•If you have lipedema, you may have improperly weighted joints from the heavy lipedema fat and how it was distributed.

•Unnaturally weighted leg joints may result in osteoarthritis.

•There are conventional and surgical treatments to help you treat joint pain and increase your mobility.

Determine whether you have symptoms of low thyroid.

Lipedema does not look exactly the same in each person.

Research by Melissa Garcia-Caballero and a group in Belgium, published in 2019.

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Research by Joanna Dudek and colleagues from Poland, published in 2018.

Evaluating and treating thyroid with an understanding of the famine response can help level the playing field so that you can lose weight.

It is important to recognize lipedema because it is not just fat. It is not just obesity. It is a medical condition that needs special treatment.

This study is important because many women with lipedema, particularly in later stages, tend to have very firm and fibrotic tissue, and shows us another potential reason why the ketogenic way of eating helps combat lipedema.

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