endometriosis diet - how strict should it be?

[bimba]

Hello,
Ten months ago I have started to take the endometriosis diet. My diet is very strict, I do not use red meat, white meat with hormones, dairy, sugar, wheat, honey, white rice etc.
Ultimately I have noticed that I have a lack of energy, my blood analysis shows the symptoms of the anemia. I would like to know if the woman should take the endometriosis diet extremely strictly, or sometimes it is acceptable to eat some "prohibited" products, for example to eat a peace of beef once a week. How fast does the endometriosis react? Is it possible to make harm with couple peaces of beef in a month?
Thank You very much.

[bimba]

Thanks for Your answer.
It's exactly what I have thought - that it should be possible to stay healthy if you have a balanced diet and avoiding healthy parts could cause the harm. It is not healthy to eat meat every day perhaps. But a reasonalbe portion 1-2 times a week should not be a tradegy.
I just can mention that during 10 months of the diet I have noticed that my menstruation was "smaller", shorter and nearly painless. With the help of this strict diet I managed to get rid off candida (any medical treatment could help me).
I guess I would follow this diet if I wouldn't feel so weak and my blood tests wouldn't indicate the lack of iron.

[gummybear12]

I too had taken on the endo. diet, and felt like it wasn't helping me much.  I spoke with my aunt who is a doctor/surgeon and she said that dietary modifications are not proven to affect endo.  she said that it is not really a good idea to omit healthy parts of a balanced diet to try and help endo.  she said that the only food that will actually affect endo. is soy because it can cause an increase in estrogen.