Endo Uncovered Part 1: Painful Periods, Endometriosis & the Symptoms Women Are Told to Ignore | Ep 426

We are officially kicking off the endometriosis series. In this first episode, Erin and Rachel Heintz, lead practitioner at The Funk’tional Nutritionist, are untangling one of the most misunderstood, underdiagnosed, and wildly dismissed conditions in women’s health.

Painful periods might be common, but that does not mean they should be normalized, trivialized, or ignored.

Erin and Rachel explain what endometriosis is, what conditions commonly overlap with it, why it is considered a chronic inflammatory whole-body condition, and how it can show up far beyond the uterus. Spoiler: we’re going inflammation hunting, and no, you do not have to just suck it up and suffer your way through being a woman!

In this episode:

• The difference between normal period discomfort and the kind of pain that should not be brushed off as “just cramps”
• Why recurring SIBO can be a clue that something deeper is driving the overgrowth
• How toxin exposure can drive or exacerbate painful periods and endometriosis symptoms
• The hopeful research Rachel shares around genetics, imaging, and the future of endometriosis diagnosis
• Obscure, less common symptoms that can still be part of the endo picture

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