Part of Me
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Part of Me: a book about nutrition and healing for women living with endometriosis and period pain

The female body is not a mystery. The better you understand it, the closer you come to healing.

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The story of the book

This book is the story of a woman, and a dietitian, who realized that the pain she had long been told was “normal” was not normal at all. A journey that began with an endometriosis diagnosis becomes a discovery of the wonders of the female body, the rhythm of the menstrual cycle and the healing power of nutrition.

It’s all in these pages.

Clear, heartfelt and, above all, full of hope.

Contents

  1. Chapter 1

    Part of Me: My Story

    • My Healing Journey: What Did I Change in My Life?

  2. Chapter 2

    Endometriosis and Its Symptoms

    • Ending the Uncertainty: How I Got My Diagnosis
    • Factors That Increase or Decrease the Risk
    • Conditions Commonly Associated with Endometriosis

  3. Chapter 3

    Endometriosis Surgery

    • My Surgery Story and What We Can Do Before Surgery
    • What We Can Do After Surgery

  4. Chapter 4

    Through a Dietitian’s Eyes: How Should We Eat?

    • Eating According to Your Menstrual Cycle
    • Eating to Ease Symptoms

  5. Chapter 5

    The Good Bacteria: Probiotics and Postbiotics

  6. Chapter 6

    Dietary Supplements

  7. Chapter 7

    What Is Estrogen Dominance? Risks, Misconceptions and Allies

  8. Chapter 8

    What May Be Quietly Making Us Sick: The Products We Use in Our Kitchens

  9. Chapter 9

    When and How Should We Exercise?

  10. Chapter 10

    Stories of Women Living with Endometriosis

  11. Chapter 11

    How Can We Help? A Guide for Partners, Loved Ones and Families

  12. Chapter 12

    The Endometriosis Shopping List

Part of Me

A Dietitian’s Story of Healing from Endometriosis

The Amazon edition is an e-book in English.

Price: $9.99

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Part of Me lying open at the contents page, next to a bowl of yoghurt with strawberries, blueberries and oats, and two jars
Dietitian Melisa Nadin Kumaş Alan smiling in front of a dusty pink backdrop, holding her book Part of Me

“I don’t write diets.I walk beside you.”

I’m Melisa. As one of the first graduates of Acıbadem University’s Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, I began my career working at a private hospital.

Then, one night, sudden pain sent me to the emergency room and into surgery. After 13 years without a diagnosis, the pain finally had a name. It took 13 hours to find it: endometriosis.

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