Winfield)

Sophie Richards says she felt ignored by doctors for years, despite being “bed-bound” for two weeks of every month – until she was diagnosed with endometriosis and changed her diet.

The women’s health practitioner and host of The Finally Found Podcast says she felt like she was “screaming at doctors” that something was seriously wrong, but she was continuously told it was “just IBS or just painful periods – it’s ‘part of being a woman’”.

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