This week, we’re diving deep into how to know if you might have endometriosis, including the signs, symptoms, and red flags that so many women are told to ignore.
Endometriosis is so much more than period cramps. It’s a full-body inflammatory condition that can impact your digestion, bladder, energy, fertility, hormones, nervous system, and overall quality of life.
In this episode, I’m breaking down why diagnosis can be so difficult, and the deeper root-cause factors that often get missed in traditional care.
In this episode, we cover:
- Common and overlooked signs of endometriosis
- The connection between endometriosis and IBS-like symptoms
- How histamine, estrogen, and inflammation fuel symptoms
- Fertility struggles and “unexplained infertility”
- Why endometriosis is often dismissed or misdiagnosed
- The truth about birth control, Lupron, and suppression therapies
- Why gut health, nutrition, stress, and lifestyle matter for symptom relief
- How to find a qualified excision specialist
- What you can start doing now to support your body and reduce symptoms
If you’ve ever felt dismissed, confused, or stuck trying to figure out what’s going on with your body, this episode will help you connect the dots and better understand what endometriosis can actually look like.
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What is Radiate with Rita?
Radiate with Rita is an empowering, real, and unfiltered women's gut and hormone health podcast hosted by Rita Utterback— a Functional Nutrition Practitioner who has helped over 300 women get lasting relief from miserable periods, brutal PMS/PMDD, gut issues, and symptoms of endometriosis inside her online practice and has lived it herself.
This show is for women who have been misunderstood, dismissed, are done settling and are finally ready to take back their health and their lives. In each episode, Rita breaks down the why and shares, real practical tools to help you get relief— think sustainable nutrition, habits and functional testing— without the BS that no one has time or energy for.
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